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00:00:00Estonia is experiencing a common tragedy, the wounds of which have not
00:00:03healed even after two decades. Who
00:00:07are these people who killed him, leaving
00:00:10a small child without a father, brothers and sisters
00:00:13without a brother? It's very difficult. This
00:00:17was a brutal murder, none of us
00:00:20live the life we had before all
00:00:24this. A brutal crime, as a result of which
00:00:27three people in the prime of their lives lost. Such
00:00:36cases that grip us, prosecutors, do not come across
00:00:39every day, but undoubtedly, this is one of the cases
00:00:43that we would very much like to investigate
00:00:45further.
00:00:49This is our small Estonia, and such a crime remained
00:00:52unsolved here. Unavoidably, the thought creeps in that perhaps
00:00:56they simply don't want to solve it.
00:01:03Tina and Urmas became the link between the two
00:01:06families. Urmas, who grew up in small Uhtna in a family with ten
00:01:10children, was the second son. From childhood, he loved military
00:01:13games, and therefore chose a career in the armed forces
00:01:16of the recently restored independent Estonian
00:01:19republic. He quickly became an officer, wrote
00:01:23many military textbooks, and became the acting
00:01:26head of the joint educational institution.
00:03:30evenings, they laughed, saying, "I'm like an adopted
00:03:33child, always coming to eat." The captain,
00:03:37who was 10 years older than Tina, was not free.
00:03:40Officially, he was married and had a four-year-old
00:03:44child at that time. In fact, Tina didn't
00:03:47like at all that all this was not finalized, and the fact that it was
00:03:49his official wife, the mother of his child, created big
00:03:53problems when Urmas wanted, for example, to see his
00:03:56daughter. So,
00:04:00there was tension, there was tension,
00:04:04yes, at that time Urmas was officially married, he had
00:04:07a child, yes, what did you think about him having
00:04:10a fiancée in Tartu? I can't say. He was
00:04:14very, very caring about his child, very caring, I
00:04:18understand. In fact, this is the life together of Urmas and
00:04:22Tina, they moved in together, right?
00:04:23daughter in Tartu for the duration of her
00:05:00studies. It is now
00:05:03known that Urmas had other relationships, and Tina
00:05:07had other admirers, but the young people remained on
00:05:10friendly terms.
00:05:15He was such a son who called every single
00:05:18day, every day, "It's me, Urmas, what
00:05:22are you doing, how are you, we'll build something." We talked
00:05:25a lot about politics and he said that when he
00:05:29finished his service in the army, he would definitely go into
00:05:32politics and defend large families,
00:05:35ah yes, such a plan was already in place, yes, he
00:05:38had a clear plan.
00:05:41The last time... relatives saw Urmas on Good Friday
00:05:442001, that is April 13, when
00:05:48he came home. At the same time, at Tina's parents' farm
00:05:52in Vlaiuz, they were celebrating both Easter and the birthday
00:05:55of her younger
00:05:56brother.
00:06:01That weekend, I was supposed to go to Tina's, we were supposed
00:06:05to do some chores and celebrate my brother's birthday. For some
00:06:08reason, I decided that this time... On Saturday evening, April
00:06:4714th, Tina is at another
00:06:51friend's house on Jaama Street in Tartu, at a party
00:06:55where many young people come and this photo
00:06:58is taken. Despite the poor quality, this is the
00:07:01last known photograph with Tina. This
00:07:05was taken on the evening of April 14th. In light
00:07:09of subsequent events, it is extremely important that during that...
00:08:12and what's more important, there were Tina's driver's licenses,
00:08:15temporary licenses, which had the apartment address, so in theory
00:08:19someone took the keys and found out where these keys fit, right?
00:08:23Yes, yes, these driver's licenses we are
00:08:27talking about, from which the criminal hypothetically found out the
00:08:30address.
00:08:33Yes, that is, at that moment, along with everything else, Tina
00:08:36remained,
00:08:39jah, peale politseile helistamist öösel, siis... Yes, after
00:08:43calling the police at night, she waited until morning, then
00:08:46called her father. Her father had a spare key, she wanted
00:08:50her father to come to the city to change
00:08:52the locks.
00:08:57Actually, I was there, but I don't remember anymore, maybe she
00:09:00even called her mother, and her mother told her father.
