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Mint
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Mint
Cannibal killer's daughter reveals chilling details of the night before murder, ‘This is the last thing you'll ever eat'
Jamie-Lee Arrow, 23, met her father, Isakin Jonsson, in 2024 after four years. Known as the 'Skara Cannibal' in Sweden, Jonsson was jailed in a psychiatric hospital in 2011 for killing and eating parts of his girlfriend, Helle Christensen. Arrow was only nine when the crime happened. A new true crime show on Discovery, Evil Lives Here: The Killer Speaks, shares their story. Over the years, Arrow battled depression and drug addiction. She stayed in touch with Jonsson, who suggested strange rituals like using voodoo dolls and selling her soul. At 13, she discovered what 'cannibal' meant and felt betrayed. Though their meeting felt emotional and warm at first, she later realised he had manipulated her since childhood. "I read some articles, and then I understood what the word meant. But, by then, my dad had me wrapped around his finger. He made himself a good person, and his girlfriend was the villain. He brainwashed me to believe that," Arrow told Fox News. Arrow grew up in two very different homes. Her mother's place felt loving and normal, but her father's home was dark and disturbing. He watched scary horror movies and made creepy voodoo dolls. Sometimes he was "the perfect dad". But, his mood changed fast. He could suddenly push her away. At age nine, Arrow met Christensen, her father's girlfriend, and saw her as a 'second mother'. Although Christensen loved him, Arrow never felt her father loved her back. They laughed sometimes but fought violently too. "He lost touch with reality. I felt like I was losing my dad more and more. The happy times became rarer," she said. During the 'worst weekend' of her life, she saw Christensen for the last time. "She cooked some food for us. As she served it, she went, like, 'Enjoy your meal because this is the last thing you'll ever eat from me because your dad is going to kill me.' That's one of the last things I ever heard her say," Arrow said. It turned out to be true. Arrow never saw Christensen again. When Arrow turned 18, her father asked her if she wanted to know how he had murdered Christensen. 'He showed no remorse. He almost said it with passion. And, I was sitting there wanting to throw up. He almost had a smirk on his face,' she said. 'That's the first time I truly felt in my body that my dad was not well. This man is sick," she added.
New York Post
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
‘Skara Cannibal's' daughter recalls last encounter she had with stepmother before father brutally killed her
Jamie-Lee Arrow was nine years old when she saw her stepmother, Helle Christensen, for the last time. She was visiting her dad, Isakin Jonsson, and described that ominous weekend as the 'worst' of her entire childhood. What did Isakin Jonsson the 'Skara Cannibal 'do? Advertisement While Helle was cooking in the kitchen, Arrow noticed that she appeared aggressive and was 'acting weird.' When they sat down to eat, Helle said it was the last meal she would ever cook for them because Jonsson was going to kill her. 8 Now, almost 14 years later, Jamie-Lee Arrow is speaking out about her experience as the daughter of one of Sweden's most infamous killers. Investigation Discovery Horrifyingly, after a shopping trip the couple took soon after, Jonsson slit his 40-year-old girlfriend's throat, decapitated her, and ate parts of her body. Advertisement Now, almost 14 years later, Arrow is speaking out about her experience as the daughter of one of Sweden's most infamous killers. 'I want people to understand the darkness I came from and that I actually managed to get myself out from under it,' she tells PEOPLE. 8 Jamie-Lee Arrow was nine years old when she saw her stepmother, Helle Christensen (not pictured), for the last time. Investigation Discovery 'I still struggle with feeling like I am my own person and that my dad has nothing to do with who I am.' Advertisement Jamie-Lee's story is being told in an upcoming documentary, 'Evil Lives Here: The Killer Speaks', titled 'My Father, The Cannibal,' where she visits her dad for the first time in four years. Since being found guilty in 2012, he has been in the care and supervision of a psychiatric facility. Arrow says that when she initially saw him, he appeared delighted to see her, crying and hugging her. But things soon shifted. 8 When they sat down to eat, Helle (pictured right) said it was the last meal she would ever cook for them because Jonsson was going to kill her. Apple TV 'His true colors started to show again' 'I so wanted to believe that he had changed and that he had become the dad I always wanted and needed. His true colors started to show again,' Arrow explains. Advertisement Nevertheless, Arrow continued seeing him, which initially seemed positive, but then she received a 'twisted, sick' text from him. Now, even though she's certain she won't maintain a relationship with him, she still loves him. 'Even though he can never, ever be a part of my life again, I will love him. It hurts loving someone that is so bad for you.' 8 Horrifyingly, after a shopping trip the couple took soon after, Jonsson slit his 40-year-old girlfriend's throat, decapitated her, and ate parts of her body. Investigation Discovery 8 Jonsson was found guilty in 2012 and has been in the care and supervision of a psychiatric facility since. Investigation Discovery Before the murder, Arrow says that her dad was a psychopathic narcissist who struggled with drug addiction and mental health issues. She recalls her father being obsessed with voodoo dolls – so much so that she had 10 in her bedroom. 