Alaina Urquhart

Now, as a young police officer, he was kind of in the same position, enforcing laws that seemed outdated and targeting groups that he himself was a part of.

Right.

To make matters worse, in August 1974, he received word that his father, Olaf Sr., had died at the UK military base in Ghana.

He had left his children a bit of money, but that was it.

Given how disillusioned he was with the circumstances, he waited until the end of the year, and in December, he quit his position with the police force.

Now, leaving the police force at the end of the year was intended to be a big life change that would set him on the right path.

Unfortunately, it turned out to be just another exercise in disappointment.

When the money his father left him started to run out, he was forced to go out and find whatever job he could, which at the time was not really easy.

He ended up working a series of pretty unfulfilling jobs.

You know, he worked at a job center.

He just did things that were not his passion at all.

It was there that Nilsson would have another powerful experience that, in retrospect, would have sinister undertones.

While working at the Job Center in 1975, Dennis met a young man named David Painter who came in looking for work.

During his visit, Painter mentioned he was currently out of work and without a place to stay.

At the time, there were no jobs for the young man, so he left without anything.

A few days later, however, Dennis ran into Painter on the street by chance.

And knowing his circumstances, he invited David Painter back to his apartment.

What Dennis didn't know at the time was that David was only 17 years old and had run away from home and was reported missing by his parents.

Oh, fuck.

When they got to Nilsen's apartment, the two watched a movie, had several drinks, and then Painter became tired and went to Nilsen's bed to lay down.