Lindahl was arrested, but after posting bail, he was released. Days before she was set to testify at his trial, Colliander vanished.
Her body was discovered in a shallow grave in 1982, months after Lindahl’s death. The cause of death was undetermined, but it was ruled a homicide.
In 1981, Lindahl died in an apartment in Naperville after accidentally slashing an artery in his leg while fatally stabbing an 18-year-old man. His remains were exhumed in 2019 for DNA testing, which led to his posthumous connection to multiple murders.
With DNA evidence now shedding light on unsolved crimes investigators believe that Lindahl may be connected to other murders in the area.