'He was very aggressive, very unpredictable, and he put me through loads of traumatizing events,' she shares in one of her YouTube videos. Advertisement 8 In the documentary, when speaking to his daughter, Jonsson ostensibly justifies the gruesome killing of Helle, saying that she wanted to die. Investigation Discovery 8 'I had lost control. In my demented mind, that was a logical decision to get what I want, and I saw a way out for me to get help,' he told Arrow. Investigation Discovery At six, she met her father's new girlfriend, Helle, and felt an 'instant connection' to her. The two shared a loving and strong relationship, but Arrow says her dad and Helle were not good for each. In the documentary, when speaking to his daughter, Jonsson ostensibly justifies the gruesome killing of Helle, saying that she wanted to die. Advertisement 'I had lost control. In my demented mind, that was a logical decision to get what I want, and I saw a way out for me to get help,' he told Arrow. 8 Now, as a mom of two, Arrow is passionate about connecting with other children and adults who have suffered from traumatic upbringings. Investigation Discovery After the murder, she says she spiraled into pits of anxiety and depression, which led her to a drug addiction. However, at 19, she realized he had been 'brainwashing' her and made the decision to stop seeing him. Now, as a mom of two, Arrow is passionate about connecting with other children and adults who have suffered from traumatic upbringings. Advertisement 'I did this for the little Jamie – the little girl that I once was… [who] was told to stay quiet… cried herself to sleep… felt scared all the time.' Wondering if he was just putting on an act for her, she says, 'I just have to accept that my dad is actually sick and probably capable of doing that even though it hurts to admit that to myself.'
Daily Record
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Daughter of cannibal dad who killed and ate stepmum speaks out
The daughter of a crazed cannibal who decapitated her stepmum and ate her remains has spoken out about her evil dad who has been freed from a psychiatric hospital since the crime . Jamie-Lee Arrow is featured in a new season of the gripping but gruesome Evil Lives Here: The Killer Speaks. Jamie-Lee's father Isakin Drubbed, Isakin Jonsson who changed his name to Isakan Drabad, the Skara Cannibal, shocked Sweden in 2010 when he cut off parts of Helle Christensen's body and ate her remains. His daughter, Jamie-Lee, 23, opens up about how her convicted murderer father tried to raise her to be as depraved as he was. As a child, she recounts how she became so close to her father's girlfriend, Helle Christensen, who she considered her a second mum. 'She made me feel special,' Arrow, who met the mother of five when she was nine years old and her father, Isakin Jonsson, started dating Christensen, said. But Christensen, who Arrow calls her 'stepmum,' and Arrow's father fought often and violently, which gave Arrow a bad feeling, even at such a young age. In November 2010, Jonsson killed Christensen, 40, in his home in Skara, Sweden. In what became one of Sweden's most notorious murders, Jonsson slit Christensen's throat, decapitated her and 'ate part of her,' Arrow said. She tells the harrowing story of growing up with her father, who changed his name to Isakin Drabbad and is known as 'the Skara Cannibal,' in the season premiere of Evil Lives Here: The Killer Speaks on Investigation Discovery/ID. The two-hour episode, titled, My Father, The Cannibal, features emotional interviews not only with Arrow but with Drabbad himself, who gives rare glimpses into his twisted state of mind before and after Christensen's gruesome murder. Arrow opens up about her bizarre upbringing, including how her father made her macabre 'voodoo dolls.' She said: 'I had 10 of them in my room.' The episode also details Arrow's struggle to come to terms with the reality of who her father really is and how she managed to free herself from his world of depravity. After the murder, he changed his name to Drabbad, which she says means "Infected" in Swedish, she said. 'He made it up himself and that's so true,' she added. 'Everyone that meets him gets infected by him.' Speaking about why she wanted to film the episode, Arrow said: 'I want people to understand the darkness I came from and that I actually managed to get myself out from under it. I still struggle with feeling like I am my own person and that my dad has got nothing to do with who I am.' Convicted in 2011 of Christensen's murder, Jonsson was remanded to a psychiatric hospital . He has since been released from the hospital, but remains under its supervision. His next step is to be fully free, which would give him the same rights as anyone else in Sweden, Arrow says. One of the most emotional and unsettling parts of the episode is when Arrow surprises her father with a visit in October 2024 for the first time in four years. For a moment she says she thinks the father she knew and loved as a child had returned. 'He started crying and hugged me and seemed happy to see me,' she says. 'I so wanted to believe that he had changed and that he had become the dad I always wanted and needed.' That was not the case. 'His true colors started to show again,' she said. Wondering if he was just putting on an act for her, she said: 'I just have to accept that my dad is actually sick and probably capable of doing that even though it hurts to admit that to myself.' Following the filming, Arrow spoke to US news outlet People. She said: 'We had some really long and deep conversations and I did let him know that I love him and I forgive him. But then something happened. He sent me a long, twisted, sick text message where he basically threatened me and my family if I ever reached out to him again.' The text hurt her deeply, but she is also relieved. 'It gave me the closure I needed. It was like I needed that to understand how sick it all is.' Now she is 'mourning him like he is dead,' Arrow, who is the mother of two young children , said. 'I just have to accept that I love him but he can never, ever in a million years be a part of my life, and definitely not my kids' lives. It hurts loving someone that is so bad for you.' Don't miss the latest news from around Scotland and beyond - Sign up to our daily newsletter here.
