Hege Opøien
Died 23 June 2012
Who they were
Hege was 46. She and her cohabitant had two young children together.
What happened
On 23 June 2012, Hege was strangled in her home in Orkanger by her cohabitant, who then set fire to the house. The court stressed that he had tried to hide the killing by setting fire to the house while the children slept. On 5 March 2013 Frostating Court of Appeal sentenced him to 16 years in prison.
Verdict / confirmation
Frostating lagmannsrett, 5 Mar 2013: 16 years' imprisonment for murder and arson.
Perpetrator: Her 42-year-old cohabitant, originally from Morocco; a rejected asylum seeker who had lived illegally in Norway for about ten years (NRK).