The Misery Machine - The Case of the Skara Cannibal

Starting point is 00:00:03 Jamie Lee Arrow was born in Sweden on July 25, 2001. Her parents separated shortly after her birth, and the court granted them joint custody. Although Jamie Primary... Yamava Resort and Casino at San Manuel is California's number one entertainment destination for today's superstars. Catch the Jonas Brothers return to the Yamava Theater stage

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Starting point is 00:02:35 Outcomes vary. Investment management and advisory services provided by Wealthfront Advisors LLC and SEC registered investment advisor. Investing involves risk to principle regardless of the strategy used. Task performance does not guarantee future results. Early lived with her mother, Jeanette Jessica Carlson. She also spent some weekends with her dad, Isakin Joneson. Isakin's life had been turbulent from an early age as he cycled in and out of various institutions. By his 20s, he had accumulated multiple convictions for theft and drug reliance. assaults across different regions of southern and central Sweden.

Starting point is 00:03:07 Jamie's day-to-day life with her mother remained relatively stable. At first, Jamie loved her weekend visits with her father. But those weekends also carried episodes of trauma that eventually made then five-year-old Jamie fear her own dad. She later recalled one particular incident where he asked if she was hungry and then microwaved a pizza for her. Jamie began eating the toppings first. For some reason, this enraged him.

Starting point is 00:03:32 and he accused her of lying about being hungry, grabbed the plate, and smashed it. Jamie later admitted that Isakin would often watch gory horror films in front of her, as if he was studying them while his daughter sat beside him. Jamie would grow so terrified that she would shut her eyes and wait for the movie to end. Looking back now, she believed that her father intentionally exposed her to violent imagery,

Starting point is 00:03:56 hoping that it would cause her to become desensitized. Around this time, Isakin also began developing a deep, fascination with the occult. His apartment was covered with demonic imagery, and he kept a collection of bladed weapons. He'd often turn off the lights and ask her to keep looking at the wall. Then he'd ask her if she saw something. When Jamie claimed that she didn't,

Starting point is 00:04:17 Isakin made her stare at the wall till she said she could see something. Eventually, Jamie started to notice faces coming out of the walls in other strange, distorted shapes. terrified she would beg her father to stop, but Isakin would calmly, almost coldly, tell her that she needed to get used to it because the spirits, allegedly, are always going to be there watching over her. He also made up disturbing stories, specifically to frighten her.

Starting point is 00:04:42 He would claim that he and Jamie were angels sent from hell and insisted that Jamie would one day grow up even more powerful and evil than he was. Whenever Jamie asked him to stop at the horror stories, Isakken would start laughing like a maniac. When Jamie was around six or seven years old, Isakhan began dating a woman eight years old or than him named Hela Christensen. Hella had five children from a previous relationship, each of whom lived with their respective fathers. Just like Isakin,

Starting point is 00:05:11 Hella had a troubled upbringing with mental health issues and criminal convictions. The two met at a psychiatric clinic in 2009. But unlike Isakin, Helen never allowed her past to turn her cruel. Maybe in her mind, she believed she could fix him. What she didn't realize was that her compassion would eventually cost her her own life.

Starting point is 00:05:34 By 2010, Hela had moved in with Isakin in a three-bedroom apartment in Skara. The apartment was being paid for by Isakin's mother. This place was barely furnished, and the couple soon contacted social services for help to get basic furniture in the home. The beginning, though, life seemed hopeful for them. Hella and Isakin genuinely appeared to enjoy their time together, and they talked about opening a tattoo and piercing studio right inside the very apartment. Hella's arrival in Isakin's life initially made everything feel brighter.

Starting point is 00:06:03 Jamie even described that period of time as paradise, in my perfect world. This feeling of peace didn't last very long at all. For a short time together, Isakin and Hela got into extremely violent fights with each other. Jamie would even witness it when she would go visit her dad, Nisikin made no effort to hide it from her. Ella's family, especially her sister, Britt Christensen, soon noticed the signs of what was going on. Britt tried her best to convince Hela to leave Isakhin, but Hela refused to listen. Britt later recalled that the first time she had met Isakin, she said,

Starting point is 00:06:35 I immediately thought that he was not a good person and was worried that he would hurt her. He could seem scary, but was apparently kind to the children. I warned him not to touch my sister and said that then he would have to deal with me. Sometimes when she went to visit, her family would notice bruises all over her body, yet Hela always had an explanation ready. She protected Isakin, even at the expense of her own safety. No matter how severe the injuries were, she never reported him. But remembered one incident in particular.

