 Despite his danger, Lindholm has repeatedly been released, albeit with the risk of a new death, and has been the subject of much criticism from people for the over-lax functioning of the Finnish legal system.A citizens' initiative to reinforce Lindholm's sentence has also been launched.In November 1981, he kidnapped a 16-year-old girl and forced her into a basement, where he beat her, choked her with scarves and threatened to rape her.