MURDERED: Karina Holmer
In 1996, Boston saw one of the most brutal and now notorious murders of their city. But over 20 years later, not many people outside of Boston know the name of the Swedish nanny who was brutally murdered, dismembered and thrown away with the garbage on an early August morning. Karina had secrets and shortly before her death she wrote a letter to her friend in Sweden and shared something that would forever haunt those who learn about this case.
The dumpster where just a part of Karina was found. She was severed from the waist up, cleaned and dumped here. The rest of her body has never been found.
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