1998day.year
Finnish satanist Jarno Elg kills a 23-year-old man and performs a ritual-like cutting and eating of body parts in Hyvinkää, Finland.
Jarno Elg commits a gruesome murder and cannibalistic ritual in Hyvinkää, Finland.
On November 21, 1998, twenty-three-year-old Jarno Elg lured a young man back to his apartment in Hyvinkää, Finland, under the guise of a friendly meeting. Once inside, Elg murdered his victim, then infamously cut off a portion of the body and consumed part of it in a ritualistic act. The gruesome discovery of human remains and surveillance footage shocked the quiet Finnish town and the nation at large. Elg was arrested shortly afterward and confessed to the crime, citing satanic beliefs as motivation. His trial revealed disturbing details of planning and premeditation that unsettled both the public and the judicial system. The incident prompted changes in mental health evaluations for criminal cases in Finland. Jarno Elg was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, and the case remains one of Finland's most notorious crimes.
1998
satanist
Jarno Elg
ritual
eating of body parts
Hyvinkää, Finland