Since on the morning of 31. October last year, has no-one seen or heard from Anne-Elisabeth Hagen.
The 69-year-old Norwegian woman, who is married to one of Norway’s richest men, Tom Hagen, is supposed to be abducted, and the police have, therefore, investigated the case intensively, in the hope of finding the woman and those who are behind the alleged abduction.
the 112 – 27. feb. 2019 – at. 10:47 Slæbespor in the abducted milliardærfrues house
so far, the police have worked with the premise that the woman is still alive, but at a news conference Thursday, the police have for the first time, aired the possibility that the woman is no longer alive.
– It is natural to question and doubt whether she is still alive, says inspector Tommy Brøske at the press conference, which were to have taken place four months after she disappeared.
the Police held by a press conference in the case 11. February, where they told, that they had not received the heartbeat from the woman, and they called on the kidnappers to give the police and the family a kind of heartbeat.
It is, however, not happened since, why the police then begins to doubt that the woman is alive.
– There has not been any contact with the counterparty since the last press conference, it sounds very disheartening message from Tommy Brøske.
the 112 – 23. jan. 2019 – at. 08:15 Witness mysterious men with fishing rods and telephoto lens before kidnapping
the Contact with the suspected abductors have all the time been strongly limited, since there has been talk about one-way communication through an encrypted electronic connection. And here you have not heard anything in a month.
Facts: The alleged kidnapping of Anne-Elisabeth Hagen
the 68-year-old Anne-Elisabeth Falkevik Chin disappeared 31. October 2018 from her and her husband, Tom Hagens, shared home in Lørenskog between Oslo and Lillestrøm.In the home was found a letter, as the alleged kidnappers have left behind.The police at an early stage been involved in the case. However, it has been kept secret for the public, as the alleged kidnappers have threatened to kill the woman if the police get involved.Allegedly, the kidnappers demanded kryptovaluta for nine million euros in ransom.
Tommy Brøske tells, however, that the police starting point for the case is still not changed despite the new announcement.
– Our main goal is unchanged, and we still hope to get reunited her with her family, said Tommy Brøske.
He tries to maintain a bit of optimism.
– We can not exclude the possibility that there is a good explanation, that there has been little news, he says.
– We can also not exclude that we at some point will receive little news, or that we will receive the new communication, he says, although he suggests that the police are not especially optimistic in the direction.
Opinions Kurt Kragh: An employee may have helped the perpetrators
He told also, that the police since the case started 31. October has worked with hovedhypotesen that Anne-Elisabeth Hagen had been abducted, and it remains their hovedhypotese.
the Police have found a number of technical tracks and has scored a series of inquiries, but to date not something that has led to any breakthrough in the case, without the police want to dwell on the details.
– for the sake Of the investigation we are limited in what I can say about the tracks, says Tommy Brøske.
the Police have previously released images of two persons, which may or may not be interesting for the matter, as they were in the vicinity of Tom Hagens workplace on the morning of 31. October.
the 112 – 10. jan. 2019 – at. 12:12 Norwegian millardær-wife kidnapped: Police publish overvågningsvideo
however, It is still not succeeded in finding the two people, why the police still want to find out who they are, so they can find out if they either have relations to the abduction, or may have seen something on the morning of 31. October.
