Hilkka Saarinen Murdered in Finland’s “Oven Homicide” Case, December 23, 1960
Hilkka Saarinen née Pylkkänen is murdered in the so-called "oven homicide" case in Krootila, Kokemäki, Finland.
Date: December 23, 1960
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