[fnordpiglet]

I throughly enjoyed reading the entire story. However I found it strange he sort of ended with “they searched for the car and asked us to leave.” The first one they got thanked profusely. But at no point did the author ever claim to have definitively found the car or the body. It’s humble but almost oddly so. Anyway great story.

[klausjensen]

Finnish people are typically quite humble and don't invite a lot of attention.

[fnordpiglet]

Yes I anticipated that’s the answer but it’s pretty interesting to see in fact. :-)

[jonah]

He did say there was a front page article about that case.

[fnordpiglet]

I know. But a natural conclusion would be “they found the car with his body inside it” or something similar. There was never a clear affirmation of success or detail of what success looked like. It’s ok! Just weird.

[throwaway81523]

The news coverage discusses it a bit. The police identified the body by DNA analysis, which presumably took a while after the car had been located. Reading between the lines, I think there may be some details that the author didn't want to get into. The victims have living relatives who don't need the gruesome specifics to be dragged out.