Murder of Elin Krantz
 Elin Krantz | |
| Date | 26 September 2010 |
|---|---|
| Location | Biskopsgården, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Coordinates | 57°43′58.5″N 11°53′40″E / 57.732917°N 11.89444°E |
| Cause | Blunt trauma |
| Burial | Sankt Olof kyrkogård, Falköping, Sweden |
| Convicted | Ephrem Yohannes |
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Elin Krantz was a Swedish 27-year-old woman who was murdered in the Biskopsgården district of Gothenburg on 26 September 2010.[1] Krantz was murdered by Ephrem Yohannes, a 23-year-old African, in Biskopsgården where her body was found.
Yohannes was found guilty of Krantz's murder and received a 16-year prison sentence and deportation on release.
Background
[edit]On 26 September 2010, Elin Terese Krantz (born 16 August 1983) from Falköping, took the tram home with a friend after an evening enjoying the nightlife of Gothenburg. CCTV footage showed that after her friend got off the tram she was approached and was then followed by a man who attempted to rape her and subsequently beat her to death.[2][3] Krantz's severely beaten corpse was found the next day in Gothenburg's Biskopsgården district.[2] On 28 September, Ephrem Tadele Yohannes (born 19 December 1987) an Ethiopian citizen with a residence permit with clothes and appearance similar to that of the man captured on the security cameras, was arrested by plainclothes policemen at Gothenburg Central Station.[4] Krantz' DNA was found on his clothing and Yohannes' DNA was found on her body.[5]
Trial
[edit]Yohannes was convicted for murder and attempted rape[4] and sentenced to 16 years in prison and subsequent deportation.[2][3] The first sentence was appealed to the Hovrätt as the accused pleaded innocence. The prosecutor Stina Lundberg argued for a life sentence and aggravated sexual assault.[6] In the autumn of 2011, the Court of Appeals upheld the original sentence.[4] During the Hovrätt court proceeding, news broke that the wife and children of Yohannes had left Europe due to several threats to their lives.[4] The parents of Elin Krantz and her five siblings were awarded criminal damages of around €60,000.[4]
Yohannes was initially imprisoned in Norrtäljeanstalten, a high security prison in Norrtälje, but after attacking a fellow inmate he was transferred to Salbergaanstalten prison in Sala.[7][8] Yohannes has received several warnings for inappropriate behaviour.[8]
Aftermath
[edit]Krantz's body was interred at the Sankt Olof kyrkogård cemetery in her hometown of Falköping.[9] In October 2010, over 1000 people gathered in the district - where her body was found - to commemorate her and to protest the violence.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Radio, Sveriges. "Årskrönikan 2010: Brott Och Blåljus - P4 Skaraborg". Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ a b c Radio, Sveriges (2017). "Mordet på Elin Krantz - P3 Dokumentär". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ a b Radio, Sveriges. "Man gets 16 year sentence in high profile murder case - Radio Sweden". Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Domen står fast för Ephrem Yohannes". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ "Straffet mot Ephrem Yohannes after utbrotten i fängelset". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ^ Radio, Sveriges. "Domen mot Elins Krantz mördare överklagas - P4 Skaraborg". Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ "Ephrem Yohannes följde efter och mördade Elin, 27 – gick till attack i fängelset". Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Straffet mot Ephrem Yohannes efter utbrotten i fängelset". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ ""Inget straff ger oss Elin tillbaka"". Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ Radio, Sveriges. "Fackeltåg mot våldet i Länsmansgården - P4 Göteborg". Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.