On Tuesday, Tom Hagen was arrested by car on his way from his home in Lørenskog to the workplace in Rasta.
Police blocked a blue-lit street not far from the Hagen family’s home, prompting several neighbors to witness what happened.
– I don’t understand why they did it that way, Brenna tells NRK.
Former police teams Johnny Brenna outside the police station in Lillestrøm on Wednesday.
Photo: Olav Døvik / NRK
He says an action leader planning an arrest would like to have little publicity and a controlled arrest, without the arrested person having an opportunity to throw evidence.
– What you least want is for the accused to get in the car, because then everything can happen. If he had been an action leader, he would have been in control of the object, the people in the mail, and would have quietly arrested him after he had locked himself in the door, without any drama.
– I don’t understand the strategy well, but maybe something happened that forced them to do it quickly and quickly. But there is a special way it happened, considering it was a pretty fierce arrest, Brenna says.
Police were asked about the arrest at yesterday’s press conference, but declined to comment on the operational reviews.
preventive prison
The garden was prepared for custody today.
– You have been arrested, and from being a witness and offended to being accused. There is a big change in the case, which changes the general character. Police are allowed to go much deeper and use more methods. They can go in and search, break the floor, go to the bathroom and search for what’s in the house without the need for Hagen’s approval, says Brenna.
Police have been conducting undercover investigations of Tom Hagen since last summer, and believe the case is characterized by “clearly planned misconduct.”
– The police say that they have used the entire coffin with methods, and that they have at least explored, carried out communication controls and carried out secret searches. They have probably used agents who can play roles around Hagen or other suspects in dealing with this, Brenna says.
– Amazing if you were alone
Police did not rule out further arrests in the case.
– It is within the nature of the case, and it is quite amazing if you were alone, especially when it comes to encryption. It is not surprising if there are more arrests. I suppose the police may have turned to other actors through undercover investigations, says Brenna.
Since Anne-Elisabeth Hagen went missing, there has been talk of a counterpart who must have communicated encrypted with the family and demanded ransom and threats of violence.
Police Inspector Tommy Brøske of the Eastern Police District said after the arrest that the police believe that no negotiations have been real.
– They must have solid and good evidence. They have been waiting for a year and a half, if they had no proof they could wait another six months. I suppose they have enough for a reasonable cause of suspicion. They may not present everything today, but enough to imprison him, Brenna says.
Holden: – Surprisingly
Svein Holden is now Tom Hagen’s defender. He was previously Hagen’s assistant attorney.
Photo: Heiko Junge / NTB scanpix
Garden advocate Svein Holden tells NRK that he has spoken to his client about the arrest.
– There may be something we will visit at a later date. It was powerful, and it’s about whether that use of force is necessary, ”says Holden.
Holden says he has otherwise viewed police behavior as ordered, but believes the evidence reported to him so far is too scant.
– I find it surprising that they choose to arrest him, both considering that the suspicion is weak and that the loss is alleged 18 months after the incident. It is special in my eyes.
The garden has been questioned and has cooperated with the police. Holden confirms that several interrogations are planned.
Chronology of the disappearance of Anne-Elisabeth Hagen
On October 31, 2018, Anne-Elisabeth Hagen (68) disappeared from her home in Fjellhamar, outside Oslo. Hagen is married to investor and billionaire Tom Hagen (68). On April 28, 2020, Tom Hagen was arrested by the police.
Early in the morning, Anne-Elisabeth disappears, an unknown person walks the runway at her husband Tom Hagen’s workplace. The man turns and returns where he came from. Twenty-four minutes later, another man arrives at the same place. Neither man has reportedly escaped, despite calls from the police.
Billionaire Tom Hagen (68) leaves the family home and heads to the Futurum building in Lørenskog, where he works. This is less than 4 kilometers from the house at Sloraveien 4.
Anne-Elisabeth Hagen’s phone call to a relative this morning is the last sign of life. Since then, neither the family nor the police have heard from her.
