Dahlsjö Case

Karlsson arrived at the Swedish Public Employment Service's office at Värmlandsgatan in Masthugget at roughly 6:30 am on 29 July, staying there until he and a group of other men went out to smoke at 8:00 am. A driver of a red truck offered Karlsson temporary work for the rest of the morning and most of the noon. On the morning of 29 July, Johansson left his family's apartment, leaving behind his work shoes in the hallway which baffled his mother, as Johansson generally was punctual. Johansson brought roughly 100 kronor (equivalent to 1226 kronor in 2024) with him. As with Dahlsjö, Johansson also informed his mother that he would be going camping in Åsa. Johansson did not turn up at work that day, nor is it clear what he did as a substitute to working on that day. Johansson's sister last sighted her brother a few days before 29 July, walking down Mellangatan towards Frigångsgatan in Haga.

The trio congregated at Café Mården in Haga at some point shortly after noon on 29 July, though it is unknown what they ordered there. At about 3:00 pm, Johansson, Karlsson and Dahlsjö left the café, entered Dahlsjö's midnight blue Volvo PV444, with Karlsson in the driver's seat, and drove off. This is the last confirmed sighting of the trio.Refn|Older sources often cite the trio's last sighting as having drove out of a back alley on Risåsgatan in Annedal during that morning, However, Lundqvist felt restless and somewhat uncomfortable staying with his overprotective parents, and had read about an art colony in Lysekil which he wanted to visit during his vacation. Lundqvist left the summer home during the afternoon on 29 July 1965. It is unclear when he departed; some sources state it was around 3:00 pm (at the same time as the Dahlsjö trio), though others state he left later. It is also unclear how Lundqvist made his way to Gothenburg; some sources claims he hitchhiked all the way there from Torekov, others claim that he made it to Båstad, where he bought a train ticket to Gothenburg Central Station. According to his mother, Lundqvist was dressed in a brown suede leather jacket, a white cotton shirt, grey polyester pants and a dark blue sweatshirt. He did not bring his passport and had roughly 100 kronor (equivalent to 1226 kronor in 2024) with him.

Regardless if he hitchhiked or took the train, Lundqvist arrived at Gothenburg Central Station at roughly 8:00 pm on 29 July. The final confirmed sighting of Lundqvist came in the form of a postcard, which he had mailed to his family in Torekov from Gothenburg Central. The postcard included references that he was planning on hitchhiking the rest of the way to Lysekil, alongside a plea for his parents not to worry about him.