Premium Episode 2: Karina Holmer

PLEASE READ: This is bonus content for premium subscribers, Casefile will be returning with regular weekly episodes for free, starting with Case 200, on February 5. In March 1996, Karina prepared to leave her small village of fewer than 100 people for Dover, which had a population of around 4,000. Although outgoing and social, Karina was quite dependent on her friends and family. By working in America, she hoped to show her parents that she could stand on her own two feet. Karina was happy and excited as she farewelled her family at the airport. Just before she boarded the plane, she said: “I hope I’m doing the right thing.” --- Please note, Premium episodes will be made available to the general audience on the ad-supported feed at some point, as we don’t want to keep cases permanently behind a paywall. But Premium subscribers will receive them first, months in advance. Team: Anonymous Host - narration Jessica Forsayeth - research, writing Mike Migas - production, music Andrew D.B. Joslyn - music Milly Raso - creative direction Resources: WEBSITES Karina Holmer - half the crime will always be a mystery NEWS ARTICLES Severed body is that of au pair - The Boston Globe Probe widens in au pair slaying - The Boston Globe Clues sought in teen slaying - North Adams Transcript (AP) Local au pairs worry about safety - The Boston Globe Police are focusing on man outside club in au pair’s murder - The Boston Globe Psychologists say killing doesn't fit sadist pattern - The Boston Globe Friend of slain nanny tells of threat - The Boston Globe Au pair used fake ID at bar, friend says - The Boston Globe Police search for men last seen with murdered au pair - North Adams Transcript (AP) ‘The finest gift is life,’ wrote slain Swedish nanny - North Adams Transcript (AP) Au pair’s employer had new dump permit - The Boston Globe Au pairs, friends remember slain Swedish nanny - North Adams Transcript (AP) Nightlife alluring for foreign au pairs - The Berkshire Eagle (AP) Au pair probers find a print - The Boston Globe Panhandler reviewed in nanny case - The Boston Globe Village’s distant horror comes home - The Boston Globe Evidence shows rope or cord was used in nanny’s killing - The Boston Globe Detectives report few fresh clues as they study au pair’s slaying - The Boston Globe Police officer faced questions in slaying of Swedish nanny - The Boston Globe Figure in case of nanny seems to be suicide - The Boston Globe Nanny slay case cited in suicide - The Boston Globe Year later, au pair case unsolved - The Boston Globe Swedish au pair’s murder a fading mystery - (AP) North Adams Transcript FBI to aid slain au pair case - The Boston Globe Gruesome Fla. slaying likened to nanny case - The Boston Globe FBI is asked to help in probe of Fla. body - The Boston Globe Half a body in a dumpster - The Boston Globe