SVT Nyheter58 minutes agoCrime1 min read

Criticism of the police's handling of Albin's disappearance

The family of missing Albin strongly criticizes the work of the police and believes that they have been left alone in the search.

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The family of missing Albin criticizes the police for not having started an active search initially and feels that they have been left alone.
The police respond that the matter is taken very seriously, but that limitations in the collection of information sometimes put a stop to it.

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Albin has been reported missing, which has led to the family and volunteers taking up the search.

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- You can at least show some interest. Making a phone call in two minutes is surely not too much to ask when one's child is away, asks Rikard Agrenius, Albin's father.

Did not initiate a search effort

The police did not launch an active search operation after he was reported missing, as there was deemed no danger to life or serious risk to health, nor was there any suspicion of crime.

The family instead enlisted the help of non-profit organizations that, among other things, searched with a dog at a lake near Albin's home. The dog marked by the lake after smelling Albin's jacket and the police then made a search operation, but they found nothing.

Critical to the work of the police

According to Rikard, the family and volunteers have pursued the search for Albin, while the police have been difficult to get hold of. They feel that the police are not doing enough.

- We have always felt that we are just a nuisance, says Rikard Agrenius.

The police have declined an interview, but in a statement to SVT Nyheter Sörmland, preliminary investigation leader Johan Freidenfelt writes that they take the disappearance very seriously:

"It is of course regrettable if relatives feel that we do not take someone's concerns seriously. We take this type of case very seriously, and work widely with different types of competences to find people who are reported missing to us."

He continues:

"In some cases, we encounter limitations in connection with, for example, the collection of information, which leads to the end of the tracks - and we can no longer take further measures. We always maintain a dialogue with relatives, and if it turns out at some stage that new valuable information has been added to a case, we can quickly make a new assessment for new efforts."

The police are appealing for help

The police want the public's help in obtaining more information about Albin's disappearance.

"If anyone from the public believes they are sitting on details that could be in any way related to the disappearance, we appeal to them to contact us," writes Johan Freidenfelt.