True crime · 22.05.1932
The ex-policeman shot at Valdeku range
Aleksander Kerde fought in the War of Independence with the 2nd Cavalry Regiment and served as a police sergeant in Tallinn from 1920 to 1925. Later he ran his own butcher's shop. On 25 February 1932 he murdered a woman who had once worked as a prostitute. Justice moved fast. On 15 April a military district court sentenced him to death, and on 22 May 1932 he was shot at the Defence Forces' Valdeku training ground near Männiku. He was buried on the spot the same day. His widow asked for the body to be dug up. The army agreed, and on 2 June he was reburied at Rahumäe cemetery in Tallinn.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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Aleksander Kerde sõdis Vabadussõjas 2. ratsapolgu koosseisus ja oli aastatel 1920–1925 Tallinnas politseikordnik. Hiljem pidas ta oma lihakarni. 25. veebruaril 1932 mõrvas ta naise, kes oli kunagi olnud prostituut. Kohus tegutses kiiresti. 15. aprillil mõistis sõjaringkonnakohus ta surma ja 22. mail 1932 lasti ta Männiku lähedal Kaitseväe Valdeku harjutusväljal maha. Samal päeval maeti ta sinnasamma. Lesk palus surnukeha välja kaevata. Kaitsevägi nõustus ja 2. juunil maeti Kerde ümber Tallinna Rahumäe kalmistule.
Source: Estonian Wikipedia: Aleksander Kerde, citing Järvamaa, 7 June 1932 ↗