 In connection with the murder of Kotaniemi, Lindholm confessed to the police that he was mistreated by his mother.According to his statement, he had worn the blue leather gloves and the red-coloured scarf of his mother before doing so.He was angered by the fact that his mother had not been able to release him from youth facility and that she had been dating a new man, preferring to live with him rather than his father.