What a crazy case. I'm no child expert, but even I know you can get a kid that young to say just about anything. And four hour interrogations? That would be exhausting for anyone, much less a small child.
And they were interrogated over 30 times? The kids were probably scared every time. That sounds like child abuse. I can't believe parents weren't present for any of those. Grossly incompetent police work.
Absolutely horrifying ad they where bribing them with soda and candy if they just said something, usually 4 to 6 year olds want to please adults s they try to tell things the adults want to hear, so when they told something and got a soda they must have thought the adults wanted them to say that even if it was not true. Kids that age don't even understand what is actually happening, why they are there and what the adults want from them, they must have been scared to not have a parent there, to not even get something to drink if they didn't say something, then a friend ha just died too. The trauma those poor boys must have experienced from this. Anyway I personally have kind of started to think what happened to little Kevin was possibly an accident and not murder. In the 90s there where lots of panic, lie the satanic panic and panic about child killers (after what happened to James Bulger), them listening to horrific, unscientific therapists and using that as proof in trials didn't make it better.
It breaks my heart that police would rather bully two small children as criminals rather than doing their job to bring justice to the victim and his family. Rest in peace little one. 🙏🫶🏻
I'm Swedish and this case is haunting. I watched the documentary about Robin and Christian, it's horrible and gut wrenching. They show the interrogation tapes, where especially young Christian was crying and begging to see his mommy. They were so coerced and led to conclusions by the police. It's heartbreaking how this can even happen💔 thank you for covering a Swedish case
This case reminds me a bit of a case in The Netherlands, known as the Schiedammer Parkmoord. Two kids, a ten year old girl and an eleven year old boy were playing in a park when a man with a knife forced then into the bushes. He forced them to touch eachother and raped the girl. After that he tried to kill both of them with a shoelace. The girl unfortunately died, but the boy played dead and survived. Somehow one of the first people to call the police was a pedophile(Cees B.), so the police made him their main suspect. During the investigation the police was totally rude to the boy and tried to blame him. The boy explained what their attacker had looked like (slim build, acne scars on his face) but this did not match their main suspect so they kept drilling the boy to make him say other things. The main suspect did in no way look like the attacker that the boy and other witnesses described(he was a big guy, no scarring) but he was convicted and spend years in jail. After four years another man( Wik H.) confessed to attacking the kids and killing the girl while being questioned for an unrelated case. This man matched the original description of the attacker by the boy and other witnesses. In the end the gouvernment had to pay Cees after he got out of prison when the real killer was found, since he was innocent. Police should never influence kids to tell things that never happened!
One of the accidental deaths I investigated a few years ago involved a person who fainted from low blood sugar and they wound up falling forward with their neck landing on the edge of a heavy-duty cardboard box. They suffocated. The marks on the neck, if you didn't know better, looked like they could have easily come from someone holding some kind of narrow rod or dowel against their throat. It's strange details like this that mean you can't have some half-assed investigators doing a poor job who then fixate on the wrong potential suspects.
That's a horrible death, but a really interesting story! I'm hoping to go into the medical examiner field, and that's the kind of truth I hope to uncover! (I know that of course not all cases are interesting, many are just boring or sad) Do you like your job??
@@NiecieSavo I shouldn't dignify this with a response, but welcome to the bureaucracy of death in the Western US. 1) University said send them to the landfil 2) Cemetary said they weren't the cemetery's problem since old cemetery no longer exists and the new cemetery isn't legally obligated to inter them 3) City said take it up with the County 4) County said, No, that's the City's responsibility 5) Chief Coroner (Boss at my other job) says they're not of forensic significance, not Tribal, and that they're the City/County/Cemetary/University's to figure out what to do with 6) State Burial Board has better things to do than worry about 120+ year old remains 7) Can't bury them in the back yard (See State Burial Board) 8) As this is taking place in an isolated and economically depressed part of the state, there's no $$$ to pay to deal with them 9) Ultimately, I can keep them and have them help me teach proper forensic methods to my students or I can (See list Item No. 1) send them to the landfill And there you are, @Neicie, that's me not being arsed. Keep in mind that burying human remains without a burial permit from the State Burial Board is illegal and taking those bones out in the woods for a DYI interment is also, you guessed it, illegal. I don't know what the laws are in whichever Commonwealth country you're from, so I'm giving you the benefit of having a different frame of reference in dealing with a situation like this. But, to be perfectly honest, my biggest piece of advice to you is to stop being a bell end whilst assuming this is a black and white issue. Thanks for playing along.
@@NiecieSavo Here's me discussing multiple cases in multiple comment sections. So, now you know about "properly investigating" possible reinterrment of skeletal remains. As for this case, we can talk after you've spent years investigating unattended and/or suspicious deaths and actually know what to look for in a homicide, can testify about said cases in court without getting laughed out of the room and creating the kind of reasonable doubt that sets murderers free. I imagine you'll go back to watching old episodes of Silent Witness and Midsomer Murders so you can bone up on investigative methods before your next trip around the web where you get to show off your CSI: Vegas and True Crime knowhow. Again, thanks for playing along at home.
@@raeandringa7260 Sorry I didn’t get back to you sooner, the starter went out in my car and that's been a minor ordeal. I adore what I do because it’s mentally engaging and it allows me to help people who can’t help themselves. I’d thought long and hard about going the pathology route but realized that after 4 yrs undergrad/4 yrs med school/3-4 yrs pathology residency/2-3 yrs forensic pathology residency that I’d be spending my career in a hospital basement somewhere and I knew that I wanted to be out in the field. I went to grad school for forensic anthropology and became a deputy coroner (medicolegal death investigator). The educational and experience requirements are different depending on the state you live in and the jurisdiction where you work. Larger jurisdictions in my state will have an M.E. system, otherwise the Chief Coroner is elected and deputies are hired and/or appointed. I’m called to unattended deaths (decedent not under the direct care of a Dr./PA/NP) unless things are really hinky. I rarely have to respond to hospitals or nursing homes, but every once in a while something strange pops up. The majority of my cases are of older adults. Most of those are along the lines of grandma went to sleep last night and didn’t wake up this morning. I’m also in an area with an outrageously high cancer rate and higher than average suicide rate, but I’m also in an isolated and very impoverished area where there is a lot of hopelessness. The so-called boring cases are good. I’d much rather see 85yo Grandpa Jack still “asleep” in his easy chair than ever deal with another SIDS case. Part of staying on an even keel with a job like this is making sure you’ve got hobbies and activities that are fairly far removed from said job. I like to refurbish second-hand dolls and donate them to local charities so poor kids like I was can have a nice clean toy. I’ve taught myself how to repair sewing machines. I write science fiction and I visit Yellowstone National Park every chance I get. As far as education goes, my undergrad advisor set me up on a pre-med/anthropology/abnormal psych path where I crammed in an occasional pharmacy or criminology class. I liked my courses and am very very fortunate to have a job I love that actually helps people, but I also get to use my ridiculous education. My best to you and yours.
This case is so disturbing and heartbreaking. This one hit me really hard for some reason. I don’t know how those parents let their sons be interviewed without them. I don’t care what police told me. You aren’t talking to my kids without me. Period. I don’t care if you’re a friend, family, police. I’m always present. Every single child in this case was failed by so many adults.
