The relatives have not given up getting an answer to the question they have been asking for three years. Still, no one has been able to answer them what happened to Truls Henrik Johansen.
On the night of Friday 15 June, the 23-year-old from Øksnes went out to sea in Vesterålen with three men in their 30s. They went out with two small boats, two men in each boat. A trip that in no way went as they had intended.
Both boats must have gone aground. The three men in their 30s were all picked up by a lifeboat during the night, while Johansen had disappeared without a trace.
Truls Johansen’s family despaired of stopping the search
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In retrospect, one of the three was charged with leaving the 23-year-old in a helpless state. He was acquitted in court in December 2020. Now the family has hired a private investigator in the hunt to find out what really happened to Johansen.
– We have already received several new tips. It is about everything from interesting people to discoveries both on land and to water that we are investigating whether can be linked to the case, says private investigator Jan-Arnt Skjolde to Dagbladet, and adds:
– There has also been information that Truls is said to have been buried and other tips we believe were not investigated well enough during the investigation of the case.
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– Not happy
Skjolde emphasizes that as long as the case is unresolved and the 23-year-old has still disappeared without a trace, there are no tips that can be ignored.
Now he hopes new information will lead to the relatives getting an answer to what actually happened on June night in 2018.
PRIVATE RESEARCHER: Jan-Arnt Skjolde will try to find the answer to what happened to Truls Henrik Johansen. Photo: Nina Hansen / Dagbladet
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– The relatives are not satisfied with the investigation, and the goal is so clear that they will receive a clarification. We hope new tips and information will contribute to that. At the same time, both my family and I see how much resources are used in other disappearance cases, and feel that this has not been given good enough priority, says Skjolde and refers, among other things, to the case where Anne-Elisabeth Hagen has disappeared.
Dagbladet has been in contact with police chief Per Erik Kalland Hagen in Lofoten and Vesterålen. He has no comment on the fact that a private investigator is now involved in the case.
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