The Photo That Caught the Swedish Serial Killer

Photographer Tests Camera and Captures Girl's Final Minutes Before Murder: The serial killings of Engla Joglund and Pernilla Hellgren by Anders EklundOn April 5, 2008, an amateur photographer testing a new camera took two images one minute apart on a quiet Swedish road. In those frames: a ten-year-old girl on her bicycle and, directly behind her, a red Saab 900 with a completely legible license plate. Neither the photographer nor anyone else knew those would be the last documented moments of Engla Joglund's life-or that the vehicle belonged to the man about to kill her.In this episode, we trace how those accidental photographs closed a case that had remained open for eight years and exposed one of Sweden's few confirmed serial killers. We examine the legible license plate that led to an arrest in forty-eight hours, the DNA match that solved a 2000 murder, and the critical moment when a man simply remembered his afternoon photos.Victim: Engla Joglund and Pernilla HellgrenDate: June 4, 2000 and April 5, 2008Location: Falun and Härtsön, Dalarna region, SwedenStatus: Solved; Perpetrator Convicted- A witness saw a man in work clothes near Pernilla Hellgren's body in 2000, yet no arrest was made for eight years despite recovered DNA- Thomas Langton's camera timestamp placed Engla Joglund and Anders Eklund's vehicle at the same location one minute before her disappearance- Eklund had a documented history of attempted rape and sexual assault dating back years, yet was never genetically profiled until his 2008 arrest- The red Saab's tire tracks matched impressions found beside Engla's abandoned bicycle, and blood stains inside the vehicle matched the victimEngla Joglund, Pernilla Hellgren, Falun, Härtsön, serial killers, Anders Eklund, Swedish murder, unsolved mysteries solved, forensic evidence, homicide investigation, true crime EnglishTo listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected] listen ad-free and access premium episodes, start your 30-day free trial at obomedia.comOBOMEDIA presents true crime storiesa true crime podcast built on real cases.Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons  a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.© 2026 Created with OBOMEDIA technology. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text and related materials) are the property of their respective creator and are distributed under the OBOMEDIA name on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing and business inquirie