Antti Taskinen

Who is Antti Taskinen?

Antti Olavi Taskinen is a Finnish double-murderer, who is responsible for the deaths of at least two men in Tampere and Heinola. He was sentenced to life in prison on May 31, 2006.

Taskinen was suspected to have killed his first victim, a 20-year-old student from Tampere, in August 1996. The victim died of a Dolcontin overdose. This was initially considered an "aggravated involuntary manslaughter" by the District Court, but later overturned in the Court of Appeal.

On February 1997 Taskinen was spending time in Tampere with a 30-year-old man. The man died, and a massive Abalgin overdose was found from his blood. Before his death the victim had made a testament in favor of Taskinen. This was considered a manslaughter by both the District Court and the Court of Appeal.

On November 2005 Taskinen murdered his final victim, Markku Heimo Juhani Franssila. He was a rich 54-year-old business manager, who had a villa in Heinola, where the murder took place. The men had lived in a registered partnership for the last four months. Franssila had died of an Abalgin overdose. The motive for that murder was the inheritance Taskinen would have been given.