Susanne Lindholm | |
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| Born | Susanne Helene Lindholm December 9, 1950 Helsinki, Finland |
| Died | August 8, 1976 (aged 25) Helsinki, Finland |
| Cause of death | Strangulation |
| Occupation | Clerk |
| Known for | Victim of unsolved murder |
The murder of Susanne Lindholm took place in the early morning hours of 8 August 1976, when Susanne Helene Lindholm, a 25-year-old clerk at Helsinki Airport, was raped and strangled in the cellar of her apartment building at Sofianlehdonkatu 9 B, Käpylä, Helsinki, Finland. The crime received considerable publicity. Despite a large volume of clues and a few arrests by the police, the case remains unsolved. New investigations started in 2004 also led to an arrest, but there was insufficient evidence of the suspect's guilt.
Lindholm had spent the previous evening out with her sister and a male acquaintance – first in Haaga, then in a Helsinki nightclub – before ending up at Hotel Hesperia on Mannerheimintie. According to eyewitnesses, she was last seen outside the hotel at about 3:00 a.m., after which she walked to Helsinginkatu on foot. It is unknown whether Lindholm travelled to her apartment building, located about four kilometers from the hotel, on foot or by car. On 8 August, at 1:30 p.m., a tenant found her body in a cellar of the apartment building.