Starting point is 00:07:06 Hella arrived with her leg fractured in three different places. When Brett pressed her about what happened, Ella simply laughed it off, claiming she had simply fallen or tripped on a trash shovel. There were moments when things seemed to settle down, but only temporarily. During these rare peaceful periods, Hella and Isakin behave like an entirely different couple, playful, lighthearted, and constantly joking around. Hella cherished those times more than anything.

Starting point is 00:07:36 She wished they could last. But those good moments were always brief, and the storm would inevitably return. Around this time, the violence shouting and drama escalated. Whenever Jamie tried to stop the fight, she was pushed away. Jamie even recalled an incident where her father screamed at Hela that he'd kill her. The tension in the apartment was so suffocating that Jamie genuinely believed he would grab a knife and do it. Even as a child, she understood that her father was fully capable of such a crime.

Starting point is 00:08:09 Jamie described the last time she ever saw Hela as the worst week of her childhood. When she visited her father that week, everything felt wrong. Hella wasn't speaking to her or giving her any attention. She seemed distant, exhausted, and deeply distressed. Hella cooked food that day aggressively, slamming the cabinet doors and pots as she moved around the kitchen. When she finally served Jamie her plate, she said, Enjoy your meal. This is the last meal I will ever cook for you because Isakin is going to kill me.

Starting point is 00:08:42 Then, in November of 2010, just days after Jamie left her father's house, it finally happened. shortly before the house. Yeah. I've got to go out of the chute it from here also. What? Shortly before the events of today's case, Hela talked to a woman at a local library

Starting point is 00:09:04 near her home about where she could find a hostel, but on the condition that the librarian would not call the police. Not long after, around noon on November 12, 2010, Iskin and Hela left their apartment together to go shopping. Isikin stopped at a liquor store where he bought four pints of beer and a bottle of Jaegermeister. Meanwhile, Hela went to pick up some groceries. A few hours later, sometime between 5 and 7 p.m., they returned home and Hela laid down in the bedroom.

Starting point is 00:09:31 She was reportedly resting on her stomach. It was then that Isakin picked up a knife, climbed onto the mattress, sat across Hela's shoulders, and slid her throat. As she bled out, he pressed a pillow against her neck. Ella had no idea what was coming, and she died shortly after her throat was cut. As tragic and heartless as this is, this is no. not where Isakin's brutality ends. After killing her, Isakin tore apart all of Hella's clothes with a knife. Police reports indicate that he committed necrophilic acts on the body, but Isakin has repeatedly denied this ever happened. However, he did admit to everything else, including severing Hella's head using

Starting point is 00:10:13 first a knife, then a saw, and finally an axe. Afterwards, Isakin began mutilating the rest of Hella's body. He cut pieces from her arms and legs, carried them into the kitchen, and cooked the severed parts on a frying pan with salt and cannabis leaves. He then brought Helah's severed head into the kitchen and attempted to smash it open. After committing this horrific crime, Issa can phone the police to turn himself in. During the call, he calmly confessed, I want to do the right thing for me. What I've done now, I have no idea that I've actually done, but I've woken up. When you come here, you don't have to jump on me. I'm as calm as you like.

Starting point is 00:10:52 These kin also reportedly admitted during the call that he had eaten parts of Hellas' body. Hellas sister Britt later reacted to this horrific detail saying, The hardest part is what he did to her afterwards. That it wasn't enough to kill her. Just because he wanted to feel what human flesh tastes like, it hurts so damn much. The emotional toll it took on now 9-year-old Jamie's life was unimaginable. When she asked her mother for details,

Starting point is 00:11:18 her mother chose not to reveal the truth, But Jamie eventually learned everything on her own after seeing a newspaper headline describing her father as the scar a cannibal. She recalled the moment saying, I remember feeling so sick to my stomach. It was just so disgusting and I couldn't believe my dad had done that. It's really hard for me to grasp that my dad actually ate a human being. That wasn't all. The kids around Jamie started avoiding her just because she was the daughter of the scar a cannibal. During his first police interrogation, Isakin claimed he became dangerous whenever he was.