The thing is that back then not trusting the police was just not a thing. It would have been unthinkable that the police wouldn't have the best interest of these kids at heart. We know better now, but the trust in the police in Sweden at the time was very very high. Also "knowing your rights" wasn't really a thing either. You did was the authorities said and if you where innocent everything would work out. I know in hindsight now that seems so naive and even dumb, even for a country like Sweden where we still trust police to a high degree, but it was how it was. I was a kid myself when this happened so don't remember much of it but know how it created a big turmoil and mistrust in the police when all of it came out eventually.
I don't usually think of "Sweden" and "infuriating" in the same sentence, but here we are. Edit to add/clarify: I do realise crime happens in Sweden. What surprised me was this example of incompetence/corruption/lack of professionalism, especially in such an unusual case where young children are involved. And this is recent, too - not something that took place in the 1950s. I have an image of Sweden as being at the forefront of social rights and protecting individuals' welfare, especially that of children. So I'm surprised to hear the cops basically went, "Hey kids, you totally did it, right? Yep? Okay then, all settled."
Sweden has many dark stories coming out of it. I've actually had something of a shadowy sense of Sweden not helped by dark movies starting with Ingmar Bergman to the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo... that I see as historical fiction. There's truth in the ongoing seks trafficking in these perceivably squeaky clean countries. Also my dad was Swedish and he was often a monster.
The two brothers, Robin & Christian, were treated horribly. I’m so sorry Robin & Christian. I’m surprised this occurred in Sweden (I’m American). Early on, I knew the two boys were innocent and a man or older boy committed the crime. The child had bruises; definitely a homicide. Likely a sexual assault. No one mentioned if a r_pe kit was done on precious Kevin. Darling boy. RIP Kevin
@@kalebind1 I beg to differ. The child had a swift death, which was horrendous. The two boys endured years of mental torture and are still living with the trauma. Not that it is some kind of competition
Oh my stars! I’m in disbelief that a police department could ever get away with interrogating these children! In my opinion, all police officers involved should have been fired on the spot, never to be officers of the law again. What insane rule in Sweden says it’s okay to harass small children without an attorney or adult present?? Preposterous!! The family should have sued the uniforms off these men who call themselves “police”. May sincere condolences to Kevin’s family and the murderer will be punished one day! ❤️✝️🙏
There is no such rule, the police were acting completely wrong. I remember watching the documentary, it was really shocking stuff. At least the boys are cleared now. Finally.
Wow. Firstly, this is so sad for Kevin and his family. Secondly, those poor kids being relentlessly interviewed is wrong on so many levels. Those police officers should be ashamed of themselves!
As soon as you described the crime scenes, and the distance between the two, with no signs of drag marks, I knew that Kevin's killer had to have been a fairly well grown individual. Someone with some muscle. Two little boys couldn't have done that. A teenager, though? I was carrying toddlers around as part of my babysitting duties from about 11 or 12. And I was no athlete.
@@VioletJoy it was deemed an accident by the same department that was embarrassed by the original, botched investigation. It seems likely that they just closed it as quickly and easily as they could. Meanwhile, you have a teenager in town who was convicted of a similar crime. Hmmm.
@Momtammy Just because certain investigators did not do their job properly, doesn't mean the entire department is crooked. It was reinvestigated. If they were "embarrassed", then why reinvestigate? Where did you get the information that it was closed "as quickly and easily as they could"? I'm not sure how you see the crimes as similar. Kevin was not sexually assaulted and the other little boy wasn't killed. It's possible there is a connection, but there's no way of knowing.
@@momtammy3563 That's pretty much what I was thinking. The police only ruled it an "accident" now because they knew they were wrong for all of those years, so to them no matter if their answer to the question of "What really happened" is 100% wrong it's better than no answer at all or admitting that they let a k.1||èr go while 2 innocent little boys took the heat for the crime for all those years.
@@VioletJoy All of the known earlier evidence points to someone else being involved in some way. They needed an autopsy to figure out how he died, but if it was an accident, shouldn't they have found clues where he was found? Instead, they said he died 30 meters away from where he was found, which has to mean that someone moved him for some reason. Of course, all of the previous information could be wrong, but why haven't they revealed anything about how they came to their new conclusion? If it was an accident, there wouldn't be a any reasons to keep all of the information confidential like there is with criminal investigations.
No child should be made to endure such heinous lengths of interrogation methods!!It is dispicable what these little boys were put through. They were frightened into confessing. Then they have to live with the frightening memories of all this. Forced confession does not a crime solve and is not true justice for little Kevin.
Already watched, but comments were initially disabled. Boy, what a screwed up case all around!!! Thanks for sharing the story & hope your weekend is off to a great start!
I just found your channel today and as I was waiting on the narration, you can imagine my surprise as an East coast Scot hearing your voice. Instant subscription before I’d even listened 🏴 fortunately your video was extremely well researched and handled with dignity and empathy so I made a good choice. Thank you for sharing,
Im swedish and this was a high-profile case. Many of us feel sorry for both families who suffered from this. It took a long time before the boys were cleared. They got 1 million sek (about 100 000 dollars) from the state but will never undo the horrific blame and witchhunt from society that followed Kevins death.
That's exactly what I thought....they were covering for someone, I even wondered if maybe an officer considering what absolute BS the so called investigation was.....and I'll bet not one of those repulsive coppers lost a second of sleep over the treatment of two innocent children....covering for one of their own kids perhaps and now banging the " accident " drum without having to explain why.....I loathe police, in every supposedly modern society and it's been a very long time since the right kind of people wanted to be officers, now most are worse than those they prosecute...we no longer tell our children to call the police if they need help ,in fact, call anyone but....like my mum told me, a law unto themselves
I felt so bad for the three kids here.. I remember I was 14 years old sitting with my female friend , her 5 years old brother came ..I don't know why (we were kids too) we wanted to joke with this boy and we started to convince him that he is a girl not a boy ... I remember within half an hour he was completely convinced and started sadly to refer to himself as "girl" , after the joke session ended his sister cried in tears and hugged him and told him: "we were only kidding and you are the most handsome boy ever" The point is: I remembered this incident while I watched this video knowing how easy it is to convince a child of something ..let alone group of police adult men.. Those guys should prosecute state of Sweden for millions of millions of $$ for their lost childhood .
I have watched a two hr.docu.on this with the now grown boys,it was pretty horrendous what these police men did to those kids.They did not do it at all.
I have watched a documentary and listened t a podcast with one of the brothers. I hope they are doing better now but t affected their whole childhood and early adulthood, they where as child murderers so had to move to another city, ended up in a foster home and their parents had to fight to get them back. And then the effect on your mental health to know that you're a child murderer (at least what everyone tell you that you are so it must be true right) but have zero memories about it.
@@melissamayes4152 Of course I don't mind,but it was a 2 part docu on a German TV channel.I can't remember the name though but I will try and find it so you may can watch it on yt,if it is on here.
I saw so many people here in the comments throwing shame at all three childrens parents, but most was directed at the four year olds parents for letting him go out to play at that age. So I'd like to point out that this was not only a different time, but also, in Sweden. And you really can't compare Sweden to America, because it was, and still is, a very different country.
