Disappearance after a relationship ended
The victim was a 17-year-old girl from Pori who had ended a relationship with Ramin Azimi. According to the courts as reported by Yle, the end of that relationship formed part of the motive considered in the criminal case.
In January 2015 Azimi picked up his former girlfriend in Pori. The events then moved through the Ulvila area and to Kokemäki. The girl did not return home, and the investigation eventually connected her death to a fire-damaged outbuilding in Kokemäki.
District court conviction
Satakunta District Court convicted Azimi of murder and aggravated rape, along with additional offences, and sentenced him to life imprisonment in November 2015. A forensic psychiatric examination found him criminally responsible at the time of the crimes.
The district court concluded that the killing had been planned and met the legal standard for murder. Azimi challenged the judgment.
Court of Appeal upheld murder and life sentence
On 31 August 2016 the Vaasa Court of Appeal upheld the life sentence. Yle reported that the appeal court found the evidence sufficient to conclude that Azimi was guilty of both aggravated rape and murder.
The murder was found to have occurred in Kokemäki, while another serious offence in the same course of events occurred in the Ulvila area. The appellate judgment left the central findings of guilt unchanged.
Supreme Court review ended in 2017
Azimi sought leave to appeal to Finland's Supreme Court. On 21 December 2017 the Supreme Court refused leave to appeal, leaving the lower-court judgment in force.
That decision made the life sentence final. The case is therefore classified as adjudicated, with the court record—not speculation about the relationship—forming the basis for the description of criminal responsibility.