00:09:04Of course, the parents were concerned that such an unpleasant
00:09:07story had happened, that someone might want to rob the apartment
00:09:11or something else. And then the father went there. Luckily,
00:09:14it happened that the mother did not
00:09:17go with him.
00:09:22It is now known that on Sunday morning, April 15, around
00:09:2611:30, Elmo first arrived at Põllo
00:09:30Street, and entered the apartment with his own keys. Within
00:09:33an hour, Tina and Urmas, whom the girl had called,
00:09:37also arrived. After that,
00:09:39silence.
00:09:43it was like that, Elmo didn't answer calls, and we, of course,
00:09:46started finding out and calling, we called for a very long time, we called
00:09:50until our phones ran out of battery, all for nothing, no one
00:09:54answered, naturally, my mother and I went there, I
00:09:57think we scoured all the Tartu pubs, bars and
00:10:01restaurants, we thought of everything, where people could have
00:10:04disappeared.
00:11:25Yes, to which I looked at him like that, I always
00:11:28said that I would go inside, turn on the light, everything would
00:11:32be fine, kõik on siin
00:11:34hästi.
00:11:42And then, yes, I opened the door, turned on the light in
00:11:45the hallway, went to the room, it was Tina's
00:11:48room,
00:11:51then I turned left and saw the first body, Elmo.
00:11:55Elmo keha, see on, noh, nagu ikka šoki seisundis,
00:11:58nii-öelda nagu aeg
00:11:59luubis,
00:12:03everything is in slow motion, but you
00:12:06see everything familiar, sneakers, you recognize
00:12:09things, why them?
00:14:55korturis oli pilt,
00:14:58tavainimese jaoks ilmselt
00:14:59šokeeriv.
00:15:03shocking: a very beautiful, clean apartment, there is
00:15:06nothing that at first glance suggests that if you go further, you
00:15:10will see what you will see. At first glance,
00:15:13there is nothing there that usually characterizes a crime scene, a murder
00:15:16scene, signs of struggle, disorder. It felt
00:15:19as if the bodies had been moved here, brought from another
00:15:23place and placed in a clean apartment.
00:16:07tõenäoliseks, et Tartus eile hilisõhtul toime pandud kolmitmõrv
00:16:11on seotud ühe mõrvaohvri, Tartu kõrgema sõjakooli ülema
00:16:14kohuse täitja kapten Urmas Aal
00:16:16isikuga.
00:16:24Defense Forces, but most often they talk about the version
00:16:27of theft, the victims came at the moment when Tina's apartment
00:16:31was being searched, using stolen keys.
00:16:33this triple murder does not give
00:18:37the impression of a domestic quarrel or anything like that, I would
00:18:41use the word here: cleanly.
00:18:44The murder is committed, then he collects the cartridges, locks the door
00:18:47and leaves. Yes,
00:18:50this once again points to the characteristics of the personality, the nervous
00:18:53system, do not forget about fingerprints,
00:18:57DNA, well, almost nothing was left,
00:19:01most likely he was wearing gloves, or in
00:19:04gloves or was quite competent
00:19:10in the whole situation not to leave traces, and again, we did not exclude and could not exclude beforehand that this
00:19:14murder of a woman and men is not their
00:19:17first.
00:19:23Let's put this story on hold to continue next
00:19:26week. There are still many surprising twists. In search
00:19:30of the perpetrator, the police even used hypnosis and a lie
00:19:33detector. Justice is also being sought by the heroes of the next
00:19:37story. The beginning of the school year means a serious change
00:19:40in the usual rhythm, but this year the changes are especially
00:19:43noticeable. According to the government decree, based on scientific
00:19:47research, school lessons should start at 9:00
00:19:50AM. Reima Sildva conducted her small study
00:19:54and found that in almost half of the schools, this rule
00:19:57is being circumvented. In Kõrveküla, the situation reached a point
00:20:01where students' parents sued the local
00:20:04government.
00:20:37one thing is, of course, to create a precedent or at least show that
00:20:41it's not quite normal when somewhere they decide that a topic doesn't deserve
00:20:44attention, or that if the first difficulties arise, then the issue
00:20:48can simply be dropped.
