Murder of Bobby Äikiä

The murder of Bobby Äikiä (12 March 1995 – 14 January 2006) occurred in Sweden, when Äikiä, a 10-year-old Swedish boy, was murdered by his mother and stepfather. He suffered from Fragile X syndrome.[1] Äikiä was left to freeze after being tied to a chair and thrown out of his house by his stepfather Eddy Larsson. He was reported missing by his mother Niina Äikiä, who claimed he had disappeared after a visit to the Bäckebol shopping centre near Gothenburg.[2] Soldiers from the Swedish Armed Forces searched for Äikiä, but when a body could not be found, suspicion turned towards his mother. Äikiä's body was found under the ice of a nearby lake following his mother's confession. Both parents were sentenced to ten years imprisonment in June 2006 for involuntary manslaughter and mistreating a child.[3] The murder and the following debate led to Lex Bobby, a law that requires a child protection investigation when a child has died as a result of violence.[4]

In February 2008, Niina Äikiä received 54,000 (Swedish kronor) in compensation after being attacked and cut in the face inside the prison.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Flytt raserade tryggheten". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on October 9, 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "Pojke försvunnen i Göteborg". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  3. ↑ "Gråter öppet i rätten". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  4. ↑ Lex Bobby - det skulle inte få hända igen
  5. ↑ "Bobbys mamma får 54 000 i skadestånd". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 November 2015.
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