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On the night of Pentecost 22 May 1999, Kristian Magnus Orderud, Marie Orderud and their daughter Anne Orderud Paust were shot dead at the Orderud farm student residence in Sørumsand.
Much has been made of the 180 men in connection with the triple murder. A few weeks before the murders, he must have received a call to an operator at 180. The man who called is said to have talked about Anne Orderud Paust and the parents, and told them they were going to kill them.
Wednesday may VG say the police obtained a new witness in the case in 2018. Which sheds new light on who the 180 man was:
An auto repair shop owner said Lars Grønnerød had visited him at work in May 1999. One of the 513 phone calls to 180, which the police investigated, came from here, writes VG.
The man is said to have not told police about the visit during the investigation more than 20 years ago, so the phone conversation was excluded from the case, the newspaper writes.
Former Police Chief Tore Kampen, who investigated the Orderud murders, confirms to VG that he is a new witness.
– I am aware that there has been a tip and that it contains information that reinforces the suspicion against Lars Grønnerød as the man of 180, he says on VG’s Krimpodden podcast.
Lars Grønnerød died in the fall of 2019. His defender over the years, Steinar Wiik Sørvik, tells VG that he does not think Grønnerød is the 180-man player.
– During the years that I worked with the Orderud case, Lars and I changed all the issues. That Lars should have managed not to tell us something about this, I can’t imagine, says Wiik Sørvik to VG.
The murders at Orderud farm
- On the night of Pentecost, May 22, 1999, Kristian Magnus Orderud, Marie Orderud and their daughter Anne Orderud Paust were shot dead at the Orderud farm student residence in Sørumsand.
- All three were found by Kristian’s brother on May 23.
- On June 14, 1999, the couple Per and Verónica Orderud were arrested and charged with the murders. At that time, Kristin Kirkemo and Lars Grønnerød had already been arrested after violating the Firearms Law. The charges against the latter two escalated.
- On January 3, the four were charged with complicity in a triple premeditated murder.
- Per and Veronica Orderud were sentenced to 21 years in prison. Kirkemo to 16 years in prison, while Grønnerød received 18 years in prison.
- It has never come from who was behind the actual murder. The Orderud couple have always claimed they have been found not guilty and private investigator Tore Sandberg has been working since 2006 to get the case resumed.
- In January 2015, Per and Veronica Orderud were released from prison after serving nearly 16 years. Kirkemo was released in 2011, while Grønnerød was released in 2013, but died earlier this year.
- Tore Sandberg, who has previously uncovered several murders in Norway, has long followed the investigation to the police. His investigation in 2017 led him, along with the Orderud couple’s lawyer, to file a petition to reopen the murder case, as he believes the couple has been found innocent.
- The resumption commission is expected in 2020 to decide whether the case will re-enter the judicial system.
