Chilling 'Murder Rules' List Found in 19-Year-Old's Closet

A list detailing how to commit a murder was discovered in a 19-year-old man's closet. A month earlier, he had shot a person in the head.

On August 12 last year, a 19-year-old man was shot dead on Nygatan in Norrköping. Three individuals are charged with murder and attempted murder in a trial that began on Thursday and is expected to last five days.

A 19-year-old, who was 18 at the time of the shooting, is suspected of carrying out the shooting. He admits to the crime.

The two other men, aged 26 and 21, are charged with facilitating the murder and persuading the 19-year-old to commit it. Both deny the charges.

Shot from the Backseat

The shooter traveled from Uppsala to Norrköping on August 11. He had accepted a murder assignment and was promised 100,000 kronor. According to the preliminary investigation, he received the weapon from two girls in Norrköping. In the evening, he was seen on an electric scooter.

He waited for a silver Audi, and the people in the car thought they were going to sell drugs to him. In the car, he first shot the driver. The passenger managed to escape.

"I was sitting on the right side, between the right backseat and the middle. Then the person in the passenger seat asked if I had the money. So I said yes, wait a minute, I'll get it. Then I took out the gun and shot the driver," the 19-year-old says in interrogation.

He claims he had no choice and was threatened. He says he was under the influence of tramadol and benzo during the act.

"I was just told about a job, and then it happened as it did. I didn't even know there was a conflict going on in Norrköping," he says.

Murder List

At the same time, a search of the 19-year-old's home revealed a list on how to commit a murder. The rules were written in a black notebook, sealed in a bag, and hidden in a shoebox in the closet.

The page was titled: "Murder Rules." Among other things, it stated "DON'T get caught" and "DON'T leave DNA!"

Sven Granath, a criminologist and researcher at Stockholm University, suggests that the list may have made it psychologically easier to commit the murder.

"You simply remove the feeling of what it's really about, namely taking another person's life," he tells SVT Öst.

He also notes that this is not the first time similar items have been found in investigations.

The suspected 19-year-old was arrested a month after the murder. He has previously been placed in HVB and LVU care.