YouTuber To Murderer | The Disturbing Case of Pekka-Eric Auvinen

on november the 7th 2007 carnage ripped through the peaceful town of jakila resulting in the loss of eight innocent lives the town was left with many grieving families and friends and the police left with a dark and twisted puzzle but who was responsible for such a heinous crime what were the warning signs and what can we learn from this tragedy to prevent it from happening again welcome back to coffeehouse crime my name is adrian and today we're talking about the case of pekka eric alvin pekka eric was a troubled teenager who isolated himself over the years and with psychological disorders and extremist views to boot he was a risk that required urgent support but how exactly did eric become a piranha among the fish and what were the warning signs prior to his actions just to let you know i post solved unsolved and strange cases here on a weekly basis so if that sounds like your kind of thing please consider subscribing to coffeehouse crime so let's get right into the thick of it pull up a seat grab a coffee and sit back this is the case of pekka eric alvin here's somewhere new on the coffee house crime map welcome to finland known to most as a wintry paradise finland is famous for its views of the northern lights stunning scenery saunas and reindeer but there is more to this country than meets the eye it's internationally recognized to be one of the happiest countries in the world has the world's best education system and were thanks to his geographical position some of the cleaners there too with a population of around 5.6 million finland is actually one of the slowest growing nations in all of europe and even faces the decline by the year 2031. the capital city helsinki has an urban population of 1.3 million residents making its position on the south coast the liveliest part of the country it's also finland's hotspot for politics education finance culture and research zeroing in on today's case we're traveling to tesula a municipality found just north of helsinki mostly used as a commuter town the majority of its residents commute into the city for work and one of these residents was pekka eric alvin calling americ for short eric was born and raised in tessula his father ismo avenue and mother michaela villario were musicians both of them were locally successful michaela was a vocalist and guitarist and right beside her ismo was also a guitarist have to say he had a great taste in guitars owning a fender strat and gibson les paul born on the 4th of june 1989 eric was seven years older than his younger brother and the two boys along with her mother and father grew up in the rural area of chichella found on the northern border of tesula life here was peaceful but quiet and to young boy it was boring they both attended a local primary school before eric moved on to chichella high school and academically speaking eric was relatively smart he excelled in his schoolwork and would often score high among his peers however it was a different story when it came to his social life he was often known as a shy student who isolated himself from others and was quote prone to blushing when he was embarrassed and unfortunately eric was often bullied by some of his classmates unfortunately eric's story nose dives pretty quickly from here on out so buckle up while at jakeela high school eric's behaviour transformed rather swiftly and severely and some of the views that he outwardly shared were both surprising and alarming school documents highlight that while here several students complained about his behavior apparently he'd threatened them several times and promised that they'd die in a white revolution and according to one of his teachers eric expressed the views of a radical militant showing interest in both the far left and the far right movements as it turns out eric was a nazi enthusiast as a teenager eric was also observed to experience severe anxiety and depression so to add to these extreme thoughts were unstable emotions too by autumn of 2006 eric's parents began to worry over his mental health as a result they referred him to a clinical psychologist in order to see if there was anything they could do for him sure his beliefs were pretty awful but everyone deserves a clear head unfortunately after being examined by a psychologist eric symptoms of anxiety and depression seemed mild and instead of being given more pragmatic solutions he was offered antidepressants before being shown the door if he wanted any counselling he'd have to wait several months in a queue living in a quiet town in finland and not particularly interested in sports he invested his time into the strange online world of the early 2000s he was somewhat of a nerd definitely a gamer and of course he was quite edgy his bedroom would you'd expect most teenage rooms to look like during those times eric liked his games and seemed to play a lot of battlefield 2 back when the series was good and with musical parents he learned how to make his own music which was nothing special but not bad either one of his songs named anti-social aggression [Music] eric was by most counts a fairly average guy but looking into his psychological nature presented a unique thought pattern that most people found concerning let's elaborate circling back to his mental health back in november of 2006 eric started taking ssris but he would often abuse his prescription missing days if not weeks of his medication at a time ssris short for selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors help to increase and balance serotonin levels in the body which in response can help improve psychological conditions such as anxiety and depression but with a long transition period the efficacy of these pills very much depends on a constant and regular routine turbulence and irregular use can actually leave you worse off than not taking ssris at all the lack of discipline didn't fare well for eric and as time went by he further isolated himself from his friends and classmates eric didn't have many to begin with but this isolation made him even more of a loner instead he turned to his computer and as eric embraced the world of the internet he slowly grew a deep and dark fascination with violent content obsessed with sensitive events including the columbine high school massacre the waco siege tokyo subway sarin attack and the 2003 invasion of iraq and not only would he save and re-upload these videos to youtube but he also idolized their actions in addition to his increased isolation eric's views became darker his thoughts more reckless his emotions more volatile and in march of 2007 he started sharing those thoughts online creating a youtube channel under the name of naturalselect89 the same name used in his gaming profiles these videos along with his opinions would garner both attention and controversy and prompted by his online girlfriend eric would eventually reveal his face on his channel too creating an online video which felt very uncomfortable to watch hello everyone this is me natural selector 89 talking to you friends and haters and everyone else i got this idea of making an introduction video to my channel since i already have over 130 videos and not an