00:22:4033 do not want to and 33 who do not care
00:22:43at all. However, the survey presented by the deputy
00:22:47elder, an active group of parents, does not consider
00:22:50reliable. In this regard, 142 parents of the Kerveküla school
00:22:54signed a petition this spring, and 18
00:22:57of the most active ones went to the administrative
00:23:00court in early summer to force the school to start classes at
00:23:049:00 AM. As far as is known, they are the first and currently
00:23:07the only ones in Estonia who, according to their own words, went so
00:23:11far for the well-being of children. Both parents and the head
00:23:15of the Department of Preschool and Primary Education of the Ministry of Education and Science
00:23:18confirm that... modern scientific research
00:23:21supports a later start to school.
00:23:25We know, from decade to decade, from research to
00:23:28research, that a later start to the school day significantly
00:23:32leads to longer sleep for students. This result in scientific
00:23:36research is truly stable, and we also know well that
00:23:39longer sleep helps prevent many different
00:23:43health problems, both mental and physical health problems.
00:23:46In fact, this supports academic performance and physical activity.
00:23:50Sleep has a very, very positive effect on a child's well-being
00:23:53and health. We had a clinical psychologist
00:23:57speak at our school, talking about children and the development of the child's brain, and
00:24:00noted that initially children wake up easily until they
00:24:04reach adolescence, when all this brain
00:24:07chemistry, brain development, starts to change. And now, by
00:24:11the example of my eldest daughter, I see exactly this. If in
00:24:14the first grade it was still easy for her, now in early
00:24:17adolescence her rhythm has indeed changed, exactly
00:24:21as that clinical psychologist said, that is,
00:24:25it's harder to wake up in the morning, and she can't sleep in the evening. This
00:24:28affects her mood, it affects how easy or difficult it is to learn something,
00:24:32my son comes home and studies at home for a long time, precisely because he couldn't absorb the material at
00:24:36school in the first lessons, and not only in the first lessons, but in the following
00:24:39ones too. Fatigue doesn't come after the first lessons, if a child
00:24:43is chronically overtired, then this fatigue appears after lunch, and not
00:24:47only in the morning, it's not like we will survive the first lesson, but...
00:25:50the local government is somehow to blame for the child's need
00:25:53for sleep increasing or decreasing. Many
00:25:56people suggest a simple solution: let the child go to bed
00:25:59earlier. Well, that's not how it works.
00:27:10I completely agree that yes, starting classes at 9:00 could be
00:27:14good, children could indeed wake up, rest, and
00:27:17come to school refreshed, but then I get a bad
00:27:21feeling, what if the school day ends and the child goes to
00:27:25extra classes? For example, music school lessons
00:27:28last about the same amount of time as a regular lesson, 45 minutes.
00:27:32Sports training lasts an hour or two. Let's also factor in
00:27:36the commute home and back. Then I thought that such a child's
00:27:40active day already ends at 9 or 10
00:27:43o'clock. Therefore, I don't see that we are really
00:27:46thinking about the child's well-being or their mental
00:27:50health. So I rather see here that we are
00:27:53doing the children a disservice with this. Mina näen
00:27:57nagu hoopis seda, et sellega me teeme seda karuteenet
00:28:00lastele. back in July 2025, came into force
00:28:02this
00:28:10academic year, it still allows the school owner, if there are
00:28:14compelling reasons and after careful consideration,
00:28:18to make an exception and keep the earlier start time
00:28:21for classes. Thus, all schools had more than a year to
00:28:25prepare for the new academic year. According to the deputy
00:28:28elder of Volasti, the main issue is still network funding.
00:29:32start classes at 9:00, because it's a school of one community, there are
00:29:36its own small bus routes, parents themselves
00:29:39bring children from nearby areas, and there it is all
00:29:43possible to organize.
00:29:47At the request of an eyewitness, the Union of Estonian School Leaders conducted a quick survey among its
00:29:51members and received data from
00:29:54122 schools. It was found that
00:29:5754.5% of schools did not change the start time
00:30:00of classes for this academic year.
00:30:02Of the schools that responded, only thirty-one started classes at
00:30:069:00 AM. In 74 schools, the first
00:30:09bell rings at 8:30 AM or
00:30:11earlier.
00:30:14We also walked through the three largest cities in Estonia. Tallinn
00:30:17officially stated that out of 61 municipal
00:30:20schools, in more than half, specifically in twenty-six schools,
00:30:24classes start before 9
00:30:26o'clock. Out of 23 municipal schools
00:30:29in Tartu, in ten, classes start earlier.