Palme: The Murder Investigation

Eyewitnesses provide their testimony about the murder. Close associates describe where they were when the murder took place and their reaction to the news.

Mistakes around the witness confrontations received a lot of criticism at the time. And the crucial mistakes led to Christer Pettersson being acquitted in court several years later.

We find out more about the alleged killer, Christer Pettersson, and the evidence against him. He is still the only person who has been prosecuted and convicted of the murder, but was acquitted on appeal.

A detective speaks out about conclusive evidence that was falsified to ensure that Christer Pettersson received a guilty verdict.

Detectives falsified data from wiretapping in order to place a witness near the victim, where he identified the principal suspect minutes before the shooting.

The story of why Christer Pettersson wanted to kill Sigge Cedergren, the Godfather behind Stockholm's drug market.

An account of the forensic details of the case, including ballistics, psychological profiling and analysis of the act.