The Haysom Murders Document Archive

I have been researching the murders of Derek and Nancy Haysom for almost a decade now. My book on the case, Martyr or Murderer? Jens Söring, the Media, and the Truth, was published in November 2023. During that time, I have assembled an archive of primary sources and documents on the case. This is a collection of some of those documents.

The most important documents are the trial transcripts of the trials of Jens Söring and Elizabeth Haysom. I have combined the individual volumes into large .pdf documents which have been scanned and recognized with OCR software.

There are also autopsy reports, psychiatric reports, transcripts of Jens Söring's confessions, and other documents. I am providing these documents for free as a public service to help interested parties understand the case.

I. Trial transcripts

1. Commonwealth of Virginia v. Elizabeth Roxanne Haysom, 1987

2. Commonwealth of Virginia v. Jens Soering, 1990

a. Pretrial Hearing on Motion to Suppress Confessions, March 1990

b. Court ruling on admissibility of Söring's confessions, 4 June 1990

c. Commonwealth v. Soering, June 1990, Part 1 of 2

d. Commonwealth v. Soering, June 1990, Part 2 of 2

e. Sentencing of Jens Soering, September 4, 1990

II. Soering's statements to police and psychiatrists

1. Audio file (.zip format) of statement of 5 June 1986

2. Audio file (.zip format) of statement of 6 June 1986

3. Audio file (.zip format) of statement of 7 June 1986