As a Swede I’m impressed with the pronounciation of the different names of towns, places and people. Good job Overall this was a heartbreaking case that’s haunted Sweden for decades and a lot of people are absolutely shocked over how the police officers treated these two boys.
When we were little and one of us had done something wrong my dad would line us all up and, of course being angry, would be demanding to know who did whatever the transgression was. We three older ones learned quickly that if we just stood there and kept quiet that our baby sister would confess every time. This case reminded me of those times.
What a terrible way to treat children in a suspected homicide. An adult should've been present during their interrogation and the fact police never recorded it is bizarre.
I think i saw a video of them being questioned but idk Maybe they left out some parts because i do remember watching a video of at least one of the boys being questioned
Independent of anyone's guilt, just questioning them that many times is abusive in itself but then considering they're both children it was unethical how they were treated
Geez, where to start?! I saw shades of the West Memphis Three, the McMartin case, even the Salem witchcraft accusations. And with the completely bungled investigation, it seems unlikely Kevin’s murder will ever be solved to any satisfaction. I hope those officers are used in the most humiliating way as an example to future classes of police. Thank you for bringing this case to light.
Maybe you should have a look at the Norwegian case of Silje Marie Redegård. It is very similar. A 5 year old girl murdered, three of her play mates, aged 4, 5 and 6 respectively were blamed for her death. The case is closed but they are looking to open it up again because of many flaws by the police and because it most likely was not tge play mates who did it.
@@raeandringa7260 I know exactly what you mean. And yeah, me too. Those three boys had their life ruined too. So I really hope the case is re-opened and that they get to the bottom of it all.
I watched a documentary of this case, it sounds ery similar with incompetent, lazy police work. They blamed some little boys who now say too that they don't have any memories of doing anything to her. People supposedly saw a group of teens but the police never investigated it. But I don't know, maybe it was an accident or if therewas proof of murder, it was log time ago I wathed the documentary.
@@teijaflink2226 exactly. And yeah, many leads that were never followed up on back then. The disctrict attourney (I believe) has recently been looking through the files to see if there is a cause to reopen it and the last thing I heard, the DA believed it should be re-opend, the teens (or those who were teens back then) needed to be found, be interrogated and so on. I haven't heard them officially saying that they will re-open the case yet, but the DA certainly seemed to push for it. We will see, where it may end up.
I remember this when it was finally tried. When it was discussed at work, one of my colleagues related how her brother was found hanging in the forest...by a rope tied under his arms. The boy was basically alright, but he described how the other children (who had bullied him and others for some time) tossed a coin to decide if they would hang him with the rope aroound his chest under his arms, or with the rope around his neck. There have been many other similar cases, some near us, and bullying is a real plague int he schools and has been for a very long time. Some one, probably not these boys, might hae been playing a prank that led to the boy´s death. panic might have lead them to laying him out maybe trying to resuscitated and then abandoning him. My heart goes out ot especially kevin and his family, but also to the older boys.
Yeah many things could have happened but it's all speculation. Police department's job is to follow the evidence not pressuring little children to confess to fit their narrative. These police officers should be brought to justice and a big compensation should be paid to the two victims in this case.
Yup children can be cruel, especially when they’re not supervised. Some older kids tried to drown my sister when we were little. It just looked liked delighted children splashing in the lake, but their game was to surround and push her down. She was only around 5. I didn’t know since I was swimming with my older cousins until my parents pulled us out of the waters and yelled at those kids. They were shameless about it too, went back to screaming and thrashing each other around. I was vigilant over her ever since, even as adults 😭 and over nieces and nephews. Kids can be evil
One victim, especially a 4 year old, is bad enough, but because of the ineptitude of the police, there were many more victims, 2 of them small children. I feel terrible for those boys who grew up doubting themselves. And the poor little guy never did get justice. How unnecessary and sad.
What a SHAM! How any of those bogus claims or theories by law enforcement were even considered as possibilities is mind boggling!! 🤯 those poor boys! So much injustice due to inept cops 👎🏼
Oh my goodness these poor boys...now men. What a travesty was prevailed on them. I hope they can go on to live a somewhat normal and happy lives. Wow. That poor little boy that was murdered, too. The real perpetrator is still living amongst them. Horrific story all around
Ridiculous are you serious of course they got these little boys to admit it!! Made it much easier for them huh! Sorry excuses for cops! If they can make adults admit to doing something they didn’t hello! Why would the parents allow that to happen?! It’s so horribly what these boys were put through that’s outrageous!! Sorry excuses for cops and everyone involved in keeping them from their family!! I wish these young men could sue them!!
How sad for those two brothers & their family having to suffer & being falsely accused. Kevin’s parents have suffered the most at not knowing who murdered their son. How the police there come to such conclusions is mind boggling.
Why would his parents let the 4 year old walk home alone or play with much older kids? Thats totally crazy. A 4 year old is too young and vulnerable for that.
Um... Kids that small can't carry another kid without leaving marks. DID NO ONE think of that? There would have been clear marks, little kids could never have done this. Why were they harassing little kids that could NOT carry the child without leaving any trace?????
This happened not far from me, I remember it and the documentary being all over the media. Bit of a career ender for many people, for good reason. Unfortunately police are not immune to human psychology, and I think the investigators might simply have been railroaded at the beginning of the investigation. I'm glad the boys were cleared, eventually. And this is why you shouldn't lend any weight to testimony from small children...
It seems to be all about making the case & closing it as quick as possible. Regardless if they actually committed the crime. I can't imagine how they got away with interrogating a five year old & a four year old. Especially without a parent or attorney present. This alone should've been grounds to sue!
Oh My God. I don't know why officers like forcing people to accept crimes they didn't do. Those kids were manipulated, they are so young they can easly be manipulated. They went through so much, imagine that age being called a killer. Those little kids were mislead by those incompetent officers.
This case was a big deal in Sweden, those two boys where crucified in the media at the time, everybody thought those two where the killers at the time, now two decades later they where vindicated but that is too little too late imho.
Dagbladet is a newspaper from Norway and we actually had a simular case here about Silje where 3 boys eas accused for 28 yrs of murdering 5 yr old Silje. They was finally cleared in 2022.
Sweden is the last place I ever thought children would have so little rights. In the UK kids cannot be interviewed without a parent or an appropriate adult present
Wouldn’t a parent have been present during questioning of these children? Normally a special cold advocate/social worker..etc would question such young children. Odd.
How awful! Prayers to the boys that were determined to be the killers. Why didn’t the police think the same and do the same of Kevin’s brother then? He was Out playing with him. I don’t get how any of what the police did could be legal. I don’t think this was an accident either. The police should be held accountable for how this entire investigation and outcome played out. Prayers to Kevin’s family and those poor boys- now men who were accused and determined by police that they were the killers. Hope all can recover, have some peace & healing. Also hope more investigating goes into this case, does not seem accidental.🙏🏻🙏🏻
The police wouldn't let the parents be there for the majority of the questioning, so perhaps that's the way it was in Sweden at that time. Also, maybe they didn't use advocates, and as they weren't going to take things to court, didn't see a need to have a lawyer there, either.