Daily Mail
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Daughter of cannibalistic murderer reveals what it was like to grow up with the notorious killer
The daughter of a cannibalistic murderer has opened up about what it was really like to grow up with the notorious killer... before she came face-to-face with him for a rare sit-down for a chilling new docuseries. Isakin Drabbad, now 46, became one of Sweden 's most infamous murderers after he brutally killed his girlfriend Helle Christensen in 2010 - decapitating her and eating parts of her body. Isakin later confessed to the murder, and a forensic psychiatric examination found that he suffered from a serious mental disorder; he was convicted of murder in 2011 and committed to a mental health institution. Now, his daughter, Jamie-Lee Arrow, has laid bare the pain that she has endured while watching the horrific events play out during her childhood during the upcoming premiere episode of Investigation Discovery's Evil Lives Here: The Killer Speaks. The episode, which will air tonight, entitled My Father, The Cannibal, will also see her confront Isakin for what he put her through. In a preview for the show, Jamie-Lee was seen wiping away tears as she asked Isakin, who has since been released from the mental hospital, 'Do you know how much you have to love someone to still want to see the person who is scaring you to death?' 'I think it's extremely difficult to have me in your life,' he replied. 'You can only see heaven from hell ... I look at you from hell. And I'm sorry.' An emotional Jamie-Lee then hinted at some of the horrors that she endured as a kid. Isakin (seen reccently) confessed to the murder, and a forensic psychiatric examination found that he suffered from a mental disorder; he was committed to a mental health institution Now, his daughter, Jamie-Lee Arrow, has laid bare the pain that she has endured while watching the horrific events play out during her childhood during the upcoming premiere episode of Investigation Discovery's Evil Lives Here: The Killer Speaks She explained, 'It didn't matter whatever you did or how badly you scared me, I always wanted to come back to you.' 'I know, you're extremely brave,' Isakin told her, to which she replied, 'No, I just loved you.' 'It feels like I always listen to you and how you experienced everything, but I don't think I could talk to you about how I really felt during my childhood,' she added. 'I feel like now is my chance to finally speak up. And then I can finally move on and leave that behind me.' While speaking to People ahead of the doc's release, Jamie-Lee explained that before their sit-down in the show, she hadn't spoken to her father in over four years. As for why she did it, she dished, 'I want people to understand the darkness I came from and that I actually managed to get myself out from under it. 'I still struggle with feeling like I am my own person and that my dad has got nothing to do with who I am.' She admitted that it was bitter-sweet reuniting with her father, explaining that while at first he seemed like he was doing better, his 'true colors' eventually started to show again. 'He started crying and hugged me and seemed happy to see me. I so wanted to believe that he had changed and that he had become the dad I always wanted and needed,' she said. 'But his true colors started to show again. I just have to accept that my dad is actually sick and probably capable of doing that even though it hurts to admit that to myself.' After they filmed the docuseries, Jamie-Lee said she and her dad had a few more visits and 'some really long and deep conversations.' She even told him that she 'loved him and forgave him,' but then, he completely switched on her and sent her a 'sick' message out of the blue. 'He sent me a long, twisted, sick text message where he basically threatened me and my family if I ever reached out to him again,' the mother-of-two revealed. 'It gave me the closure I needed. It was like I needed that to understand how sick it all is. 'I'm mourning him like he is dead. I just have to accept that I love him but he can never, ever in a million years be a part of my life, and definitely not my kids' lives. It hurts loving someone that is so bad for you.'