Starting point is 00:11:50 he didn't take his medication. He said there had been a bit of a fight that day between him and Hela, but couldn't explain what pushed him to suddenly pull a knife and take her life. He showed no remorse, none at all. Instead, he distanced himself from his own actions, telling investigators, it would have been a bit petty. I can be perceived as unmoved, but when it happened yesterday, I was in the guise of another.

Starting point is 00:12:15 Someone else appeared in me. When he was asked why he tragically took Hela's life, he said, I have no idea. It felt like there were several people in the room. It's almost like a movie playing. Isakhin later told reporters that's something I also wonder about. I trust the doctors. There was no motive whatsoever.

Starting point is 00:12:34 We were a couple with a future together. I've never felt this way with a girl before. However, he later reported that he only ate her to secure psychiatric treatment instead of jail time. Two days later on November 14th, Isakin was taken into custody. following day the Scaraborg District Court ordered a full forensic psychiatric evaluation. Toxicology showed a significant level of intoxication as well as being under the influence of Tram at all,

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Starting point is 00:14:18 By then, he had already confessed to everything, and the forensic psychiatric evaluation confirmed that he suffered from severe mental disorders. Psychiatrists also stated that Isakin experienced hallucinations. In court, Isakin's lawyer, Tora Brandler, argued that his client had been psychotic when the police arrived at the apartment. He claimed that the substances in Isikin's body had pushed him over the edge and essentially compelled him to commit the murder. His attorney also insisted that there was no motive behind the killing. However, the crime was so graphic and disturbing that when the prosecutor presented the crime scene photos, the court immediately moved the proceedings behind locked doors. Journalists and members of the public were subsequently escorted out.

Starting point is 00:15:00 Eventually, Isakin was convicted of murder and sentenced to forensic psychiatric care with a special discharge review at Carcuddin Hospital and Katrina. In addition to the sentence, he was ordered to pay 75,000 Swedish krona and damages to Hellas parents and 75,000 to each of her five children. This roughly equates to $8,000 per person, U.S. When he first arrived at the hospital, Isakin kept to himself, but later began to explore the grounds and connect with the other inmates. He also participated in strength training and was allowed to go on walks with caregivers.

Starting point is 00:15:35 Still, Isakin was far from leaving his past behind. During his time at the hospital, he met Michelle Gustafson, widely known in the media as the vampire woman. Michelle had much in common with Isakhan as she had murdered a father of four in Stockholm in 2010. Although by her own account she did not remember murdering the father, she'd regularly write on her personal blog about how she was going to cut the throats of people on the Stockholm metro. On November 13th, 2011, Isakin asked Michelle in a chat on Windows Live Messenger, Will you be my girl?

Starting point is 00:16:11 By December 9th, they were reportedly engaged. Eastkin shared that, I love Michelle, I have never met anyone like her, I'd like to lead a non-criminal life. Michelle shared the same spark saying, we want to get to live together, keep dogs, and spend time on our hobbies, piercing and tattoos. With a couple's soon made headlines again,

Starting point is 00:16:33 even while in psychiatric custody. On February 23, 2012, Swedish media outlets reported that the two had been mockingly blogging about their crimes using a hospital computer. Isakin wrote, among other things, that he didn't care about what society thought of him or what he had done, saying, most people say at some point in their lives that they could never take someone else's life. But if you've done it once, it's not a big deal anymore.

Starting point is 00:17:01 Ironically, the mad couple broke up sometime later. Isakin also boasted that he had manipulated the system, claiming he tricked doctors into sending him to forensic psychiatric care instead of prison. he stated, I can be convicted but not punished with anything other than continued care. Hasn't Svensson understood that everything is a game and that this is just the beginning? Didn't Svensson understand that I have deliberately made sure to end up here for a reason? To clarify, Svensson was one of the legal prosecutors involved in his case. Around this time, Jamie went to visit her father at the hospital after two long years. She was anxious, unsure of what version of her dad she would need.