Amazed to see this Swedish case here! Obviously, this was a huge story here. By no means is this typical Swedish police work... But a combination of small town cops, not used to handling this kind of case? Combined with media frenzy and... god knows what. The brothers - now young men - have sued the city (Arvika). I can't remember what the outcome was, but I know the town didn't want to pay them anything...
My grandfather was briefly a police officer in the 1950s. Based on the stories he told me about the people around him, I don't think ANY confession should be treated as gospel. If there isn't evidence to back up a confession, it shouldn't even be allowed in court. The police are very, very good at coercing confessions out of people regardless of their age.
That is one of the most Disturbing cases I've ever heard of. My Heart truly goes out to those two boys who have suffered a lifetime of Bullshit at the hands of the police.
I remember one of these two boys saying a few years ago after beeing declared definitely not guilty, in an interview"I never thought me or my brother had killed him, I always felt we hadn't done it"(or something very similar) and it sounded very weird to me. I remember a lot of what I did at 6-7 years old, and I remember clearly that I never killed anyone, I wouldn't have to even think about it or wonder about it. I wouldn't need to answer"I don't feel I ever killed anyone", I am confident enough to say "NO, I have never killed anyone!!!! " Another thing is ; even if these brothers HAD killed the boy,nothing would have happened to them,or to their families, this was Scandinavia, not America.
Traumatic experiences and other factors can severely mess with ones memories, also in this case nothing noteworthy happened on the day of the murder for the boys to remember, only memorable thing for them was the way they were handled in the aftermath.. I only remember a few random moments from that age myself, apart from that I don't remember a single thing :/ everyone's mind work differently when it comes to memories, so I personally don't find it that surprising that they ended up having to question themselves in later years 🤷♀️
This case has got to be a cover up. Even after 20yrs and he boy's were were found not responsible the police then claimed it was an accident even though common sense say's otherwise. It had to be either a person of affluence or authority or a connection to such a person. The family needs to find a very good private investigator to take on the case.
Where were the parents? A four year old goes to someone's house by himself & when he doesn't come home on time, then the mom gets worried?!? And with a body of water nearby?! Maybe I need to listen again or maybe the narrator left some information off in the interest of time.
Children are capable of many cruel atrocities including MURDER,...this is a horrible tragedy & hopefully 1 day the TRUTH of what happened to this child is brought out
I am so sorry this happened to you lads. This should never ever have happened to you. I hope the authorities will now help you readjust to a new life. God Bless you both. You look lovely strong young men. Grasp each chance and fly. Much love from all over here Uk
Who in the fuck would leave a four leave old out alone? No BS excuses. Those humonsters are not right in the head. If you leave any baby outside alone you do it deliberately.
What the hell were the parents thinking allowing a 4 year old to go play with friends away from home?! And allowing him to walk home alone?? My niece is 8 and we don’t allow her anywhere alone and won’t be doing for a while yet. Ridiculous people!
Until the media embarked upon their very successful scare campaign it was not unusual in the least. My peers and I walked to and from school without escort from kindergarten on in Chicago without problems.
@@mbryson2899 Same in Los Angeles and Pasadena California... Even now my grandchildren go to the park alone. We don't buy into the social/mainstream media hyperbole.
Walking with a group of children is different from a 4 year old walking alone. Also, I was a child in the 60s, and kids didn't walk alone at 4 years old either.
I can't believe both mothers letting their kids run off and play out of sight without adult supervision.The boys were 4, 5 & 7 in age. At least the 6 & 7 year olds had each other. Sadly, the 4 year old was alone when whatever happened to him happened. Sadly, it was just a matter of time before something like this happened.
I can't remember a single case in Sweden before Kevin's where a child has been murdered while out playing, alone or with others! Most likely, it has happened, but no one saw this as something dangerous! what you were possibly afraid of was if a child would drown or be injured in some other accident!
So what punishment did the specific police/ investigators at the time receive after botching the case, treating the children the way they did, totally ruining their lives, never finding the murderer of the murdererd child thus no closure to the grieving family.??? Under the circumstances I can only think that perhaps someone was "covering up" for their "own"???.......
I'm no expert but how the hell were the police allowed to conduct hours long interrogation on these young boys without their parents consent??? That's an illegal process. Also why did the parents even allow their children to be interrogated in the first place??? I certainly wouldn't of allowed that to happen. Also there were no lawyers present either. The police acted very unprofessionally far as I'm concerned
What a crazy case. I'm no child expert, but even I know you can get a kid that young to say just about anything. And four hour interrogations? That would be exhausting for anyone, much less a small child.
And they were interrogated over 30 times? The kids were probably scared every time. That sounds like child abuse. I can't believe parents weren't present for any of those. Grossly incompetent police work.
There is no such thing as a ‘child expert’, only common sense.
those children were obviously guilty. they are psychopaths. they need to be put away from society for the rest of their natural lives. *spits
They can't even handle playing at school for 4 hours. I used to work at head start
Absolutely horrifying ad they where bribing them with soda and candy if they just said something,
usually 4 to 6 year olds want to please adults s they try to tell things the adults want to hear, so when they told something and got a soda they must have thought the adults wanted them to say that even if it was not true. Kids that age don't even understand what is actually happening, why they are there and what the adults want from them, they must have been scared to not have a parent there, to not even get something to drink if they didn't say something, then a friend ha just died too. The trauma those poor boys must have experienced from this. Anyway I personally have kind of started to think what happened to little Kevin was possibly an accident and not murder. In the 90s there where lots of panic, lie the satanic panic and panic about child killers (after what happened to James Bulger), them listening to horrific, unscientific therapists and using that as proof in trials didn't make it better.
It breaks my heart that police would rather bully two small children as criminals rather than doing their job to bring justice to the victim and his family. Rest in peace little one. 🙏🫶🏻
I'm Swedish and this case is haunting. I watched the documentary about Robin and Christian, it's horrible and gut wrenching. They show the interrogation tapes, where especially young Christian was crying and begging to see his mommy. They were so coerced and led to conclusions by the police. It's heartbreaking how this can even happen💔 thank you for covering a Swedish case
This case reminds me a bit of a case in The Netherlands, known as the Schiedammer Parkmoord. Two kids, a ten year old girl and an eleven year old boy were playing in a park when a man with a knife forced then into the bushes. He forced them to touch eachother and raped the girl. After that he tried to kill both of them with a shoelace. The girl unfortunately died, but the boy played dead and survived. Somehow one of the first people to call the police was a pedophile(Cees B.), so the police made him their main suspect. During the investigation the police was totally rude to the boy and tried to blame him. The boy explained what their attacker had looked like (slim build, acne scars on his face) but this did not match their main suspect so they kept drilling the boy to make him say other things. The main suspect did in no way look like the attacker that the boy and other witnesses described(he was a big guy, no scarring) but he was convicted and spend years in jail. After four years another man( Wik H.) confessed to attacking the kids and killing the girl while being questioned for an unrelated case. This man matched the original description of the attacker by the boy and other witnesses. In the end the gouvernment had to pay Cees after he got out of prison when the real killer was found, since he was innocent. Police should never influence kids to tell things that never happened!
Is there a video on this case?
I am Dutch and I've never heard of this case before. I'll look into it.
@@rruth82 unfortunately none with subtitles I think... th-cam.com/video/1aH0W0ZatHo/w-d-xo.html
@Anna Raub no worries, thank you for looking into it! Sorry I didn't get this notification until just now.
