THE chilling ultimate texts between a closely pregnant girl and her boyfriend who allegedly strangled her to dying have been revealed.
Police say that Saga Forsgren Elneborg, 20, from Sweden, was murdered by her Somalian boyfriend in a suspected honour killing simply hours after she wrote: “Child discuss to me”.
The tragedy unfolded on the night of April 28 when Saga’s boyfriend, 22, was seemingly about to inform his household that he was anticipating a toddler.
Seven-month pregnant Saga was discovered lifeless the following morning after probably being strangled within the evening with a lamp twine at her residence within the metropolis of Örebro, two hours from Stockholm.
Prosecutors declare that her boyfriend, who will not be being named or pictured as a result of Swedish legislation, killed her as he could not face the disgrace of introducing her to his religious Muslim household.
He was charged along with her homicide final week after what Saga’s household lawyer referred to as a “lengthy and painful wait” of virtually a 12 months.
He doesn’t seem to have been charged for the homicide of his unborn son, who weighed simply 1.7kg when he died.
Now, the couple’s harrowing final texts have been revealed.
The mum-to-be’s final messages have been despatched simply after midnight on April 29 – shortly earlier than she is believed to have been murdered.
“Babe why do not you reply,” she wrote.
Ten minutes later, she added: “Child discuss to me.”
A couple of hours earlier than, the suspect’s texts recommended he was about to disclose his relationship and anticipated youngster to his household.
Saved as “Hubby” on Saga’s telephone, he stated at round 7pm: “Looks like I can nearly really feel my heartbeat all the best way all the way down to my abdomen.”
Saga tried to reassure him, responding: “Simply take it straightforward, they’re going to be nice babe.”
He then stops replying briefly, in response to the messages printed by Swedish outlet Aftonbladet, after which tells Saga that he informed one individual however they took it properly.
“You are not your self darling,” Saga responds.
Nevertheless, in response to investigators, there may be nothing to point he informed his household about Saga.
After Saga’s ultimate textual content, prosecutors declare he went to her flat and “violently” strangled her with the cable of a bedside lamp.
There isn’t a proof suggesting his household was both concerned within the killing or that they requested for it, in response to native media.
Saga’s mom, Ms Elneborg, informed police she discovered her daughter’s physique when she went to verify on her within the morning.
She had been dwelling along with her on and off however had left for a few nights (April 27 and 28) to offer Saga and her boyfriend privateness.
Earlier textual content messages between Saga and the suspect present he recommended she have an abortion.
He informed her: “‘I do know we are able to make it, however I will not be capable of maintain my household.
“If it had been doable, there would have been no drawback with protecting the kid.”
Prosecutors allege that the suspect grew up in a family that believed courting a “white” girl is “not okay” and that he “should date a lady of the identical tradition”.
It’s stated he hid his two-year relationship with Saga as his household wouldn’t settle for it.
Prosecutor Elisabeth Anderson stated: “[Saga’s boyfriend] has killed Saga Forsgren Elneborg by suffocating and strangling her by way of stress on her neck with an influence on the trachea and the blood provide to the top.
Final week, police launched stunning photos in an 1,000-page file exhibiting the crime scene.
There’s upturned furnishings and messy sheets suggesting a doable violent battle between the pair.
One other reveals a lamp twine mendacity on the bottom – the suspected homicide weapon.
Heartbreakingly, Saga was visibly enthusiastic about turning into a mom, filling her social media with selfies of her child bump and a crib already put in in her room.
One other picture reveals piles of little garments and presents she had already purchased for her unborn son.
“I imply that the homicide occurred in an honour context as a result of the person needed to protect or restore his and his household’s honour by killing the girl who was carrying his youngster.”
Saga’s devastated mum informed Nerikes Allehanda: “She was so pleased. She would transfer to a brand new residence and begin her life as a mom.
“That is the worst factor conceivable.”
The suspect is due in courtroom on April 10, and the trial is ready to final 15 days.
He has denied any wrongdoing.
How one can get assist:
Ladies’s Help has this recommendation for victims and their households:
- At all times maintain your telephone close by.
- Get in contact with charities for assist, together with the Ladies’s Help dwell chat helpline and companies corresponding to SupportLine.
- In case you are in peril, name 999.
- Familiarise your self with the Silent Resolution, reporting abuse with out talking down the telephone, as a substitute dialing “55”.
- At all times maintain some cash on you, together with change for a pay telephone or bus fare.
- For those who suspect your companion is about to assault you, attempt to go to a lower-risk space of the home – for instance, the place there’s a means out and entry to a phone.
- Keep away from the kitchen and storage, the place there are prone to be knives or different weapons. Keep away from rooms the place you may develop into trapped, corresponding to the lavatory, or the place you may be shut into a cabinet or different small house.
In case you are a sufferer of home abuse, SupportLine is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6pm to 8pm on 01708 765200. The charity’s electronic mail assist service is open weekdays and weekends throughout the disaster – messageinfo@supportline.org.uk.
Ladies’s Help supplies a dwell chat service – obtainable weekdays from 8am-6pm and weekends 10am-6pm.
You too can name the freephone 24-hour Nationwide Home Abuse Helpline on 0808 2000 247.