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- ↑ "Sarjasurmaaja menetti miljoonaperinnön" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 8 March 2007. Archived from the original on March 15, 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
- ↑ "Puolisonsa lääkemurhaajalle ei armoa" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 27 July 2007.
- 1 2 Ranta, Niko: Kaksoissurmaaja pääsee vapaaksi 17,5 vankilavuoden jälkeen. Ilta-Sanomat 28.4.2022. (In Finnish.)
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