One of the accidental deaths I investigated a few years ago involved a person who fainted from low blood sugar and they wound up falling forward with their neck landing on the edge of a heavy-duty cardboard box. They suffocated. The marks on the neck, if you didn't know better, looked like they could have easily come from someone holding some kind of narrow rod or dowel against their throat. It's strange details like this that mean you can't have some half-assed investigators doing a poor job who then fixate on the wrong potential suspects.
That's a horrible death, but a really interesting story! I'm hoping to go into the medical examiner field, and that's the kind of truth I hope to uncover! (I know that of course not all cases are interesting, many are just boring or sad) Do you like your job??
Or maybe you couldn't be arsed investigating properly either.
@@NiecieSavo I shouldn't dignify this with a response, but welcome to the bureaucracy of death in the Western US.
1) University said send them to the landfil
2) Cemetary said they weren't the cemetery's problem since old cemetery no longer exists and the new cemetery isn't legally obligated to inter them
3) City said take it up with the County
4) County said, No, that's the City's responsibility
5) Chief Coroner (Boss at my other job) says they're not of forensic significance, not Tribal, and that they're the City/County/Cemetary/University's to figure out what to do with
6) State Burial Board has better things to do than worry about 120+ year old remains
7) Can't bury them in the back yard (See State Burial Board)
8) As this is taking place in an isolated and economically depressed part of the state, there's no $$$ to pay to deal with them
9) Ultimately, I can keep them and have them help me teach proper forensic methods to my students or I can (See list Item No. 1) send them to the landfill
And there you are, @Neicie, that's me not being arsed. Keep in mind that burying human remains without a burial permit from the State Burial Board is illegal and taking those bones out in the woods for a DYI interment is also, you guessed it, illegal.
I don't know what the laws are in whichever Commonwealth country you're from, so I'm giving you the benefit of having a different frame of reference in dealing with a situation like this. But, to be perfectly honest, my biggest piece of advice to you is to stop being a bell end whilst assuming this is a black and white issue. Thanks for playing along.
@@NiecieSavo Here's me discussing multiple cases in multiple comment sections. So, now you know about "properly investigating" possible reinterrment of skeletal remains. As for this case, we can talk after you've spent years investigating unattended and/or suspicious deaths and actually know what to look for in a homicide, can testify about said cases in court without getting laughed out of the room and creating the kind of reasonable doubt that sets murderers free.
I imagine you'll go back to watching old episodes of Silent Witness and Midsomer Murders so you can bone up on investigative methods before your next trip around the web where you get to show off your CSI: Vegas and True Crime knowhow.
Again, thanks for playing along at home.
@@raeandringa7260 Sorry I didn’t get back to you sooner, the starter went out in my car and that's been a minor ordeal.
I adore what I do because it’s mentally engaging and it allows me to help people who can’t help themselves.
I’d thought long and hard about going the pathology route but realized that after 4 yrs undergrad/4 yrs med school/3-4 yrs pathology residency/2-3 yrs forensic pathology residency that I’d be spending my career in a hospital basement somewhere and I knew that I wanted to be out in the field.
I went to grad school for forensic anthropology and became a deputy coroner (medicolegal death investigator). The educational and experience requirements are different depending on the state you live in and the jurisdiction where you work. Larger jurisdictions in my state will have an M.E. system, otherwise the Chief Coroner is elected and deputies are hired and/or appointed. I’m called to unattended deaths (decedent not under the direct care of a Dr./PA/NP) unless things are really hinky. I rarely have to respond to hospitals or nursing homes, but every once in a while something strange pops up.
The majority of my cases are of older adults. Most of those are along the lines of grandma went to sleep last night and didn’t wake up this morning. I’m also in an area with an outrageously high cancer rate and higher than average suicide rate, but I’m also in an isolated and very impoverished area where there is a lot of hopelessness.
The so-called boring cases are good. I’d much rather see 85yo Grandpa Jack still “asleep” in his easy chair than ever deal with another SIDS case. Part of staying on an even keel with a job like this is making sure you’ve got hobbies and activities that are fairly far removed from said job. I like to refurbish second-hand dolls and donate them to local charities so poor kids like I was can have a nice clean toy. I’ve taught myself how to repair sewing machines. I write science fiction and I visit Yellowstone National Park every chance I get.
As far as education goes, my undergrad advisor set me up on a pre-med/anthropology/abnormal psych path where I crammed in an occasional pharmacy or criminology class. I liked my courses and am very very fortunate to have a job I love that actually helps people, but I also get to use my ridiculous education.
My best to you and yours.
This case is so disturbing and heartbreaking. This one hit me really hard for some reason. I don’t know how those parents let their sons be interviewed without them. I don’t care what police told me. You aren’t talking to my kids without me. Period. I don’t care if you’re a friend, family, police. I’m always present. Every single child in this case was failed by so many adults.
Exactly what could the parents do? Get thrown in jail? They had no legal representation, and were basically helpless too.
Attorney too.
This was not in the USA, UK or Canada. Swedish law may be different in this regard.
The thing is that back then not trusting the police was just not a thing. It would have been unthinkable that the police wouldn't have the best interest of these kids at heart. We know better now, but the trust in the police in Sweden at the time was very very high. Also "knowing your rights" wasn't really a thing either. You did was the authorities said and if you where innocent everything would work out. I know in hindsight now that seems so naive and even dumb, even for a country like Sweden where we still trust police to a high degree, but it was how it was. I was a kid myself when this happened so don't remember much of it but know how it created a big turmoil and mistrust in the police when all of it came out eventually.
They trusted authority.
I don't usually think of "Sweden" and "infuriating" in the same sentence, but here we are.
Edit to add/clarify: I do realise crime happens in Sweden. What surprised me was this example of incompetence/corruption/lack of professionalism, especially in such an unusual case where young children are involved. And this is recent, too - not something that took place in the 1950s. I have an image of Sweden as being at the forefront of social rights and protecting individuals' welfare, especially that of children. So I'm surprised to hear the cops basically went, "Hey kids, you totally did it, right? Yep? Okay then, all settled."
Sweden has many dark stories coming out of it. I've actually had something of a shadowy sense of Sweden not helped by dark movies starting with Ingmar Bergman to the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo... that I see as historical fiction. There's truth in the ongoing seks trafficking in these perceivably squeaky clean countries. Also my dad was Swedish and he was often a monster.
My entire perception of Sweden as a country is based on my love for my Volvo and now I just dont know how to feel 😢
There is incompetence everywhere in the world. I live in Sweden , sometimes things are shady even here.
The two brothers, Robin & Christian, were treated horribly. I’m so sorry Robin & Christian. I’m surprised this occurred in Sweden (I’m American). Early on, I knew the two boys were innocent and a man or older boy committed the crime. The child had bruises; definitely a homicide. Likely a sexual assault. No one mentioned if a r_pe kit was done on precious Kevin. Darling boy. RIP Kevin
The fact that those two boys grew up thinking they were murderers breaks my heart.
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Yeah that was the worst part of it for me.
