Maureen Cathryn Harriet Falck | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 July 1953 |
| Died | Uncertain; disappeared on 18 November 1984, body found on 29 May 1985 at Norra Hammarbyhamnen, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | Sveriges Television |
| Partner | Lasse Strömstedt |
Maureen Cathryn Harriet "Cats" Falck (11 July 1953 – date of death uncertain, between November 1984 and May 1985) was a Swedish television journalist who, together with her friend Lena Gräns, disappeared in Stockholm in 1984 while she was investigating a scandal involving the smuggling of weapons from Sweden to communist states in Eastern Europe. The dead bodies of Falck and Gräns were later found at the bottom of the Hammarby Canal in Stockholm. The deaths remain unsolved but later reports claim that they were assassinated in a state-sponsored operation by agents from East Germany.
Cats Falck was born in Enskede in Stockholm, Sweden.[citation needed]
At the time of her disappearance, Falck was employed as a reporter for the Swedish public service television news program Rapport.[1]
Prior to her disappearance, Falck had told her work-mates and her fiancé (the author Lasse Strömstedt) that she was about to reveal "something big".[1] She also claimed that when the story broke, she would get Stora Journalistpriset, "The Swedish Grand Prize for Journalism". In retrospect, several fellow journalists have claimed it would be very strange for a journalist to not inform her superiors that she was onto something big. If she had informed them, she would have been given more time and resources to pursue the story.[2]
- ^ a b Andersson, Bo G (1 June 1997). "Tv-reportern ville avslöja "något stort"". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 January 2008.
- ^ Hansson, Kristofer (22 July 2007). "Cats Falck". P3 Dokumentär (in Swedish). 69 minutes in. Sveriges Radio. P3. Retrieved 18 August 2017.