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The Baneheia murders (Norwegian: Baneheia-drapene) was a double rape and murder that occurred in Norway on 19 May 2000. The victims were two girls, 10-year-old Lena Sløgedal Paulsen (born 14 May 1990) and 8-year-old Stine Sofie Austegard Sørstrønen (born 10 May 1992). They were found raped and killed in the Baneheia area in Kristiansand. Two men were convicted for the murders in 2001: Jan Helge Andersen (born 17 January 1981) and Viggo Kristiansen (born 24 May 1979). Andersen was convicted of the murder and rape of Sørstrønen, but acquitted of the murder of Paulsen. The conviction was based on a DNA match from the scene and a confession to the killing of Sørstrønen. Kristiansen was convicted of rape and murder of both girls and sentenced to 21 years of containment in 2001 and 2002. In the decades following the initial trials, Kristiansen applied for a retrial many times. His seventh application in 2021 was successful. In February 2021 Kristiansen's case was reopened. The case received massive media attention in Norway in the early 2000s, and also attracted attention abroad.