Jarno Elg

== Murder ==

== Murder ==

On November 20 of 1998, the 23-year-old Jarno Elg was accompanied by his 17-year-old girlfriend Terhi Johanna Tervashonka from [[Järvenpää]], 20-year-old Mika Kristian Riska from [[Mäntsälä]], a 16-year-old boy from [[Kerava]],{{cite web|url=http://www.iltasanomat.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/uutinen.asp?id=1437943|title=Paloittelusurmaajalle 9 vuotta vesuritaposta|date=19 September 2007|publisher=Ilta-Sanomat|language=Finnish|accessdate=2009-04-19|archive-date=2007-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001143953/http://www.iltasanomat.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/uutinen.asp?id=1437943|url-status=dead}} as well as the 23-year-old victim. They spent Friday evening drinking alcohol in Järvenpää as part of a larger group. They visited the local congregation and debated about Satanism and [[Christianity]] before the five left for Elg's apartment in Hyvinkää.{{cite web|url=https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000005905125.html|title=Aiemmin julkaisematon kuva: Tällainen näky odotti poliiseja Hyvinkän paloittelusurmaajan vaatekaapissa|date=20 November 2018|publisher=Ilta-Sanomat|language=Finnish|access-date=22 August 2023}}

On November 20 of 1998, the 23-year-old Jarno Elg was accompanied by his 17-year-old girlfriend Terhi Johanna Tervashonka from [[Järvenpää]], 20-year-old Mika Kristian Riska from [[Mäntsälä]], a 16-year-old boy from [[Kerava]],{{cite web|url=http://www.iltasanomat.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/uutinen.asp?id=1437943|title=Paloittelusurmaajalle 9 vuotta vesuritaposta|date=19 September 2007|publisher=Ilta-Sanomat|language=Finnish|accessdate=2009-04-19|archive-date=2007-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001143953/http://www.iltasanomat.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/uutinen.asp?id=1437943|url-status=dead}} as well as the 23-year-old victim. They spent Friday evening drinking alcohol in Järvenpää as part of a larger group. They visited the local congregation and debated about Satanism and [[Christianity]] before the five left for Elg's apartment in Hyvinkää.{{cite web|url=https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000005905125.html|title=Aiemmin julkaisematon kuva: Tällainen näky odotti poliiseja Hyvinkän paloittelusurmaajan vaatekaapissa|date=20 November 2018|publisher=Ilta-Sanomat|language=Finnish|access-date=22 August 2023}}

At the apartment, Elg punched the victim in the face, causing him to lose consciousness. He was tied using duct tape, and his entire head was taped over. Elg and Tervashonka then proceeded to hit him with scissors around different parts of the body. As the victim was being tortured, the group reportedly listened to ''[[The Cainian Chronicle]]'', an album by the Norwegian [[black metal]] band [[Ancient (band)|Ancient]].{{cite web|url=http://www.musicmight.com/artist/norway/eidsvaagneset/ancient|title=Ancient biography on MusicMight|last=Sharpe-Young|first=Garry|publisher=[[MusicMight]]|accessdate=2009-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327080521/http://www.musicmight.com/artist/norway/eidsvaagneset/ancient|archive-date=2016-03-27|url-status=dead}} The victim eventually died of suffocation due to his face being covered with duct tape. After this, cannibalistic and [[Necrophilia|necrophilic]] acts were performed on the body by Elg and Tervashonka, as well as [[genital mutilation]] and tearing out the victim's intestines.{{cite news|url=https://www.hs.fi/kaupunki/art-2000003819459.html|title=Kolmelle nuorelle vankeutta Hyvinkään kaatopaikkasurmasta|trans-title=Three youths sentenced to prison for the landfill murder of Hyvinkää|work=[[Helsingin Sanomat]]|language=Finnish|date=12 August 1999|access-date=12 February 2024}} The victim's head was "severed and disgraced", before the rest of the body was dismembered and dumped into separate waste containers.

At the apartment, Elg punched the victim in the face, causing him to lose consciousness. He was tied using duct tape, and his entire head was taped over. Elg and Tervashonka then proceeded to hit him with scissors around different parts of the body. As the victim was being tortured, the group reportedly listened to ''[[The Cainian Chronicle]]'', an album by the Norwegian [[black metal]] band [[Ancient (band)|Ancient]].{{cite web|url=http://www.musicmight.com/artist/norway/eidsvaagneset/ancient|title=Ancient biography on MusicMight|last=Sharpe-Young|first=Garry|publisher=[[MusicMight]]|accessdate=2009-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327080521/http://www.musicmight.com/artist/norway/eidsvaagneset/ancient|archive-date=2016-03-27|url-status=dead}} The victim eventually died of suffocation due to his face being covered with duct tape. After this, cannibalistic and [[Necrophilia|necrophilic]] acts were performed on the body by Elg and Tervashonka, as well as [[genital mutilation]] and tearing out the victim's intestines.{{cite news|url=https://www.hs.fi/kaupunki/art-2000003819459.html|title=Kolmelle nuorelle vankeutta Hyvinkään kaatopaikkasurmasta|trans-title=Three youths sentenced to prison for the landfill murder of Hyvinkää|work=[[Helsingin Sanomat]]|language=Finnish|date=12 August 1999|access-date=12 February 2024}} The victim's head was "severed and disgraced", before the rest of the body was dismembered and dumped into separate waste containers.

