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This is how the mass inspection in Brattås happened - the police went from house to house

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On June 2, 2005, Tor Öberg and Gerd Viklund, an estranged couple in their 70s, were found beaten to death on Tor's farm in Brattås outside Härnösand.
The murder had taken place two days earlier.
DNA traces were secured at the scene and when DNA genealogy became legal in 2025, the case was used as the first test.

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Why It Matters

The murder of Tor Öberg and Gerd Viklund occurred on 31 May 2005 at Tor's farm in Brattås. The bodies were found on June 2. The murder weapon, probably an ax belonging to Tor Öberg, has never been found. DNA traces were secured at the crime scene but could not be used until DNA genealogy became legal in Sweden in the summer of 2025.

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On June 2, 2005, Tor Öberg and Gerd Viklund, an estranged couple in their 70s, were found beaten to death on Tor's farm in Brattås just outside Härnösand's urban area.

The double murder had taken place two days before. The murder weapon, likely one of Tor Öberg's axes, has never been found.

DNA traces were secured at the crime scene. When dna genealogy became legal in the summer of 2025, the steep-toe investigation was selected as the first case. Then the National Forensic Center in collaboration with the Swedish Medical Examiner's Office created an extended DNA profile of the person who left the trace.

It was uploaded to one of the permitted commercial genealogy databases and then police dna genealogist Linda Kvist was able to trace the person.

In the spring of 2026, she met a 45-year-old man from Katrineholm - and on April 8 he was arrested. He was sentenced against his denial during the subsequent trial to 14 years in prison for accessory to murder in two cases.

The verdict has been appealed and the case will be taken up in the Court of Appeal starting on November 5.

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The Court of Appeal will hear the appeal against the sentence against the convicted man from Katrineholm
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Open Questions

Who was primarily responsible for the murders?
Why was this particular case chosen as the first test for DNA genealogy?
Is there additional evidence linking the convict to the crime beyond the DNA trace?