You can't just close the case," said Anton Berg, a co-presenter of the podcast, which intends to present the findings using AI gradually. Also Read Sweden finally shuts Olof Palme murder caseParadigm shiftPalme was shot dead at close range on his way home from a visit to the cinema on February 28, 1986. Over the years, the finger of blame has been pointed at South Africa's apartheid-era security services, Kurdish freedom fighters, right-wing extremists within the Swedish state and various lone gunmen. There is also no guarantee that the evidence needed to solve the Palme case even exists. The Golden State Killer case caused a fierce debate about privacy after millions of people had their DNA data scanned without their explicit consent.

Source: The Telegraph February 28, 2026 06:11 UTC