Missing girl's body identified – after 54 years

Published 15 November 2024 at 11.17

Domestic. Bone remains have been found and now confirmed to belong to 15-year-old Lillemor Thorsson, who disappeared in Strömnäs in Kramfors municipality on January 31, 1970. A disappearance that could be linked to the so-called Ådalsman.

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Skeletal parts were found in August of 2023 when divers went into the water during Sandöbron in Kramfors municipality. The dive was part of the marine archeology project Ångermanälven's underwater cultural heritage, which included examining and documenting the bottom under the Sandö Bridge.

At a depth of 16 meters, one of the divers discovered skeletal parts. The site of the find was filmed and the police were contacted.

On August 28, 2023, the police diving team did a dive at the site of the find and took the bone remains with them, which were then sent to the Forensic Agency in Umeå for examination and DNA collection. There they were able to quickly establish that they were human bones and that they came from a woman.

The police then suspected that they could be the 15-year-old girl, Lillemor Thorsson, who disappeared in 1970 in Kramfors. A disappearance that the so-called Ådalsmann could be linked to after he was arrested. In 1971, he was convicted of, among other things, causing the death of another.

During the police investigation, it emerged that the woman had relatives in her life, and the police asked if they would voluntarily submit their DNA for examination, which they agreed to . As the relatives were scattered in Sweden and around the world, several parts of the police became involved.

The samples from the relatives were sent to the Forensic Genetics Department of the Swedish Medicines Agency in Linköping for examination and a match could be made.

The relatives has been notified and agreed that the police may publish the find.