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Turunen is said to have planned the crime for several months, and to even have bought an apartment in the centre of Turku specifically for the purpose of keeping
Nurminen prisoner there. During the whole time, Turunen also lived a perfectly normal family life with his wife and three underage
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box he had brought with him. Turunen then brought this box with him all the way to the apartment in central Turku, where he released
Nurminen from the box and left her in the apartment's specifically modified bedroom. For two weeks, Nurminen's only contact with the outside world was a
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