Murders of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland
Murders of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland
On 17 December 2018, the bodies of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, a 24-year-old Danish woman, and Maren Ueland, a 28-year-old Norwegian woman, were found decapitated in the foothills of Mount Toubkal near to the village of Imlil in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco.
Murders of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland
French authorities demanded extradition of the three assailants. Moroccan authorities denied this due to the fact that the crime took place in Morocco; since then the three assailants have been sentenced to death by the Supreme Court of Morocco. These are the first death sentences handed out by Morocco since 1993. The executions are due to be completed within 30 years.
Background
Maren Ueland (born 1990) was from Bryne, Norway and was a trained social and healthcare assistant.
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