== Trial and aftermath ==

== Trial and aftermath ==

Jarno Elg was sentenced to life in prison. The accomplices Terhi Johanna Tervashonka and Mika Kristian Riska were sentenced to eight years and six months and two years and eight months in prison respectively by the Hyvinkää District Court of Southern Finland. The 16-year-old boy's charges were dropped completely, as the court found that he had been forced by Elg to participate in the events. It was said that the three people sentenced "were strongly influenced by Satanism". The court declared most of the details of the case to be sealed for 40 years. For this reason, only a limited amount of information is available.{{cite web|url=http://listverse.com/2012/03/04/top-20-human-cannibals-by-country/|title=Top 20 Human Cannibals by Country|date=4 March 2012|website=listverse.com}}

Jarno Elg was sentenced to life in prison. The accomplices Terhi Johanna Tervashonka and Mika Kristian Riska were sentenced to eight years and six months and two years and eight months in prison respectively by the Hyvinkää District Court of Southern Finland. The 16-year-old boy's charges were dropped completely, as the court found that he had been forced by Elg to participate in the events. It was said that the three people sentenced "were strongly influenced by Satanism". The court declared most of the details of the case to be sealed for 40 years. For this reason, only a limited amount of information is available.{{cite web|url=http://listverse.com/2012/03/04/top-20-human-cannibals-by-country/|title=Top 20 Human Cannibals by Country|date=4 March 2012|website=listverse.com}}

After the sentences, the media was accused by [[black metal]] musicians of trying to "raise up black metal as a scapegoat for the events in Hyvinkää". Demonos Sova of [[Barathrum]] "tried his very best not to involve Black Metal and Satanism with the murder" and called the murderers "some nutcases", whereas the ''I Return to Darkness'' [[fanzine]] "fully supports the murder of Hyvinkää and would like to hail in honour all those who participated in it". An article printed by the Norwegian ''Slayer'' fanzine stated that "[i]t's amazing how Satanists are always so full of strength and never forget to remind us that the weak must be weeded out., yet when someone does actually weed out some weak hypocrite - they are the first to mourn in public to save their precious Satanism from the terrible Devil Worshippers who ruin the whole name and essence of [[Satan]] which actions that, of course, don't have anything to do with 'real' Satanism", and told Sova to "[f]uck off and die". The article also questions why some people within the scene were "so fucking protective concerning black metal's 'good reputation'" although "black metal was the only form of 'music' where the music itself doesn't come as the first priority", whereas musicians now would seem to "care more about their guitars than the actual essence onto which the whole concept was and is based upon". In ''Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries'', the fanzine's author [[Metalion]] stated that it was a "stupid article" and people gave him "lots of shit for printing the article, especially because the point of view tended to support the attackers".

After the sentences, the media was accused by [[black metal]] musicians of trying to "raise up black metal as a scapegoat for the events in Hyvinkää". Demonos Sova of [[Barathrum]] "tried his very best not to involve Black Metal and Satanism with the murder" and called the murderers "some nutcases", whereas the ''I Return to Darkness'' [[fanzine]] "fully supports the murder of Hyvinkää and would like to hail in honour all those who participated in it". An article printed by the Norwegian ''Slayer'' fanzine stated that "[i]t's amazing how Satanists are always so full of strength and never forget to remind us that the weak must be weeded out., yet when someone does actually weed out some weak hypocrite - they are the first to mourn in public to save their precious Satanism from the terrible Devil Worshippers who ruin the whole name and essence of [[Satan]] which actions that, of course, don't have anything to do with 'real' Satanism", and told Sova to "[f]uck off and die". The article also questions why some people within the scene were "so fucking protective concerning black metal's 'good reputation'" although "black metal was the only form of 'music' where the music itself doesn't come as the first priority", whereas musicians now would seem to "care more about their guitars than the actual essence onto which the whole concept was and is based upon". In ''Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries'', the fanzine's author [[Metalion]] stated that it was a "stupid article" and people gave him "lots of shit for printing the article, especially because the point of view tended to support the attackers".

== Release ==

== Release ==

Tervashonka was paroled in the spring of 2003. In 2007 she was sentenced to another ten years in prison for killing a 47-year-old man by using a [[billhook]].{{cite news|url=https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000004821385.html|title=Karannut kaksoissurmaaja olisi vapautunut pian|work=[[Helsingin Sanomat]]|language=Finnish|date=3 August 2011|access-date=12 February 2024}} In 2018 ''[[Ilta-Sanomat]]'' reported that she had no longer had criminal convictions in the recent years.

Tervashonka was paroled in the spring of 2003. In 2007 she was sentenced to another ten years in prison for killing a 47-year-old man by using a [[billhook]].{{cite news|url=https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000004821385.html|title=Karannut kaksoissurmaaja olisi vapautunut pian|work=[[Helsingin Sanomat]]|language=Finnish|date=3 August 2011|access-date=12 February 2024}} In 2018 ''[[Ilta-Sanomat]]'' reported that she had no longer had criminal convictions in the recent years.

Elg was released on parole in February 2016, after serving 17 years in prison.

Elg was released on parole in February 2016, after serving 17 years in prison.