    the lake bodom murders were a multiple homicide that took place in finland in 1960. lake bodom is a lake by the city of espoo, about 22 kilometres west of the country's capital, helsinki. in the early hours of june 5, 1960, four teenagers were camping on the shores of lake bodom.palo, jorma. bodomin arvoitus. helsinki: wsoy, 2003. - p.8. - isbn 978-951-0-27893-2. between 4am and 6am, an unknown person or people murdered three of them with a knife and blunt instrument wounding the fourth. the sole survivor, nils wilhelm gustafsson, led a normal life until 2004, when he became a suspect and was subsequently charged. in october 2005, a district court found gustafsson not guilty of all charges against him. the murders have proven to be a popular subject in the finnish media and commonly return to the headlines whenever new information or theories surface, but the case is still unsolved. ==victims== * maili irmeli bjÃ¶rklund, 15. stabbed and bludgeoned. * anja tuulikki mÃ¤ki, 15. stabbed and bludgeoned. * seppo antero boisman, 18. stabbed and bludgeoned. * nils wilhelm gustafsson, 18. survived, having sustained concussion, fractures to the jaw and facial bones and bruises to the face. ==suspects== there have been numerous suspects during the investigation of lake bodom murders, but these suspects are the most notable. ===pauli luoma=== luoma was a runaway from a nearby work department. police caught him soon after the murders and questioned him. they found out that he had a valid alibi. he reportedly was in otaniemi at the time of the murders. ===pentti soininen=== pentti soininen, a maintenance man, was convicted of number of property and violent crimes in the late 1960s. at the age of 24, while in in prison in the county of kuopio, he confessed that he had committed the lake bodom blood murders. on the fateful night, soininen, aged 15, resided near the site of the lake bodom murders. the police interrogated him, however his confession was not given much weight. soininen was a psychopath who could be incredibly cryptic, especially while under the influence of alcohol and drugs. soininen's long criminal record included theft, assaults, and robberies. in 1969, soininen hanged himself at toijala, a prisoner transport station. ===valdemar gyllstrÃ¶m=== one of the
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