introduction video yet so i guess it's good time to make one and this is it an introduction video to my channel i guess this is all for now but i'll see you later and out he also created a video insulting all religion but unfortunately you can't hear any of his words past the overly loud music in contrast to his awkward demeanor eric was very hot-headed and brash when it came to his own opinions and those opinions when combined with over 100 videos of gruesome events was eventually noticed by people online and they were growing very concerned despite this no formal investigations were ever conducted against eric but in response to violating youtube's community guidelines he did eventually find his youtube channel to be terminated this enraged eric but he simply created a new one calling himself sturm geist 89 which in german translates to storm spirit by autumn of 2007 his opinions and thoughts of humanity were worsening he had also further isolated himself from his peers and the targeted bullying towards him persisted his teachers and parents did intervene but it was to no avail eric classed himself as a social darwinist he believed in survival of the fittest and often used this as an excuse for his political incorrectness he had a very cold-hearted view on people he believed that only superior intelligent self-aware and strong-minded individuals should survive and the inferior stupid weak-minded masses should perish eric saw himself as special and self-aware and although he recognized that he had a god complex he justified it with the idea of himself versus the sheep he grouped mankind into three types of personalities individualistic and manipulative humans each accounted for three percent of the population apparently the manipulative humans controlled the world and the other 94 were mass human which are less intelligent less creative weak-minded people he had a much crassur way of saying this but we won't go into it on eric's second youtube channel created after the suspension of his former channel he publicly shared the following i am a cynical existentialist anti-human humanist anti-social darwinist realistic idealist and god-like atheist i am prepared to fight and die for my cause i as a natural selector will eliminate all who i see unfit disgraces of human race and failures of natural selection you might ask yourselves why did i do this and what do i want well most of you are too arrogant and closed-minded to understand the truth is that i am just an animal a human an individual a dissident i have had enough i don't want to be part of this [ __ ] up society this is my war one man war against humanity governments and weak-minded masses of the world no mercy for the scum of the earth humanity is overrated unfortunately the hatred and anger that eric expressed through his manifesto and online profiles were not empty threats and the plans he had been constructing in the background were both evil and chaotic and following some unfortunate news eric had learned that he'd lost his online girlfriend to another online man the first virtual love of his life had left him eric had no previous criminal record and with finland allowing the ownership of registered firearms he had no problem in obtaining one in august of 2007 he became a registered member of the helsinki shooting club and attended a one-hour training session and by mid-october after a successful application eric was approved a permit to purchase a sig sauer mosquito pistol and by the 2nd of november he had purchased over 500 rounds of ammunition eric was becoming more outspoken more violent more brash about his beliefs on the internet and in fact five months had passed since other youtubers had started calling him out on his ideologies those people are the kind of people you want to be keeping your eye on we're always talking about how about warning signs and could we have seen it coming well you know what if you want to look for warning signs there they are those are your [ __ ] warning signs investigate those [ __ ] people by november the 6th 2007 five months after this video was posted eric had created several text documents on his computer both in finnish and english one of these files was addressed to his mother and father and the rest were posted to a rapid share account he was planning something evil just at this time no one knew it november the 7th 2007 it was a wednesday right in the middle of finland's autumn term eric never showed up for his class that morning instead he was at home online at 9 30 am eric posted a video to youtube showing his skull over a pond the clip of his school eventually fading to a red image of him pointing a gun at the camera linking the video to a post on an online forum he said history will be made today he then shut down his computer got on his bike and cycled to school entering the school's basement through a door below the canteen he withdrew an item from his backpack this item revealing the true intention of his actions in his hands was his 6-hour pistol at 11 42 am gunshots ripped through cichelle high school his targets anyone he deemed unfit to live while students were initially confused as to what was going on they soon understood the situation and panic ensued by 1146 five students and the school nurse had been shot and although eric had come across many other students he would fleetingly decide who he would spare and who he wouldn't as word broke out to the head teacher she used the school's pa system to call out for all students to remain in their classrooms eric firing several shots through the corridors in response he screamed demanding other students to rise up and join him in his revolution but when those students either refused or were confused what was going on he shot at the classroom tv before leaving and without firing at any of those students eric ascended two flights of stairs up to the second floor coming across two students sitting on a bench within the corridor only one of them would get away alive he then sprayed a flammable liquid on the corridor wall and attempted to ignite it with matches but ultimately he failed as the clock struck 11 57 eric had caught up with the headteacher and tragically he shot her local police and paramedics began to arrive just several minutes later with first officers on the scene by 1202 pm he fired several rounds at officers fortunately missing all of them and taking position near the front entrance he took two more shots 1204 eric was ordered to drop his weapons but instead he descended deeper into the school finding refuge in a school bathroom and knowing there was no way out of this eric made the last action in his life to take his own and by 12 15 pm this tragic event had finally ended following a slow but sure operation police secured the perimeter before moving in it would take nearly two and a half hours to secure jakella high school some of those students would jump out of windows sprinting in faith towards police cars others waited until they were found and at 2 30 pm eric was amongst their discovery surprisingly he was still alive but only barely and beside him finnish police found 75 shell casings and 327 unused bullets in his bag among the confusion and panic was shock and horror at what