Police attorney Ole Jacob Garder in the Sør-East police district confirms to news that the man who was found dead in Stavern outside Larvik on 2 January has now been released to his family. – The police have finished their investigations, but I do not want to comment on the time spent related to the release or what these investigations have given us in terms of possible answers, writes Garder in an e-mail to news. He justifies this by saying that any answers will be relevant to the further investigation. Working with several theories Already on 4 January, the police received the preliminary autopsy report. However, Garder did not want to comment on the contents of the report. Police prosecutor Ole Jacob Garder will not answer when the deceased will be released to the family. Photo: Håkon Lie / news – It has given us important information that is included in the assessment that the grounds for suspicion against the accused woman have weakened, Garder told news the day after the police received the report. The police attorney now confirms to news that the police are still working in parallel with several theories. – We have previously said that we do not think there is a preponderance of probability that the missing woman has taken the life of the deceased, says Garder. He adds that the police do not want to weigh the likelihood of alternative theories and that there is still no evidence that other people were involved. Not releasing names The police will still not release the name of either the deceased man or his partner, a woman in her late 40s who has been formally charged with murder. The police have searched both above and below water for the missing woman in her 40s Photo: Theo Aasland Valen / news The reason is that by identifying the deceased, the police believe that they are also helping to identify a person charged in a criminal case. – Given any other course of events, the police will then have identified a suspect. There is no general tradition for that in Norway, says Garder. Sol Elden at Advokatfirmaet Elden has been appointed as legal counsel for the deceased’s family. She confirms that she is familiar with news’s information about the release. However, Elden has no comment on what the bereaved think about the fact that it took almost two weeks before the police released the deceased and the family could start planning the funeral. Sol Elden is the legal representative for the deceased man’s survivors. Photo: Marit Sirum-Eikre / news Elden points out that she is still under a duty of confidentiality by the police regarding the case’s documents and therefore cannot inform either her clients or the media about details she has been made aware of.
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