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Starting point is 00:18:12 It's participating stores only while supplies last the app for full terms. He greeted her softly with, Hello, My Little Angel, and pulled her into a tight hug. Jamie immediately broke down into tears. Later, Jamie recalled the reunion by saying, he committed a murder that was talked about all over Sweden, you know, and people were so scared of him. People talked about him like he was the biggest monster ever,

Starting point is 00:18:34 and then he wasn't. It was just the same. To me, it was just my dad. I decided to accept that he had done what he had done, because that would mean that I got my dad back. I could never get hella back. But if I only forgave him, I would get my dad back. Being my dad back in my life after the murder

Starting point is 00:18:51 was really the beginning of a complete nightmare. Jamie slowly began forming a stronger emotional bond with her father. Two years later, she slipped into the same troubles her father once had. At 13, she began using drugs and drinking heavily. Everyone around her kept comparing her to her father saying that she would end up just like him. She felt completely isolated and with no one her age who could understand what she was going through. Her father took advantage of her emotional state, she said.

Starting point is 00:19:19 He saw his chance to be the only one that I had. It would be me and him against the world. As Jamie's bond with her father grew stronger, she began confiding in him about the bullying that she faced. Instead of comforting her, Isakhan handed her a voodoo doll and told her that wherever she placed a needle, her bully would feel the pain. At the same time, he encouraged Jamie to, shut off her emotions completely to lose all empathy and be just like him. At that age, Jamie admired

Starting point is 00:19:46 these ideas. She wanted to feel powerful. She wanted to stop caring about anything. Her father, cold and unbothered by the world, became the person she started idolizing. Yet, beneath all of this, she was collapsing internally. Jamie opened up to her father, Isakin didn't offer support. Instead, he attempted to sell her soul to the devil, literally. He told her he had been waiting for this moment. According to him, there was a ritual he usually performed and claimed that Jamie was finally ready to take part in it. Isakhan took his daughter's hand, began reciting a ritualistic chant, and instructed Jamie to repeat every word. The lines were so disturbing that even years later, Jamie refused to reveal what was said. After the ritual ended, Jamie felt as if her soul had left her body.

Starting point is 00:20:32 In her words, it felt in my body that we had left the room, that we weren't there anymore. We were like floating around in this darkness together. By 2015, reports confirmed that Isakin had been granted a weekly four-hour furlough. During these breaks, he would visit his daughter. Before this arrangement, Jamie had been already visiting him at the hospital at least once a month. But once the furloughs became regular, she rented an apartment close to the hospital so that her father could stay with her during his time outside. Their bond grew stronger and stronger.

Starting point is 00:21:05 Jamie later described Isakin as her best friend, and the one I call when I had problems or felt bad. But during his very first visit in six years, Isakin fed Jamie a fabricated and deeply manipulative version of Hella's murder. He told her that Hella had begged him to kill her. He claimed that she had attempted to remove herself from this earth multiple times and had pushed him to the point where he had no choice. According to Isakins' twisted retelling, when he walked into the bedroom, carrying an axe and a knife, Hela looked at him and nodded, giving him permission to murder her. Isakhan claimed that he killed Hela in such a brutal and grotesque manner for Jamie, so that authorities would think he was insane and sent him to psychiatric care instead of prison. He insisted he never

Starting point is 00:21:55 wanted to kill Hela and that she somehow forced him into it. Nevertheless, Jamie didn't fully buy the story, but instead saw her dad for the killer he was for the first time. In April and May of 2016, Isakim began uploading videos to YouTube. In these recordings, he rambled about fighting for survival, claiming that the meaning of life is survival, nothing more, because if you don't survive, you're dead. He explained that this philosophy kept him from ever questioning right and wrong. He also spoke about his drug-fueled hallucinations, saying he had seen devils and angels and aliens and everything, and that during his most He had completely given up.

