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From Iceland — Father Sentenced 16 Years For Murdering Daughter

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The Reykjanes District Court sentenced Sigurður Fannar Þórsson to 16 years in prison for murdering his 10-year-old daughter in September 2024. According to the court records, Sigurður attacked his daughter by Vatnsskarðsnámur near Krýsuvík on the Reykjanes Peninsula. He repeatedly struck her with a hammer and subsequently called the emergency services. He confessed his actions during the phone call and to the police officer who arrived on the sc…
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Sigurður Fannar Þórsson was sentenced today to sixteen years in prison for murdering his ten-year-old daughter. He attacked his daughter at Hraunhól, near Vatnsskarðsnám on the Reykjanes Peninsula, and hit her repeatedly in the head with a hammer. Sigurður Fannar reported the murder himself and confessed to his crime both in a phone call to the emergency line and to a police officer who was sent to the scene. His statement to the police officer …

Sigurður Fannar Þórsson, who killed his ten-year-old daughter at Hraunhólar near Krýsuvík, received a 16-year sentence in the Reykjavík District Court. The verdict states that he repeatedly hit his daughter in the head with a hammer.

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Sigurður Fannar Þórsson was sentenced today to sixteen years in prison for killing his daughter, ten-year-old Kolfinna Eldeyja, with a hammer. He was also convicted of drug offenses.

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Vísir broke the news in on Monday, June 23, 2025.
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