OHANNA MÖLLER, 42, opened
the door of her apartment on the
glorious summer’s day of August
4th, 2016. Two police officers – a
man and a woman – in polo-neck
shirts and combat trousers, wearing
traditional båtmössa caps, stood in front
of her. They looked too solemn for the
fine weather.
“Fröken Möller?” the man asked.
She nodded.
“I regret we have some very bad news
for you.”
She invited them into the living-room
where they told her that her parents had
been attacked at the summer house in
Arboga, west of Stockholm. Her father
Göran, 68, was dead and her mother
was in hospital.
Johanna was shocked. She became
unsteady on her feet. She sat down
quickly and the female officer did her
best to comfort her. They asked if she
had anyone she could be with. She said
she had. They left her but promised to
return later to check on her.
After the police left, Johanna stormed
into the bedroom and woke her
boyfriend, Mohammad Rajabi, 20. “My
mother’s still alive,” she said with anger
in her voice. Mohammad was confused
- he had stabbed her parents more than
20 times.
As promised, a few hours later, the
police officers returned. They asked a
few questions during which Johanna
sobbed, the initial “shock” now having
worn off. Mohammad sat beside her
and held her hand. Although much
younger than Johanna, he had fondness
in his puppy-dog eyes.
When the officers left for the second
time, Johanna turned to Mohammad
and laughed. “Was I good?” she asked.
“Did I perform well?”
It was a brief moment of respite - the police were already closing in.
An interview with Johanna’s mother
revealed that her daughter had financial
problems and had been dependant on
her parents for many years. They had
recently fallen out.
Report by
ANDREW STEPHENSONbefore – also at the summer house –
raised its head once more. At the time,
it had been assumed Aki had drowned
in an accident.
Police discovered that a month
before Aki’s death, Johanna had taken
out insurance of
£150,000 on Aki’s
life. The insurance
company had been
so concerned they
had refused to pay
out and the matter
was still in dispute.
The police now
reopened the death
as a homicide.
Johanna’s father
Göran, a consultant,
had helped Johanna’s
sister to build her
business, a jewellery
company called
Pearls for Girls.
It had become
profitable within
a few years, developing a turnover
of more than £2 million. They had
shrewdly sold the business at the high
point in 2011.
Johanna wanted a business, too. She
had raised six children from different64 Murder Most Foul Johanna Told Her Lover: “Kill My Parents”
The cops had grim
news – her father
had been stabbed
to death and her
mother was badly
wounded in hospital.
Johanna looked
shocked – but the
biggest surprise to
her was that they
weren’t both dead...
The parents had told Johanna they
wanted to lease the apartment they
owned that she currently lived in. They
wanted to sell the summer house too
and they also intended to change their
will to reduce her inheritance. They felt
she had been going
off the rails lately.
Johanna quickly
reasoned she would
benefit enormously
if her parents died
suddenly before any
of this happened.
She came up with
an idea – she had
always been quick
to find solutions,
her mother
explained.
Other evidence
rapidly emerged.
The blade of the
knife used in the
killing was found
smeared in DNA.
Letters that expressed Johanna’s anger
at her parents turned up. There was
a notebook, and many text messages
between Johanna and Mohammad.
Even worse, the death of Johanna’s
estranged husband Aki Paasala the yearJohanna Möller
being led into court
for her murder
trial. Below, her
ex-boyfriend and the
killer of her father,
Mohammad RajabiJ