Starting point is 00:22:36 In another clip, he stated, I'm not a racist, or I am a racist. I hate everyone except a few people in the world. So I'm a racist against the human species, if you want to label me. I see myself as anti-human. There's nothing about humans that I like.

Starting point is 00:22:51 The only people in history who have any sense, as I see it, are the Vikings, the Spartans, and people like that. In another video, he spoke at length about his great interest in art, which he reportedly developed during his time in forensic psychiatric care. In others, he demonstrated his techniques. Meanwhile, Isakhin was also granted his own apartment, the same place where he had previously been allowed to spend his furloughs. In the fall of 2016, he legally changed his surname from Yonson to Jabud.

Starting point is 00:23:21 But even that was not without problems. His first application for the name change was rejected, so he submitted another handwritten request dated October 2016, and this time, the letter opened with the words, Hey, you fucking idiot. As part of the letter read, I have paid money for you to do your job. I, Isikin Yonsen, want to change my surname from Yonsen

Starting point is 00:23:42 to the newly formed surname Drobod. Make sure and do your damn job because I won't give in and let this go until I get my way. You're messing with the wrong guy. This formal request was somehow eventually granted. However, Isakin would later get into trouble for this in 2017 when he applied for a three-day furlough. His request was objected to by a prosecutor who stated,

Starting point is 00:24:05 in connection with an examination at the National Swedish Patent and Registration Office, he has acted very inappropriately and threateningly towards an administrator. Eventually, the administrative court of appeal rejected his request. That same year, Isakin also claimed that he had received enough treatment and wished to end his psychiatric care. His request was denied. The court ruled that he still suffered from mental disorders and remained at risk of relapsing into dangerous criminal behavior.

Starting point is 00:24:32 In the summer of 2017, Isakin applied for a furlough so he could marry his new girlfriend, who was a carer working in the hospital. Unsurprisingly, once the hospital staff became aware of a possible relationship between the two, the carer resigned from her position and claimed that her connection with Isakin had always been strictly professional. But even after her resignation, she remained in contact with Isakin. Although she acknowledged having a friendly connection with him, she never confirmed any romantic involvement. Nonetheless, this confirms that not only did Isakin have mental issues,

Starting point is 00:25:09 he was also delusional as he applied for a furlough to marry a woman who wasn't even willing to make the relationship public, that is, if they even had one to begin with. Now, due to security concerns, visiting restrictions were imposed on the former cares. Exima is unpredictable. But you can flare less with ebbglis. A once-monthly treatment for moderate to severe eczema. After an initial four-month or longer dosing phase, about four and ten people taking ebbglis, achieved itch relief and clear or almost clear skin at 16 weeks.

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Starting point is 00:26:55 When the only person she believed truly understood her, speak to her that way, shattered her. Later, when he visited her apartment, Jamie gathered the courage to confront him and ask for an apology. Instead of remorse, Isakin exploded. He cursed at Jamie, screaming, and he even threatened to kill her. Jamie ran to the kitchen and grabbed a knife for self-defense. By the time she worked up the nerve to protect herself, Isakin had already stormed out and returned to the hospital. The moment she realized he was gone, she collapsed into tears. That incident was Jamie's breaking point.

Starting point is 00:27:27 For the time she was 19 years old and she finally walked away from her father for good. In her words, something happened that made me feel like it wasn't safe for me to be in his closeness anymore. I felt like I wanted to get away from that part of my life and leave it. After this, Jamie's mother helped pull her out of the darkness her father had spent years trying to drag her into. She even made a Mother's Day post later to highlight her support in her life. Most of you all really know about my dad by now. But today I'd like to talk about my mum.

Starting point is 00:27:58 To me, my mum means safety and love. I will never forget the night I came to my mum's after my dad, tried to sell my soul to the devil. And I thought I was losing my mind. I thought I was going insane. And she said to me, Jamie, you can never be like him. Don't you know that you are love and light.

Starting point is 00:28:24 and she hugged me and that's when I opened my heart for her again. I felt safe for the first time in years. Thank you, Mum, for reminding me that I'm love and light. I'm not my dad's darkness. I never was and you knew that. You kept waiting for me. You knew. You knew all along that I was still in there, and you never stopped believing in me.

