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Detectives even obtained phone traffic data from the local telephone companies that serviced the region, but analyzing all of that data was going to take some time. While they waited, officers hit the streets hard and canvassed door-to-door in neighborhoods around the park that butted up to the forest.

Detectives even obtained phone traffic data from the local telephone companies that serviced the region, but analyzing all of that data was going to take some time. While they waited, officers hit the streets hard and canvassed door-to-door in neighborhoods around the park that butted up to the forest.

This included Grimm, where Steena Sophia and Lena departed from, as well as Egg, the neighborhood closest to the football field where the plastic grocery bag had been thrown away. A lot of residents in those neighborhoods gave police names of people they felt investigators should look at as potential suspects.

This included Grimm, where Steena Sophia and Lena departed from, as well as Egg, the neighborhood closest to the football field where the plastic grocery bag had been thrown away. A lot of residents in those neighborhoods gave police names of people they felt investigators should look at as potential suspects.

But out of everyone on the list, two names emerged that authorities felt were worth taking a serious look at. They were 19-year-old Jan Helge Andersen and 21-year-old Viggo Kristiansen. The two young men were close friends who were from Egg and had reputations for playing what residents referred to as war games in their neighborhood.

But out of everyone on the list, two names emerged that authorities felt were worth taking a serious look at. They were 19-year-old Jan Helge Andersen and 21-year-old Viggo Kristiansen. The two young men were close friends who were from Egg and had reputations for playing what residents referred to as war games in their neighborhood.

At some point in the investigation, authorities had received an anonymous letter about them that stated, quote, To the investigators of the child murders in Banahaya, we advise you to check out two youths in the egg area who've been frightening local children for a long time. They're Vigo Christensen and Janhelga Andersen. They've been behaving strangely for some time.

At some point in the investigation, authorities had received an anonymous letter about them that stated, quote, To the investigators of the child murders in Banahaya, we advise you to check out two youths in the egg area who've been frightening local children for a long time. They're Vigo Christensen and Janhelga Andersen. They've been behaving strangely for some time.

They play war games, climb trees, dress up as soldiers. I find this odd because they are adults, end quote. During door-to-door canvassing on May 22nd, three days into the investigation, authorities spoke with Vigo and Jan Helge at their respective homes. Vigo's alibi for the evening of the crime was that he'd been home with his parents until around 10 p.m.,

They play war games, climb trees, dress up as soldiers. I find this odd because they are adults, end quote. During door-to-door canvassing on May 22nd, three days into the investigation, authorities spoke with Vigo and Jan Helge at their respective homes. Vigo's alibi for the evening of the crime was that he'd been home with his parents until around 10 p.m.,

He said they'd left to go for a walk around 10 o'clock and he'd stayed back to babysit his three-year-old nephew. At some point earlier in the evening, he remembered Jan Helge had shown up to hang out and when he was done babysitting his nephew, they'd sat outside in his backyard together until about 11.30 or 11.45 p.m.

He said they'd left to go for a walk around 10 o'clock and he'd stayed back to babysit his three-year-old nephew. At some point earlier in the evening, he remembered Jan Helge had shown up to hang out and when he was done babysitting his nephew, they'd sat outside in his backyard together until about 11.30 or 11.45 p.m.

Jan Helge's statements during police's door-to-door canvassing was similar to Vigo's. He said he'd gone over to Vigo's house around 8 p.m., but briefly went home to take a shower between 8.30 and 8.45, then returned and hung out with Vigo until just before midnight. Without much else to confront the young men with, investigators had to let their suspicions about them just sit for the time being.

Jan Helge's statements during police's door-to-door canvassing was similar to Vigo's. He said he'd gone over to Vigo's house around 8 p.m., but briefly went home to take a shower between 8.30 and 8.45, then returned and hung out with Vigo until just before midnight. Without much else to confront the young men with, investigators had to let their suspicions about them just sit for the time being.

Authorities prioritized digging further into the young men's backgrounds, but they were also looking at other potential suspects and focused on developing a criminal profile of the offender, you know, to get a better idea of the type of individual who would be capable of carrying out such a violent crime.

Authorities prioritized digging further into the young men's backgrounds, but they were also looking at other potential suspects and focused on developing a criminal profile of the offender, you know, to get a better idea of the type of individual who would be capable of carrying out such a violent crime.

The results of the profiling work indicated that the crime had been committed by only one person, a male, who'd viewed Lena and Stina Sophia as victims of opportunity, Whoever the killer was, he was an ordinary individual who few people would suspect of committing such a heinous crime. What's interesting is that Jan Helge generally fit that characterization.

The results of the profiling work indicated that the crime had been committed by only one person, a male, who'd viewed Lena and Stina Sophia as victims of opportunity, Whoever the killer was, he was an ordinary individual who few people would suspect of committing such a heinous crime. What's interesting is that Jan Helge generally fit that characterization.

He was a young man who didn't have any major criminal red flags in his background and was described as a shy, quiet, polite teenager who was an active member of the Home Guard Youth Division in Kristiansand, which I mentioned earlier was that training program for young people who wanted to learn about weapons and survival skills.

He was a young man who didn't have any major criminal red flags in his background and was described as a shy, quiet, polite teenager who was an active member of the Home Guard Youth Division in Kristiansand, which I mentioned earlier was that training program for young people who wanted to learn about weapons and survival skills.