He was arrested in April after DNA-based genealogy was used in the investigation, and was remanded in custody on April 10. The man denies any wrongdoing.
"After completing the preliminary investigation, I believe there are sufficient grounds to prosecute for two murders, and my assessment is that the evidence is good," said prosecutor Hanna Flordal in the press release.
In June 2005, Barbro Öberg found her father Tor Öberg and his common-law partner Gerd Wiklund murdered on a farm in Brattås outside Härnösand. The couple had been killed with severe violence to the head sometime between May 31 and June 2.
The first question I would like to ask is why? Two peaceful pensioners, as it were. No, I don't really understand. I just hope that you get an answer, said Barbro Öberg in connection with the detention hearing.
Wallet was left behind
The motive has eluded investigators over the years. Inside the home, the man's wallet was untouched. However, the woman's bank card disappeared.
The perpetrator appears to have gone directly from the crime scene to an ATM where three attempts were made to withdraw money before the machine seized the card, said Christer Johansson, press spokesman for the Västernorrland police, a few months after the crime.
The police secured DNA from an unknown person at the crime scene. Last year, a new law came into force that makes it possible to use DNA-based genealogy in murder investigations, which allowed the now-indicted man to be identified.
Several seizures made
The man has no previous convictions and lived in Härnösand at the time of the murder. He has since moved several times. When the police arrested him, he was living alone in an apartment in central Sweden. According to the Swedish Tax Agency, he is unmarried and has no children.
Since the man was arrested, several interrogations have been held, and the investigation has been supplemented with "additional technical and forensic examinations and forensic medical investigations."
When the police raided the suspect, computers, cell phones, USB sticks, hard drives, iPods, notebooks, memory cards, cameras and a game server were seized, according to the indictment.
The trial, which is expected to last four days, has not yet been given a start date.