The murder is worse
@@kalebind1 I beg to differ. The child had a swift death, which was horrendous. The two boys endured years of mental torture and are still living with the trauma. Not that it is some kind of competition
@@kalebind1who cares what is worse? It’s not a competition. You can actually have empathy for multiple people at the same time
You should do audiobooks! Your enunciation and inflections are really just perfect.
Oh my stars! I’m in disbelief that a police department could ever get away with interrogating these children! In my opinion, all police officers involved should have been fired on the spot, never to be officers of the law again. What insane rule in Sweden says it’s okay to harass small children without an attorney or adult present?? Preposterous!! The family should have sued the uniforms off these men who call themselves “police”. May sincere condolences to Kevin’s family and the murderer will be punished one day! ❤️✝️🙏
There is no such rule, the police were acting completely wrong. I remember watching the documentary, it was really shocking stuff. At least the boys are cleared now. Finally.
Wow. Firstly, this is so sad for Kevin and his family. Secondly, those poor kids being relentlessly interviewed is wrong on so many levels. Those police officers should be ashamed of themselves!
As soon as you described the crime scenes, and the distance between the two, with no signs of drag marks, I knew that Kevin's killer had to have been a fairly well grown individual. Someone with some muscle. Two little boys couldn't have done that. A teenager, though? I was carrying toddlers around as part of my babysitting duties from about 11 or 12. And I was no athlete.
It was deemed an accident after it was reinvestigated.
@@VioletJoy it was deemed an accident by the same department that was embarrassed by the original, botched investigation. It seems likely that they just closed it as quickly and easily as they could. Meanwhile, you have a teenager in town who was convicted of a similar crime. Hmmm.
@Momtammy Just because certain investigators did not do their job properly, doesn't mean the entire department is crooked. It was reinvestigated. If they were "embarrassed", then why reinvestigate? Where did you get the information that it was closed "as quickly and easily as they could"?
I'm not sure how you see the crimes as similar. Kevin was not sexually assaulted and the other little boy wasn't killed. It's possible there is a connection, but there's no way of knowing.
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That's pretty much what I was thinking.
The police only ruled it an "accident" now because they knew they were wrong for all of those years, so to them no matter if their answer to the question of
"What really happened" is 100% wrong it's better than no answer at all or admitting that they let a k.1||èr go while 2 innocent little boys took the heat for the crime for all those years.
@@VioletJoy All of the known earlier evidence points to someone else being involved in some way. They needed an autopsy to figure out how he died, but if it was an accident, shouldn't they have found clues where he was found? Instead, they said he died 30 meters away from where he was found, which has to mean that someone moved him for some reason. Of course, all of the previous information could be wrong, but why haven't they revealed anything about how they came to their new conclusion? If it was an accident, there wouldn't be a any reasons to keep all of the information confidential like there is with criminal investigations.
No child should be made to endure such heinous lengths of interrogation methods!!It is dispicable what these little boys were put through. They were frightened into confessing. Then they have to live with the frightening memories of all this. Forced confession does not a crime solve and is not true justice for little Kevin.
Already watched, but comments were initially disabled. Boy, what a screwed up case all around!!! Thanks for sharing the story & hope your weekend is off to a great start!
Very disturbing case. I can imagine the anger and frustration of the family.
So heartbreaking those poor boys will never be the same again 😢
This has to be the sickest story I've ever heard. How about a multi million dollar lawsuit?
This is just about the worst miscarriage of justice i've ever heard. Those poor little boys. 🙏
Those poor little boys. Here, no one under 18 can be interviewed without a parent present.
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Im swedish and this was a high-profile case. Many of us feel sorry for both families who suffered from this. It took a long time before the boys were cleared. They got 1 million sek (about 100 000 dollars) from the state but will never undo the horrific blame and witchhunt from society that followed Kevins death.
It really makes me wonder if authorities knew who did this and blamed the children in order to cover it up
That's exactly what I thought....they were covering for someone, I even wondered if maybe an officer considering what absolute BS the so called investigation was.....and I'll bet not one of those repulsive coppers lost a second of sleep over the treatment of two innocent children....covering for one of their own kids perhaps and now banging the " accident " drum without having to explain why.....I loathe police, in every supposedly modern society and it's been a very long time since the right kind of people wanted to be officers, now most are worse than those they prosecute...we no longer tell our children to call the police if they need help ,in fact, call anyone but....like my mum told me, a law unto themselves
Damn, these poor kids lost their entire childhood. This will haunt them forever. So sad 😔
The whole police dept. are idiots. So sorry for the brothers. Rest in paradise sweet angel
"Idiots" is far to kind of a moniker for those cops.
I felt so bad for the three kids here.. I remember I was 14 years old sitting with my female friend , her 5 years old brother came ..I don't know why (we were kids too) we wanted to joke with this boy and we started to convince him that he is a girl not a boy ...
I remember within half an hour he was completely convinced and started sadly to refer to himself as "girl" , after the joke session ended his sister cried in tears and hugged him and told him: "we were only kidding and you are the most handsome boy ever"
The point is: I remembered this incident while I watched this video knowing how easy it is to convince a child of something ..let alone group of police adult men..
Those guys should prosecute state of Sweden for millions of millions of $$ for their lost childhood .
I have watched a two hr.docu.on this with the now grown boys,it was pretty horrendous what these police men did to those kids.They did not do it at all.
It sounds like child abuse. I wish all cops involved in interrogations were held accountable and faced consequences. Ruined those little boys lives.
I have watched a documentary and listened t a podcast with one of the brothers. I hope they are doing better now but t affected their whole childhood and early adulthood, they where as child murderers so had to move to another city, ended up in a foster home and their parents had to fight to get them back. And then the effect on your mental health to know that you're a child murderer (at least what everyone tell you that you are so it must be true right) but have zero memories about it.
@@kab9706 Ruined the while family’s lives
M.T Wes whats the DOC called and where can I watch it if you don't mind me asking
@@melissamayes4152 Of course I don't mind,but it was a 2 part docu on a German TV channel.I can't remember the name though but I will try and find it so you may can watch it on yt,if it is on here.
This case shows how much more we have to go as a society. Improvements can and should be made.
I saw so many people here in the comments throwing shame at all three childrens parents, but most was directed at the four year olds parents for letting him go out to play at that age. So I'd like to point out that this was not only a different time, but also, in Sweden. And you really can't compare Sweden to America, because it was, and still is, a very different country.
Child development says don’t let any 4 year old go off by themselves…. Or 5 or 7 year olds…. Any one of them could accidentally drown in a lake.
As a Swede I’m impressed with the pronounciation of the different names of towns, places and people. Good job
Overall this was a heartbreaking case that’s haunted Sweden for decades and a lot of people are absolutely shocked over how the police officers treated these two boys.
When we were little and one of us had done something wrong my dad would line us all up and, of course being angry, would be demanding to know who did whatever the transgression was. We three older ones learned quickly that if we just stood there and kept quiet that our baby sister would confess every time. This case reminded me of those times.
Similar case of injustice in Norway: The Silje case. It would be nice to see a video on that case.
What a terrible way to treat children in a suspected homicide. An adult should've been present during their interrogation and the fact police never recorded it is bizarre.
I think i saw a video of them being questioned but idk
Maybe they left out some parts because i do remember watching a video of at least one of the boys being questioned
Independent of anyone's guilt, just questioning them that many times is abusive in itself but then considering they're both children it was unethical how they were treated
Never heard of this case thank you for sharing. Shocking !!!