Starting point is 00:29:01 You are the best mom in the world. And you don't have to worry about me anymore. I'm happy now. Everything is good. I'm safe. And I love you so much. Happy mother's day. In 2020, Isakin was released from the psychiatric hospital in order to begin outpatient treatment, though.

Starting point is 00:29:22 He was still required to check in regularly. By August of that year, he had been granted an apartment in Katrina home, and in March of 2024, he reportedly moved into another residence. Then, in October of 2024, Jamie, now 23 years old, a mother of two, sat down with her father after four years of a complete silence. She wanted closure with him. The reunion was filmed and later released in the episode My Father the Cannibal, from the 2025 Investigation Discovery Series Evil Lives Here, The Killer Speaks.

Starting point is 00:29:52 During this meeting, Isakin claimed he had been weak when he committed the murder. He said he once had everything, a beautiful woman referring to Jamie's mother, and a daughter he wanted to be the best father in the world for. But at some point, he wanted more, and that desire consumed him. He admitted that he frightened Jamie repeatedly when she was a child because he believed he was preparing her for the world, but now, looking back, he confessed that all he did was prepare her for his world. When Jamie asked about the ritual, Isakin responded.

Starting point is 00:30:22 by asking whether it made her life easier or not. Shockingly, Jamie admitted that in some ways it had. Isakhan then apologized for not being apologetic about it. He insisted he was completely certain he had helped her, even describing the moment as something that he was proud of. When shown a picture of himself and Hela together and asked what he felt for her, Isakin still displayed no remorse. He said he felt nothing about her or about what he had done. He continued to blame Hela, claiming she had won. wanted him to do it, and that he finally acted when he lost control. He also stated that he committed the murder because he desperately needed help.

Starting point is 00:31:01 Killing Hella was his way of forcing the system to notice his sicken state. Isakhin added that he had killed Hella swiftly so she wouldn't feel pain. He stated, it's not murder. I am not the murderer. However, he did also say in reference to the murder that, you have to remember, I'm an artist. According to some reports, Isakin had previously spoken to Jamie's mother about wanting to taste human flesh. This directly contradicts his current claim that he only added those horrific details to the murder in order to appear insane. He stressed repeatedly that he is not insane.

Starting point is 00:31:35 For anyone who chooses to believe that Isakin is the murderer and is insane, he replied harshly, calling them, and I quote, a fucking idiot. Isakin also mentioned that he'd love to meet his grandchildren if Jamie ever agreed, though he is he is a fucking idiot. acknowledged it would likely cause more trouble for her than good. Issa can still keep his voodoo dolls and other disturbing objects in storage. It's many. I can start with all the way in there with dolls. This one. Have no fear.

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Starting point is 00:33:04 I never think one second when I did it. Someone told me that these dolls are cursed. To me, they are pure, positive, good. Because it makes me, helped me. If I didn't have it under that period, I probably would have died. When asked whether the reunion gave her the closure she had been searching for, Jamie said that in a way, it did.

Starting point is 00:33:32 Isakin apologized for the things he had done, something he had never done before. But at the same time, Jamie emphasized that her father knows exactly how to act like a normal person when he wants to. And there's a possibility the apology wasn't genuine at all. Jamie still believes Isikin is capable of murder. But despite that,

Starting point is 00:33:52 she chose to forgive him, not for his sake, but to finally move forward and free herself from the weight of the past. Jamie has managed to build a stable and fulfilling life. She refuses to hide in shame or fear because of her father. Instead, she openly shares her story. Today, she is the author of Scara Canablin's daughter, a book that talks about the horrors of growing up under the control of a literal psychopath. Hellas family, however, can continues to grieve her loss. Isakin never served a single day in prison for Hellas' murder. Her sister Britt said,

Starting point is 00:34:31 it makes me very angry that he, who has done something so sick, can move freely. I have written to him asking for an explanation, but he has not answered anything that can help us relatives move on.

The Misery Machine - The Case of the Skara Cannibal

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