KARMØY (Aftenposten): From the flagpoles, a confirmation weekend is celebrated, the coastal idyll is like taken from a postcard. The dark cloud over the local community no one sees.
–– Birgitte’s parents had one daughter. A girl I’ve never heard anyone say a bad word about. It’s a great tragedy. The case is like an open wound, says Jon Sverre Servan, parish priest for the past 26 years. This summer he retired.
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But everyone is talking about it. For 26 years, one case has put Karmøy on the map in all the wrong ways. A murder. An unsolved murder case. And years of deep division between families and people.
After 26 years, the investigation into the murder of Birgitte Tengs has once again taken a new turn. A man from the same municipality has been remanded in custody. He was in the investigative material all the way, but was charged only now. New DNA analyzes were crucial.
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