with essay by Prof Gisli Gudjónsson
46 colour photographs, 37 black & white photographs sourced from original police files
8 illustrations, 9 press cuttings
31cm x 23cm
Perfect bound card cover with silk screened cloth spine
Published by HerePress & The Photographers Gallery
Edition of 1000
Sitting from left: Orn Hoskuldsson, chief representative Reykjavik criminal court; Halldor Thorbjornsson, chief justice, Reykjavík criminal court; Karl Schütz; Petur Eggerz, ambassador at large.
The house where Sævar and Erla lived at the time of
Guðmundur’s disappearance. The court concluded that Guðmundur was murdered at Hamarsbraut 11 in the early hours of 27th January 1974
Pen that Kristján Viðar said he had taken from Geirfinnur’s body while moving it to his home at Grettisgata 82, Reykjavík, in the early hours of November 20th, 1974
Brekkubraut 15, Keflavík
Key expert witness for the Review Commission that is to decide on authorisation of a rehearing of the convicted mens’ cases
Reconstruction of Geirfinnur’s death, January 23rd 1977
White van driven by Sigurður Óttar Hreinsson to pick up merchandise from the suspects that on the night of Geirfinnur’s disappearance
Police artists made a clay portrait of the man seen at the Harbour Shop on the night of Geirfinnur’s disappearance. The head was nicknamed Leirfinnur – ‘leir’ being Icelandic for ‘clay’
In August 1996, Hlynur Þór Magnússon formally testified to abuses at the Síðumúli Prison in the course of the Geirfunnur investigation
Reconstruction of Geirfinnur’s death, January 23rd 1977, with Kristján Viðar (centre) and Karl Schütz (right)
Reconstruction of Geirfinnur’s death, January 23rd, 1977.
Erla testified that when the fatal attack on Geirfinnur began she ran away and hid in an abandoned house. Detective Haukur Guðmundsson identified the Rauða Myllan, or ‘Red Mill’, 300 yards from the Keflavík Slipway, as her probable hiding place. The Red Mill used to be a fisherman's hut, but in 1974 was used for storage and usually left unlocked
Kristján Viðar lived at Grettisgata 82 at the time of Geirfinnur’s disappearance and confessed to having hid Geirfinnur’s body there
