Murder of Yvonne Jonsson

Yvonne Jonsson (died July 1, 2005) was a 19-year-old Swedish-Sri Lankan woman who was living in Sri Lanka at the time of her murder. She was beaten and fatally strangled by Jude Shramantha Anthony Jayamaha in the stairwell of the Royal Park Condominium complex in Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka.

Jonsson's murder case, often appearing in media as the Royal Park Murder, was highly publicised. It later received further public attention in 2019 due to Jayamaha receiving a presidential pardon issued by then President Maithripala Sirisena. Jayamaha expressed remorse for the murder in an open letter shortly after his pardon.

In 2024, the pardon was deemed unconstitutional and overturned by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. Jayamaha, who is suspected to have fled to Singapore in 2019, remains free and is yet to be extradited. Provided by Wikipedia