Tom Hagen arrives home and discovers that his wife has disappeared.
He finds the family cub locked up and in the bathroom there is a well-written letter with demands and threats from the alleged kidnappers.
Tom Hagen alerts the police that his wife has disappeared. He meets the police at a nearby service station. Civilian police officers begin investigations at the family home.
Police are questioning employees of a company that worked on the roof of the Hagen house just before the disappearance.
After 10 weeks of secret investigation, the Eastern Police District convenes a press conference where they discuss the disappearance.
Police Inspector Tommy Brøske says the main theory of the police is that the woman was kidnapped.
The alleged hijackers threatened Anne-Elisabeth’s life and demanded a ransom in the form of cryptocurrency.
The police choose to go public because they need advice on the case.
The Hagen family’s development attorney, Svein Holden, asks that the kidnappers get in touch and that the family receive confirmation that everything is going well.
Police are deploying a mobile police station at Hagen’s home and talking to neighbors in the area. Police are also investigating the property and searching for special dogs in the area.
The investigation is led by the Eastern Police District with the assistance of the Oslo Police District, Kripos, Økokrim, Interpol and Europol. Interpol comes out with a public consultation from Anne-Elisabeth Hagen.
Lawyer Holden says on TV 2 Åsted Norway that the family is ready to find a solution if they can confirm that Anne-Elisabeth is in a good position.
The Eastern Police District reports that investigations of the forensic scene outside and inside the Hagen family property have been completed.
In just one week, the Eastern Police District received more than 800 tips on the disappearance case.
A week after the case became known, the police received nearly 1,000 tips. Police confirm to NRK that the US FBI. USA He is involved in the investigation.
The family received a message from those who claim to have Anne-Elisabeth Hagen. The message arrived on the same digital platform where the family has previously received messages.
The family is contacted again, apparently in a different and better way than before, but there is still one-way communication without the possibility for the family to respond directly. The family still does not receive a life certificate.
The family makes repeated statements to the alleged counterpart, the details of which are unknown.
Anne-Elisabeth Hagen’s kidnapping may have been touched to hide a murder, police say. The main new hypothesis is now that the 69-year-old man was killed.
The family listens to the “counterpart” for the first time in five months. They get a message on a new platform that Anne-Elisabeth Hagen is alive. After this, there should have been more communication that Attorney Holden will not go into detail. But he emphasizes that the work now falls on the “counterpart.”
After VG was informed, an amount of over NOK 10 million was paid shortly after the counterparty’s announcement. The payment must have been made to an account that the police have not yet been able to trace, according to information from VG.
At two press conferences, it emerges that police believe Anne-Elisabeth Hagen was most likely killed, while the family believes she is alive. The family has not yet received a life certificate, just a message from the so-called counterpart that she should be alive. Assistant attorney Svein Holden says the communication is in Norwegian. Police will not comment if they have suspects in the case.
Police say several shoeprints have been found inside the house that they believe belong to a perpetrator. The footprints were found in places of interest, police say, which publishes shoe prints and the type of shoes they think are worn.
Technical clues are known to have led the police to the theory that Anne-Elisabeth Hagen was killed on Wednesday, October 31, and that one or more perpetrators removed her from her home.
Police say they found a lockable plastic tape – strips – in the house where police believe the central scene is.
Police release information that both the letter sheet and the envelope containing the threat letter were sold to Clas Ohlson. Previously, it was indicated in which stores shoes and straps were purchased.
The day a year after Anne-Elisabeth Hagen was reported missing, police say they have a list of names of possible perpetrators.
Police are conducting further investigations into the house of the married couple in Sloraveien in Lørensko.
Police are giving a clear signal that Anne-Elisabeth Hagen’s family will use generosity to obtain information.
The disappearance case is formally declared as an unsolved murder. Police records show that Anne-Elisabeth Hagen was killed on October 31, 2018.
Anne-Elisabeth Hagen’s husband Tom Hagen is arrested in a police action in Lørenskog. He is accused of murder or complicity in murder.
