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The area had already been intruded upon by curious campers.

And, you know, we see this in a lot of old cases where they just don't secure the crime scene and then people wander in and out.

It's a brutal crime scene.

Right.

Yeah.

And then who knows what's taken?

Who knows what's left behind?

You know, so this already is not a good start, but...

The disturbance of the scene would later be thought to be the first thread in an unwinding failure of an investigation.

But the first priority of the police was to get Niels to safety.

Obviously, this guy's in critical condition.

So the young man had suffered, you know, very significant injuries that we just mentioned, including broken jaw, concussion and stab wounds to his face, including a deep wound directly to his forehead.

It's believed that he also suffered a potential brain injury.

The police described the boy's injuries as so severe that he was incapable of talking immediately upon discovery.

So if they wanted to ask him any questions, he wasn't really able to respond.

But later, when he could speak, Niels would tell investigators that he remembered nothing from the attack but the image of a terrifying man dressed in black with glowing red eyes approaching their tent.

He then cut through the tent and then attacked them all.

After Niels was removed from the scene, police got a better look at the other victims, and inside the tent were the bodies of Anya and Seppo, and both had suffered stabbing and bludgeoning wounds to the majority of their body.

And on top of the tent, where Niels had been found, was the body of the survivor's 15-year-old girlfriend, Myla.

Myla had also been stabbed and beaten, but it was apparent her attack was far more severe than the others, usually signifying that she was the target.