A 25-year-old woman suspected of a high-profile handbag murder in the Stockholm area this spring is to be extradited from the USA, reports Expressen with reference to the Sacramento Bee newspaper.The woman is suspected of murder and grave robbery after a 37-year-old man was found dead in a bag outdoors near Gustavsberg in Värmdö municipality at the beginning of March.
The Sacramento Bee writes that the woman fled from Sweden to her sister in the USA via Denmark, Germany, and Mexico after the murder. Her sister was also initially arrested, but was later released.
Several other people, all of whom according to the Prosecution Authority have connections to each other, are suspected of being involved in the case. A 19-year-old man was the first to be arrested and detained in Sweden. One person, a 24-year-old man, is still at large.
