Jonas Aarseth Henriksen (30) was found dead at a cabin in Nes in Ådal on 17 August. After scouring the scene and examining technical and digital traces, as well as conducting dozens of interviews, the police made the first arrest in the case exactly four weeks after the murder. The police have since arrested and charged three more men. Briefly, the police so far believe these four men to have been linked to the case: Noresund man (32) Status: Arrested in Noresund on 30 September. Charged with murder or complicity in murder. Has been detained for four weeks. Does not plead guilty. Previously convicted for, among other things, violence and the sale of doping agents. The main theory of the police is that the man was responsible for planning the attack on Jonas Henriksen, according to news’s information. Hønefoss man (32) Status: Arrested on Tuesday 26 September. Charged with murder or complicity in murder. Detained for four weeks. Not guilty. He was an acquaintance of the murder victim. The man was summoned for a witness interview by the police and was arrested during questioning. The 32-year-old has previously been convicted in several criminal cases, including violence against a police officer. Elverum man (30) Status: Arrested on 20 September in Elverum. Charged with murder or complicity in murder. Has been detained for two weeks. Pleads not guilty. He has previously been convicted of, among other things, aggravated theft and threats, and is said to be an acquaintance of the first person who was arrested in the case. The defender has said he is willing to answer questions from the police. Rena man (28) Status: Arrested at Rena on 14 September. Charged with murder or complicity in murder. Has been detained for four weeks. Does not plead guilty. He has been convicted several times in the past, including for violence against the police. The man did not want to be questioned in the case, according to the lawyer, due to “previous experiences with the police” he does not trust them. Convicted in the same case The first police arrest in the case, the 28-year-old from Rena, did not want to be questioned in the case. Lawyer Ellen Tvedt Jorem has stated that he has chosen to make use of the right not to explain himself to the police, due to poor experiences with the agency in the past. The police did not want to say anything about what connected the four accused to the case. news knows that some of the accused knew or knew each other, but detailed information about all the relationships is currently unclear. All the accused have previously been convicted, to varying degrees of severity. Some of the cases are also far back in time. The two who were first arrested and charged have previously been sentenced in the same case. They are also said to have bought a car from each other shortly before the murder. This car will now be with the police. Jonas Aarseth Henriksen was found murdered by a remote forest road north of Hønefoss. Photo: Øistein Solli / news The main theories According to news’s information, police investigators are working on a theory that the 32-year-old who was arrested in Noresund on Saturday evening is the main man in the case, and that he is said to have ordered several attacks against Jonas Henriksen. In the time before the murder, Henriksen told about cases of violence, threats and vandalism. One of the police’s theories is that jealousy could be a motive, and that an incident a few years ago made the 32-year-old jealous and furious at the murder victim. Neither police prosecutor Tine Henriksen nor defense attorney Jon Anders Hasle wish to comment on news’s information. – We have only had an initial conversation with our client and cannot go into any details. It is far too early to conclude anything. The police probably have some hypotheses, but everything is only at the hypothesis stage, says defender Jon Anders Hasle. news has spoken to a close acquaintance of the accused Noresund man. During the almost six weeks that have passed since the murder, they have not noticed anything different about the 32-year-old. – We are very surprised by what has happened. We have a lot of contact, so this is very strange. I haven’t noticed anything about him at all, nor have I ever heard anything about Jonas. My impression is that he is kind and helpful, and I have nothing negative to say about him, says the man I know. Curious about the cabin? Although the police believe they have put several of the pieces in place in the puzzle, the picture is far from clear. Tine Henriksen says that they cannot rule out more arrests. Jonas Henriksen was found dead in his own car, which was halfway down the ditch on a dirt road in a remote cabin area five miles north of Hønefoss. It is unknown what he was doing there, but an early police theory is that he may have been tricked into the location, either through a fake job assignment or some other way. The police believe that theory has been strengthened.
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