Jarno Elg

Jarno Sebastian Elg (born 1975) is a Finnish Devil-worshipper, who was sentenced to life in prison for murdering a 23-year-old man, eating some of the body parts and instigating others to participate in a ritual that included torturing the victim and listening to black metal music on November 21, 1998, in Hyvinkää. Elg's partners were 17-year-old Terhi Johanna Tervashonka from Järvenpää, 20-year-old Mika Kristian Riska from Mäntsälä and a 16-year-old boy from Kerava.

The criminal investigation started when a leg was found from a dump site, thus giving the name "dump site murder" to the case. The case was generally described as the most gruesome homicide in Finnish history.

entences

Elg was sentenced to life in prison for murder.

Tervashonka received eight years and six months in prison for murder committed while still a minor. A mental health examination found her to be partially insane. She was released from prison in 2003. In June 2007, Terhi Tukio (née Tervashonka) killed a 47-year-old man with a billhook in Vaajakoski. In September 2007, she was sentenced to serve nine years in prison for manslaughter.

Riska received two years and eight months in prison for assault and violation of a grave.

The 16-year-old boy was considered to be innocent, because he claimed that the older men had forced him to participate.

The Hyvinkää district court and Helsinki court of appeal declared most of the details of the case secret for 40 years.

External links

* [http://www.newsmakingnews.com/karencuriojonesarchive.htm August 11 1999, Helsinki, Finland; Jarno Sebastian Elg, Terhi Johanna Tervashonka, Mika Kristian Riska sentenced for ritual murder (in english)]