Geez, where to start?! I saw shades of the West Memphis Three, the McMartin case, even the Salem witchcraft accusations. And with the completely bungled investigation, it seems unlikely Kevin’s murder will ever be solved to any satisfaction. I hope those officers are used in the most humiliating way as an example to future classes of police. Thank you for bringing this case to light.
Maybe you should have a look at the Norwegian case of Silje Marie Redegård. It is very similar. A 5 year old girl murdered, three of her play mates, aged 4, 5 and 6 respectively were blamed for her death. The case is closed but they are looking to open it up again because of many flaws by the police and because it most likely was not tge play mates who did it.
God, that sounds awful. I mean, I want to learn more and have it reinvestigated, but shiiiit.
@@raeandringa7260 I know exactly what you mean. And yeah, me too. Those three boys had their life ruined too. So I really hope the case is re-opened and that they get to the bottom of it all.
@@kirstineschiemann3774 blaming kids seems like the laziest, most gross police work.
I watched a documentary of this case, it sounds ery similar with incompetent, lazy police work. They blamed some little boys who now say too that they don't have any memories of doing anything to her. People supposedly saw a group of teens but the police never investigated it. But I don't know, maybe it was an accident or if therewas proof of murder, it was log time ago I wathed the documentary.
@@teijaflink2226 exactly. And yeah, many leads that were never followed up on back then. The disctrict attourney (I believe) has recently been looking through the files to see if there is a cause to reopen it and the last thing I heard, the DA believed it should be re-opend, the teens (or those who were teens back then) needed to be found, be interrogated and so on. I haven't heard them officially saying that they will re-open the case yet, but the DA certainly seemed to push for it. We will see, where it may end up.
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This is beyond sad. Where the 2 brothers able to sue the police department?
A travesty of justice mixed with utter incompetence by the investigating officers has caused untold harm to so many people in this case. Dreadful.
Poor little Kevin this is a disturbing story I don't know what to think of who really did this. Thank you DC RIP Kevin 🙏.
It was deemed an accident after all.
A four year old on his own? Yikes!
I remember this when it was finally tried. When it was discussed at work, one of my colleagues related how her brother was found hanging in the forest...by a rope tied under his arms. The boy was basically alright, but he described how the other children (who had bullied him and others for some time) tossed a coin to decide if they would hang him with the rope aroound his chest under his arms, or with the rope around his neck. There have been many other similar cases, some near us, and bullying is a real plague int he schools and has been for a very long time.
Some one, probably not these boys, might hae been playing a prank that led to the boy´s death. panic might have lead them to laying him out maybe trying to resuscitated and then abandoning him. My heart goes out ot especially kevin and his family, but also to the older boys.
Yeah many things could have happened but it's all speculation. Police department's job is to follow the evidence not pressuring little children to confess to fit their narrative. These police officers should be brought to justice and a big compensation should be paid to the two victims in this case.
@@03817 agreed
Yup children can be cruel, especially when they’re not supervised. Some older kids tried to drown my sister when we were little. It just looked liked delighted children splashing in the lake, but their game was to surround and push her down. She was only around 5. I didn’t know since I was swimming with my older cousins until my parents pulled us out of the waters and yelled at those kids. They were shameless about it too, went back to screaming and thrashing each other around. I was vigilant over her ever since, even as adults 😭 and over nieces and nephews. Kids can be evil
Fico muito triste quando ocorre morte de crianças ❤da uma dor no coração 😢
One victim, especially a 4 year old, is bad enough, but because of the ineptitude of the police, there were many more victims, 2 of them small children. I feel terrible for those boys who grew up doubting themselves. And the poor little guy never did get justice. How unnecessary and sad.
How on earth do you interrogate a 5 year old WITHOUT their parents in the room?? That's disgusting
What a SHAM! How any of those bogus claims or theories by law enforcement were even considered as possibilities is mind boggling!! 🤯 those poor boys! So much injustice due to inept cops 👎🏼
Heart breaking 😢
Oh my goodness these poor boys...now men. What a travesty was prevailed on them. I hope they can go on to live a somewhat normal and happy lives. Wow.
That poor little boy that was murdered, too. The real perpetrator is still living amongst them. Horrific story all around
Ridiculous are you serious of course they got these little boys to admit it!! Made it much easier for them huh! Sorry excuses for cops! If they can make adults admit to doing something they didn’t hello! Why would the parents allow that to happen?! It’s so horribly what these boys were put through that’s outrageous!! Sorry excuses for cops and everyone involved in keeping them from their family!! I wish these young men could sue them!!
I know Sweden is supposedly safe, but what parents lets a 4 year old kid (a baby) go anywhere by themselves.
Because most countries are safe & people look out for each other.
This was "The 90s Sweden", not today.
There was nothing unusual about it at that time.
Bc this is safe Sweden and not america where you cant feel safe
@@swedishgirl666 This tragedy aside, 4 year olds are not noted for logic or common sense.
MOST countries are safe? Doubtful.
This is beyond weird.
No one is to blame, it was an accident, His body changed its place after death by itself, levitating?
How sad for those two brothers & their family having to suffer & being falsely accused. Kevin’s parents have suffered the most at not knowing who murdered their son. How the police there come to such conclusions is mind boggling.
Why would his parents let the 4 year old walk home alone or play with much older kids? Thats totally crazy. A 4 year old is too young and vulnerable for that.
That was not unusual here. Crazy to accuse 2 little boys who were never guilty!!!
@Swedish Mom in general. 4 year old sould be near his parents not to walk home alone regardless of what's usual. It's a matter of safety.
@@ea8269 i understand what you mean. Do you live in Sweden?
@Swedish Mom No, in the USA. It's a bad time and a lot of crazy kinds and people are out there with bad intentions.
@@ea8269 It’s pretty common in many other countries, or at least used to be. Neighbours would all keep an eye out for the kids.
Um... Kids that small can't carry another kid without leaving marks. DID NO ONE think of that? There would have been clear marks, little kids could never have done this. Why were they harassing little kids that could NOT carry the child without leaving any trace?????
Kevin 💔💙🇸🇪
This happened not far from me, I remember it and the documentary being all over the media. Bit of a career ender for many people, for good reason. Unfortunately police are not immune to human psychology, and I think the investigators might simply have been railroaded at the beginning of the investigation. I'm glad the boys were cleared, eventually.
And this is why you shouldn't lend any weight to testimony from small children...
Why did the parents leave that boy all alone and just expect him to come back home by himself? He was only 4!
Wow, I thought I’d heard it all
It seems to be all about making the case & closing it as quick as possible. Regardless if they actually committed the crime.
I can't imagine how they got away with interrogating a five year old & a four year old.
Especially without a parent or attorney present.
This alone should've been grounds to sue!
This is shocking! Those poor brothers!
Oh My God. I don't know why officers like forcing people to accept crimes they didn't do. Those kids were manipulated, they are so young they can easly be manipulated. They went through so much, imagine that age being called a killer. Those little kids were mislead by those incompetent officers.
This case was a big deal in Sweden, those two boys where crucified in the media at the time, everybody thought those two where the killers at the time, now two decades later they where vindicated but that is too little too late imho.
