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12-year-old Frode Fahle Ljøen. On the day of his disappearance, Ljøen was seen hitchhiking on the same road that
Brungot would later be abducted from, and two witnesses later confirmed that they had seen him enter a car. Another witness said that, on the same night, he had observed two men digging in the nearby forest with a white car parked nearby, but after police searched the area, nothing was uncovered. Ljøen remains missing and is presumably deceased, and no definitive connection has been made between him and the Antonsens.
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213:. He spent his early childhood in Horten, with his parents frequently fighting and getting drunk. They eventually divorced when he was aged 10, resulting in Antonsen being sent away to a local orphanage, where he stayed for the next five years. At age 15, he escaped from the orphanage and soon found work as a sailor on a trade ship, travelling to locations such as
232:, and during this time, he remarried and had two children with his new wife. After completing his mandatory service, Antonsen returned to seafaring. In 1971, he was charged with several violent crimes, among which the rapes of his wife, sister, and a 15-year-old girl, for which he was subsequently convicted and given a 5-year prison term at the
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authorities found his body on some stones outside the village. Further investigation confirmed that the man was indeed
Antonsen, and an autopsy concluded that he had taken his own life. Strangely, the Brungots had received another call just three days prior, informing them that their daughter's killer's days were near an end.
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rehabilitated. During the trial, the two brothers constantly argued and blamed each other for the crimes, with Terje claiming that he was afraid of Edgar. Additionally, he claimed that his older brother had supposedly confessed to several additional murders in private, which occurred during his time as a sailor.
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when they took notice of 12-year-old Bodil
Brungot, who was hitchhiking home and partying at a disco with friends until the late evening hours. The Antonsen's brothers gave her a lift, and the moment she entered their car, Terje jumped in the back and held her while Edgar drove them to the rural area
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Haglund, the man who was initially arrested in the case. He claimed that he had been forced into confessing to the crimes by Antonsen, but as the former was deceased by that time and with the introduction of evidence pointing towards his guilt, Haglund later retracted the statements and was
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from the military. He briefly returned to his hometown of Horten, where he encountered his 80-year-old neighbour, Bertha Holten. She invited him inside her apartment, and once he was inside, Antonsen took a lamp cord and tied it around her neck in two knots, strangling her to death. After stealing
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Antonsens' trial received extensive coverage in contemporary news media. Both of them were assessed for competency, with psychiatrists concluding that Edgar was an "incurable psychopath" who took pleasure in torturing people and animals, while Terje was simply easily manipulated and could be
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Antonsen brothers might be responsible for the 20 July disappearance of
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December 2015. Edgar was released on unsupervised parole in 1988 and moved to the village of
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with black speed stripes along both sides. After hearing this, authorities immediately thought of Edgar
Antonsen, since he was the only person in the area to own such a vehicle. Not long after, both of the Antonsen brothers were arrested on charges of
255:, where he found a job at a local knitting factory and eventually became engaged to the woman. While living there, Antonsen reconnected with his younger half-brother, 21-year-old Terje, a drug addict who had been detained in several
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from the apartment, he exited the apartment without being seen. Not long after, Holten's body was found, but despite the suspicious circumstances, authorities erroneously concluded that her death was a suicide and closed the case.
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joined in on the case. Soon after, a large search effort was undertaken by both the authorities and local volunteers, including a search for human remains at sea conducted by 18 divers and with the aid of a ship belonging to the
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568:[The Antonsen brothers behind a second murder?] (in Norwegian). Tidens Krav. 28 November 1974 – via National Library of Norway.
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