The Varsinais-Suomen District Court has commenced proceedings regarding the 2012 disappearance of Minna Suominen, with the trial allocated four days of hearings. The accused individual was present in the apartment where Suominen was last seen in January 2012 and denies having killed her. Notably, Suominen's body has never been found, with police suspecting she was the victim of a homicide in a private residence in Pansio, Turku, and that her dismembered remains were disposed of in local water bodies.

The accused woman had been detained as a murder suspect back in 2012 but was released after a little over a month in investigative detention. The investigation faced significant delays for many years; however, it was reactivated in 2023, prompting the current court proceedings. The case is drawing attention, and it is being covered by Yle's journalist Johanna Lehtola, who is following the trial closely in Turku.

The relevance of this trial is underscored by the long-standing mystery surrounding Suominen's disappearance, the implications of the legal proceedings for the accused and the victim's family, and the ongoing public interest in unresolved homicide cases in Finland. This trial not only seeks justice for Minna Suominen but also highlights the complexities involved in cold cases and the societal impact of such crimes in local communities.