Janne Puhakka, left, and Rolf Nordmo (via Instagram) Janne Puhakka, 29, the first openly gay hockey player in the Finnish hockey league, was found shot to death in his home.
His former partner, Rolf Nordmo, a Norwegian veterinarian, 66, was arrested for the murder and has admitted he shot Puhakka.
The couple had recently broken up. Puhakka’s body was found after friends, who were concerned when they couldn’t get through to him, called police to do a welfare check.
Nordmo had recently moved out of the couple’s house in Espoo, about 13 miles from Finland’s capital Helsinki. Originally charged with manslaughter, the indictment was upgraded to murder because, a police statement said, there’s evidence it was premeditated.