Janne Puhakka, 29, was discovered useless in his residence.
Janne Puhakka, 29, a contestant on the Finnish spin-off of The Traitors was discovered useless at his residence (Picture: Instagram)
An episode of The Traitors was as soon as postponed after a real-life tragedy struck for one of many contestants. The BBC hit present has completely different collection all over the world, however the premise is similar: contestants have to smell out the Traitors in a bid to win an enormous money prize.
Every episode tends to see one participant ‘murdered’ by the chosen Traitors and one other participant ‘banished’ on the roundtable. Nevertheless, again in 2024, on the Finnish model of the murder-mystery present, one star was tragically murdered in actual life earlier than the finale. Janne Puhakka, 29, was discovered useless in his residence in Espoo, which lies near Helsinki. Finnish publication Yle Urheilu later reported that Puhakka’s ex-partner, Rolf Nordmo, aged 66, admitted to the killing of the ex-ice-hockey star with a shotgun after a current separation. Following the devastating information, Finnish community Nelonen made the choice to carry off on broadcasting the present’s finale which had been initially taped earlier within the 12 months.
Nordmo was charged with homicide (Picture: Janne Puhakka / Instagram)
“We’ve come to the conclusion that now will not be the precise time to air an episode. We are going to return to the query of the potential presentation of the episode later. We share within the grief of Janne’s family members,” acknowledged a consultant from Nelonen.
Janne was nonetheless within the recreation as a ‘Traitor’ when the finale was cancelled. Fellow contestant, drag artist Cristal Snow, paid tribute to their late co-star on Instagram, writing: “This morning’s information of Janne’s passing is gloomy and onerous to consider. My ideas are particularly with Janne’s household and the fast circle.
“Janne was a prime bloke: cordial, affected person and calm. We shared an extremely humorous journey firstly of the 12 months, once we have been filming the Betollisen, however I admired him earlier than. Particularly when Janne took an enormous step to return out of the closet as a hockey participant. Now that was courageous. Janne was most of all courageous.
“I needed to publish this image on the day of the finals submission as a result of it represents every part what sort of expertise we shared. My deepest condolences to his household.”
Following the tragedy, Nordmo was arrested, dealing with a homicide cost. Nevertheless, the fees have been escalated resulting from suspicions of premeditation and distinctive brutality and cruelty.
He employed a legally owned looking shotgun within the killing of Puhakka and has reportedly admitted to the act.
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Matti Högman, the chief investigator, revealed: “Based mostly on the interrogation, the motive for the crime was the tip of the connection between the sufferer and the suspect.
“In the course of the interrogation, issues associated to their relationship emerged. The suspect has proven robust feelings in regards to the incident. The entire thing has to do with feelings.”
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