UK Scotland-The death of Annie Borjesson the 4th December 2005

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This is a case about the death of a Swedish girl in Scotland. It has been ruled a suicide but her family believe foul play was involved.
 
Having just watched the first 2 episodes, outstanding questions.

1. The library books. Were they to be returned to library in Edinburgh before going back to Sweden, or were they from a Swedish library? Because she still had them with her.

2. She tried to get cash from machine at Glasgow station, and didn't have money in account. Why did she not have any money when she thought she had? How did she pay for train ticket? It seemed she didn't have an air ticket for flight either, so how was she proposing to buy that? Was she even going to Sweden?

3. That she went to airport and rapidly left, and her actions in days before suggest someone going through a mental health episode.

I await the next two episodes.
 
THE unanswered questions surrounding the tragic death of Annie Borjesson have haunted her family for over a decade.

Police ruled the 30-year-old Swede, who had been living in Edinburgh, had taken her own life when her body was found on a beach 80 miles away in Prestwick on December 4, 2005.

[...]

On the day her body was found by a dog walker under a sea wall, she had been due to fly home from Prestwick Airport to Tibro in western Sweden for Christmas.

The day before she had made a call to her hairdresser booking an appointment for the following week, and Annie had also paid the next month's rent on her flat.

CCTV footage picked up Annie walking through the airport, alone, before exiting and heading towards the beach area.

In a letter from the Scottish authorities to the Swedish embassy, it says a witness statement indicated someone fitting Annie's description was seen standing at the water's edge looking out to sea at 4:30pm.

[...]

Within 100 minutes of her body being found, Annie was moved to a mortuary - something Detective Michael Neill, who was on duty the morning she was discovered, says was due to a "race against time" with the tide.

Dr Keri Nixon, a consultant forensic psychologist, says it seems "unlikely that everything that needed to be done was done forensically".

A document dated December 5, 2005 reveals the Scottish police told the Swedish authorities that they suspected the cause of death was suicide. However a post-mortem was only carried out on the body three days later, at Ayr Hospital.

[...]

Tests on Annie’s body found microscopic creatures that appear to have come from a freshwater environment, not salt water - odd, given the coastal location where he she was found.

A freedom of information request submitted by Hazel for the photos taken during Annie's first postmortem is refused due to them not being "in the public interest".

Annie's best friend Maria Jansson, who was preparing to host her during her trip, is convinced Annie's death was not suicide, and that she was "murdered".

Her family, who took photos of the bruising, believe she was beaten and drowned, with her body then placed on the beach to look like suicide.

Hazel also questions why Annie would travel to a beach 80 miles away from her home, where the water in the bay is so shallow you have to walk out half a mile to reach a depth where you can no longer stand, to end her life.

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www.thesun.co.uk

My best friend 'died by suicide' on beach… but sinister twist changes everything

THE unanswered questions surrounding the tragic death of Annie Borjesson have haunted her family for over a decade. Police ruled the 30-year-old Swede, who had been living in Edinburgh, had taken h…
www.thesun.co.uk www.thesun.co.uk

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It's a good documentary. There are some puzzles in this case (the bruising, drowning as a suicide method, the freshwater microbes, the apparently missing phone records). But the mental health angle comes across very strongly from the evidence, with money trouble exacerbating that. I wonder if the bigger question is why she wasn't given the support and treatment she needed.
 
I also listened to the 2019 Sky Storycast series. It's interesting that in its earlier episodes it focuses on wild theories, like some sort of rendition connection. But by the end, is leaning towards suicide as an explanation. It does raise questions though, both about the unexplained aspects of the police investigation. And how someone's mental health seems to have deteriorated so significantly without anyone in Edinburgh trying to help / get treatment for her.
 
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