How does this happen? who lets a 4 year old go off to play and bring himself home by himself?
Dreadful, and a killer is still out there.
Oh my storms how horrific!
Dagbladet is a newspaper from Norway and we actually had a simular case here about Silje where 3 boys eas accused for 28 yrs of murdering 5 yr old Silje. They was finally cleared in 2022.
Sweden is the last place I ever thought children would have so little rights. In the UK kids cannot be interviewed without a parent or an appropriate adult present
Unbelievable. Disgusting honestly.
Wouldn’t a parent have been present during questioning of these children? Normally a special cold advocate/social worker..etc would question such young children. Odd.
Meant- special child advocate
How awful! Prayers to the boys that were determined to be the killers. Why didn’t the police think the same and do the same of Kevin’s brother then? He was Out playing with him. I don’t get how any of what the police did could be legal. I don’t think this was an accident either. The police should be held accountable for how this entire investigation and outcome played out. Prayers to Kevin’s family and those poor boys- now men who were accused and determined by police that they were the killers. Hope all can recover, have some peace & healing. Also hope more investigating goes into this case, does not seem accidental.🙏🏻🙏🏻
The police wouldn't let the parents be there for the majority of the questioning, so perhaps that's the way it was in Sweden at that time. Also, maybe they didn't use advocates, and as they weren't going to take things to court, didn't see a need to have a lawyer there, either.
How could this be allowed to happen?
Thank the lord those guys were sit free.
Why wasn't the thirteen year old kid looked into?
You still don’t know how Kevin was placed because there were no drag marks? How heavy do you think 4 year olds are?
It might be relevant as the accused were a couple of his peers, and his body might have been too heavy for them to carry.
Amazed to see this Swedish case here! Obviously, this was a huge story here. By no means is this typical Swedish police work... But a combination of small town cops, not used to handling this kind of case? Combined with media frenzy and... god knows what. The brothers - now young men - have sued the city (Arvika). I can't remember what the outcome was, but I know the town didn't want to pay them anything...
so which cop's kid was the 13 year old?
This breaks my heart so much
Another case where the cops are accusing babies. They always do this to protect the real killer.
How can a 5 and 7 year old kill another child.
My grandfather was briefly a police officer in the 1950s. Based on the stories he told me about the people around him, I don't think ANY confession should be treated as gospel.
If there isn't evidence to back up a confession, it shouldn't even be allowed in court. The police are very, very good at coercing confessions out of people regardless of their age.
That is one of the most Disturbing cases I've ever heard of. My Heart truly goes out to those two boys who have suffered a lifetime of Bullshit at the hands of the police.
I remember one of these two boys saying a few years ago after beeing declared definitely not guilty, in an interview"I never thought me or my brother had killed him, I always felt we hadn't done it"(or something very similar) and it sounded very weird to me. I remember a lot of what I did at 6-7 years old, and I remember clearly that I never killed anyone, I wouldn't have to even think about it or wonder about it. I wouldn't need to answer"I don't feel I ever killed anyone", I am confident enough to say "NO, I have never killed anyone!!!! " Another thing is ; even if these brothers HAD killed the boy,nothing would have happened to them,or to their families, this was Scandinavia, not America.
Traumatic experiences and other factors can severely mess with ones memories, also in this case nothing noteworthy happened on the day of the murder for the boys to remember, only memorable thing for them was the way they were handled in the aftermath..
I only remember a few random moments from that age myself, apart from that I don't remember a single thing :/ everyone's mind work differently when it comes to memories, so I personally don't find it that surprising that they ended up having to question themselves in later years 🤷♀️
Have you been subjected to brainwash for houres on end day out and day in as a 5 y old? Wow must have been horrible.
This case has got to be a cover up. Even after 20yrs and he boy's were were found not responsible the police then claimed it was an accident even though common sense say's otherwise. It had to be either a person of affluence or authority or a connection to such a person. The family needs to find a very good private investigator to take on the case.
I only have one question why was a little 4 year old boy allowed out without adult supervision............he was only 4 years old, come on now!!
Just horrible...
poor Kevin
Where were the parents? A four year old goes to someone's house by himself & when he doesn't come home on time, then the mom gets worried?!? And with a body of water nearby?! Maybe I need to listen again or maybe the narrator left some information off in the interest of time.
Children are capable of many cruel atrocities including MURDER,...this is a horrible tragedy & hopefully 1 day the TRUTH of what happened to this child is brought out
Rest In Peace beloved one blessings be
Please do the case of Elisa Lam, Room 1046 and Brian Shaffer. Thank you.
The brothers should at the very least be compensated or file law suit against those officers! 😡
Absolutely terrible in every way! Thank you for this story…😢
The police involved should not get retirement and should serve jail time.
I am so sorry this happened to you lads. This should never ever have happened to you. I hope the authorities will now help you readjust to a new life. God Bless you both. You look lovely strong young men. Grasp each chance and fly. Much love from all over here Uk
The behavior of the police is horrid.
As of today's date in the United States those boys could not legally been interrogated without one of both of their parents being there.
Who in the fuck would leave a four leave old out alone? No BS excuses. Those humonsters are not right in the head. If you leave any baby outside alone you do it deliberately.
What the hell were the parents thinking allowing a 4 year old to go play with friends away from home?! And allowing him to walk home alone?? My niece is 8 and we don’t allow her anywhere alone and won’t be doing for a while yet. Ridiculous people!
Until the media embarked upon their very successful scare campaign it was not unusual in the least. My peers and I walked to and from school without escort from kindergarten on in Chicago without problems.
@@mbryson2899 Same here, in Canada.
@@mbryson2899 Same in Los Angeles and Pasadena California... Even now my grandchildren go to the park alone. We don't buy into the social/mainstream media hyperbole.
Walking with a group of children is different from a 4 year old walking alone. Also, I was a child in the 60s, and kids didn't walk alone at 4 years old either.
@@lambymom92 We did in Chicago, it was not a big deal there back in the late 60s.
I can't believe both mothers letting their kids run off and play out of sight without adult supervision.The boys were 4, 5 & 7 in age. At least the 6 & 7 year olds had each other. Sadly, the 4 year old was alone when whatever happened to him happened. Sadly, it was just a matter of time before something like this happened.
I can't remember a single case in Sweden before Kevin's where a child has been murdered while out playing, alone or with others! Most likely, it has happened, but no one saw this as something dangerous! what you were possibly afraid of was if a child would drown or be injured in some other accident!
This happened in a much different time... it's hard to imagine or comprehend now, but some places used to be safe
So what punishment did the specific police/ investigators at the time receive after botching the case, treating the children the way they did, totally ruining their lives, never finding the murderer of the murdererd child thus no closure to the grieving family.???
Under the circumstances I can only think that perhaps someone was "covering up" for their "own"???.......
I'm no expert but how the hell were the police allowed to conduct hours long interrogation on these young boys without their parents consent??? That's an illegal process. Also why did the parents even allow their children to be interrogated in the first place??? I certainly wouldn't of allowed that to happen. Also there were no lawyers present either. The police acted very unprofessionally far as I'm concerned
What about the alibi of the known 13 year old rapist?
No alibi!
He said he was at the library.but it's closed on Sundays!