had just happened a total of eight students and personnel were now dead and at the ugly heart of it all was eric as the day grew old details around eric and this incident started to circulate most notably the aggressive rhetoric left behind on his profile and as the ugly truth behind his actions emerged so did questions on whether this situation could have been prevented those that knew eric in real life were surprised by his actions his online dialogue was in very stark contrast to his character in the real world and although he had expressed some extreme views in the past he was shy quiet easily intimidated and often bullied at school those close to him even recalled his fear in applying for summer jobs and although he wasn't much of an affectionate man they would have never expected this but reactions derek's story was quite the opposite in the online world and those who were previously concerned of his rhetoric were left gritting their teeth in anger and now to add to concerned videos of what he might do were despairing videos of what he managed to do with a well-respected youtuber who'd previously raised his concerns again taking to youtube to express his frustration today i am vindicated but i don't feel good about it because it was something that i warned you would happen something that i told you to be mindful of and you didn't i warned you i warned you i i went specifically head to head with this very kid who committed this act i made videos directed exactly at him he wasn't the only one to observe eric's aggressive behavior thousands of viewers were already aware of him and now on the day of his terrible crimes people began to notice the changes made on his youtube profile and just several hours prior one person asking on an online forum i see someone on the net and it totally looks like he's preparing something and is about to do it who can i contact to report it what if this person lives in a foreign country and what are they able to do unfortunately those questions were never addressed soon enough reporting an online account from a different country isn't easy he was too late eric's father ismo who was at work that afternoon received a phone call from one of eric's friends in a worried tone he was asked if eric was at home and next if his gun was too in that moment like a ton of bricks ismo stumbled into shock he hurried home to find his oldest son's bedroom empty and instead of finding the gun safe in its box he found a letter instead in eric's handwriting it was titled to my father mother and brother after being transported to a nearby hospital eric would pass away from a self-inflicted wound so although it was not instantaneous he eventually succeeded in his self-elimination officially putting an end to all chants of justice and understanding detectives began to collect evidence from eric's family household and in the process they would learn through his diary entries that he'd started planning this back in march of 2007 a total of eight months prior to the jocella massacre and even back then in his videos he made himself out to be a violent masculine individual who had fantasies of sexual domination had stern political opinions and severe hate for the week so what can we learn from this all the warning signs were there but no one knew how to address it the anonymity and a distance afforded by the internet can make people more likely to open up online when compared to face to face as you all know the internet allows people to share more extreme views with a safety barrier against repercussions but how exactly do you report threatening online behavior especially if that person is in a different country to you unfortunately there is no perfect answer it's a process that we have yet to finesse in the modern world there is no one-size-fits-all if you're able to identify this person by name and location and the situation seems urgent then your best bet is to contact the local authorities in eric's case it was fairly obvious that he lived in finland and particularly towards the end of his life dracella those in finland would find it relatively easy to voice their concerns by dialing one one two and anyone living in another country technically could have done their research and called his local police department but the question of privacy and overburden often comes to mind it's normal for many of us in this situation to feel as if we're being dramatic but at the end of the day if the situation seems life-threatening and substantially plausible it is worth creating a fuss about it's a very tricky question with no concrete answer and i found myself struggling what to advise with this dilemma it seems that this kind of process really should be looked at to help avoid further tragedies in the future which unfortunately leads us to the victims of today's case somali nurmi was 17 years old and he was described as a fantastic guy to be around sadly he was the first to perish he was followed by his peers mika petery pulkinan ari jahani palsanan miko tipani and vilevatari they were all within a year of his age hana katarina the oldest student to lose her life was 25 years old and tragically she left behind two children aged three and five circa nelly was 43 years old she was the school nurse working with a passion to care for its children she was shot while calling for emergency help and helena kalmi the principal of the school was aged 61. staying in her office to instruct and keep her students safe she was the last to be killed by eric all of these victims were no different to you and i they didn't wake up that morning knowing that they would die they didn't hold any outstanding factors that led to their death they were just simply existing and it's devastating that on november the 7th 2007 they unwittingly crossed paths with a delusional killer it is worth highlighting that despite finland having the third highest gun per capita in the world it is an extremely low rate of gun violence highlighting the significance between mental health and gun ownership finland is broadly applauded as one of the most successful societies in the world prized for its quality of life economic prowess and social equality finland keeps itself in tune with the nature that surrounds it opening those within to experience its outstanding beauty whether native or just visiting its unique culture proud spruce trees clean dazzling snow and vibrant northern lights will fill you with inspiration definitely worth a visit and so we come to another end thank you so much for watching another video today by coffee house crime if you found this video interesting or you learned something new today then please remember to like the video and subscribe if you haven't yet what are your thoughts on pekka era calvin do you think anything could have been done to stop him and if yes what please let me know in the comments down below i think i'm just about to lose my voice for the day folks so i'm stopping it here thank you again so much for watching and i'll see you again in the next video but until that moment arrives look after each other goodbye you

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Length: 23min 55sec (1435 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 14 2022