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Annie Borjesson: Mystery Death In 2005

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On December 4 2005, Annie Borjesson was discovered face down and fully clothed on Prestwick beach.

The 30-year-old had travelled to Prestwick airport the previous day and intended to fly back home to Sweden.

Both Scottish and Swedish authorities have always cited the most likely cause of death to be drowning by suicide. But Borjesson's family continue to suspect foul play.

Following a year-long investigation into the case, the Swedish foreign ministry agreed to release documents detailing conversations with Scottish authorities in relation to the suspected suicide. However, information in the files sent has been heavily redacted on the grounds of it being classified.

Explaining why the documents had been redacted, Daniel Andersson from the Swedish foreign ministry wrote: "Information has been deemed classified as secret according to the provision of Chapter 15, section 1 of the Public Access to Information and Secrecy Act and has been redacted to the attached file.

"The reason for this is that the information concerns Sweden's relations with a foreign state and a foreign authority and it can be assumed that a disclosure will damage Sweden's international relations or, in other ways harm national interests."

Guje Borjesson, Annie's mother, told Sky News she is "troubled" by this position along with the redaction of details in her daughter's registration of death.

"Even the 'cause of death' has been hidden," she said.

Annie Borjesson moved to Edinburgh in 2004 to study English.

On the weekend she died, 3/4 December 2005, she was filmed on CCTV leaving Prestwick international train station and, soon after, entering the main terminal at the airport itself.


However, after spending less than five minutes in the building, she left suddenly, without ever checking in for that evening's Ryanair flight to Sweden. Less than 24 hours later, her body was discovered by a dog walker on nearby Prestwick beach.

Her passport, wallet, clothes and some books belonging to a Swedish library were found in a bag beside her body.


Source:
https://news.sky.com/story/annie-bo...les-classified-as-secret-says-sweden-11947991

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...having had no history of self harm or mental illness, her mother Guje could not reconcile her daughter making an agonising walk into the sea less than a mile from an airport she had intended to fly home from.

Annie left no note. There was, say the family, no case for suicide.

And as the weeks and months wore on, the family began to unearth a series of troubling discoveries.

In the beginning it was simple things; how did Annie's bag wash right up beside her body on the beach?

Then it emerged that the London funeral company that organised the transport of her body to Sweden had raised the alarm over heavy bruising discovered on Annie's body - bruising that did not feature in the autopsy report.

Before long, the family were questioning if Annie had even drowned at Prestwick Beach.

Had her body and bag been placed there?

When the family took the investigation into their own hands, they quickly discovered an alternative explanation as to how she died.

It pointed not to suicide, but to murder, cover-up and one of the world's most notorious intelligence agencies.


LINK DEAD:
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/what-happened-to-annie-inside-the-mystery-suicide/ar-BBXHVN7

maximus otter
 
On December 4 2005, Annie Borjesson was discovered face down and fully clothed on Prestwick beach.

The 30-year-old had travelled to Prestwick airport the previous day and intended to fly back home to Sweden.

Both Scottish and Swedish authorities have always cited the most likely cause of death to be drowning by suicide. But Borjesson's family continue to suspect foul play.

Following a year-long investigation into the case, the Swedish foreign ministry agreed to release documents detailing conversations with Scottish authorities in relation to the suspected suicide. However, information in the files sent has been heavily redacted on the grounds of it being classified.

Explaining why the documents had been redacted, Daniel Andersson from the Swedish foreign ministry wrote: "Information has been deemed classified as secret according to the provision of Chapter 15, section 1 of the Public Access to Information and Secrecy Act and has been redacted to the attached file.

"The reason for this is that the information concerns Sweden's relations with a foreign state and a foreign authority and it can be assumed that a disclosure will damage Sweden's international relations or, in other ways harm national interests."

Guje Borjesson, Annie's mother, told Sky News she is "troubled" by this position along with the redaction of details in her daughter's registration of death.

"Even the 'cause of death' has been hidden," she said.

Annie Borjesson moved to Edinburgh in 2004 to study English.

On the weekend she died, 3/4 December 2005, she was filmed on CCTV leaving Prestwick international train station and, soon after, entering the main terminal at the airport itself.

However, after spending less than five minutes in the building, she left suddenly, without ever checking in for that evening's Ryanair flight to Sweden. Less than 24 hours later, her body was discovered by a dog walker on nearby Prestwick beach.

Her passport, wallet, clothes and some books belonging to a Swedish library were found in a bag beside her body.

https://news.sky.com/story/annie-bo...les-classified-as-secret-says-sweden-11947991

...having had no history of self harm or mental illness, her mother Guje could not reconcile her daughter making an agonising walk into the sea less than a mile from an airport she had intended to fly home from.

Annie left no note. There was, say the family, no case for suicide.

And as the weeks and months wore on, the family began to unearth a series of troubling discoveries.

In the beginning it was simple things; how did Annie's bag wash right up beside her body on the beach?

Then it emerged that the London funeral company that organised the transport of her body to Sweden had raised the alarm over heavy bruising discovered on Annie's body - bruising that did not feature in the autopsy report.

Before long, the family were questioning if Annie had even drowned at Prestwick Beach.

Had her body and bag been placed there?

When the family took the investigation into their own hands, they quickly discovered an alternative explanation as to how she died.

It pointed not to suicide, but to murder, cover-up and one of the world's most notorious intelligence agencies.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/what-happened-to-annie-inside-the-mystery-suicide/ar-BBXHVN7

maximus otter

How did Annie’s body end up on a Scottish beach?

For years Annie's family and friends have called for further investigation and now a BBC documentary series looks into the case.

Police at the time deemed the most likely cause of death to be suicide or an accident, but her loved ones always had questions.

Now a BBC documentary has spent a year looking again at Annie's case, saying there are questions to answer over the original investigation by authorities and that new material has emerged in the years since.

And the team behind the film, Rogan Productions, has written a submission to the Scottish Fatalities Investigation Unit (SFIU) - which investigates sudden, suspicious, accidental and unexplained deaths - arguing that it should re-examine what happened to Annie.

All four episodes of Body on the Beach: What Happened to Annie? will be available on BBC iPlayer from Tuesday 4 July.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-66053050

maximus otter
 
The case has been covered by the gents at the most excellent Talking Till Dawn - a podcast I've recommended several times:
Episode 29: The Mysterious Death of Annie Börjesson


Covered in their usual style - which manages to be sober and thorough, as well as highly entertaining. (I think they are my favourite podcasters - their last episode was February this year, and I fear they have moved on to other projects.)
 
The case has been covered by the gents at the most excellent Talking Till Dawn - a podcast I've recommended several times:
Episode 29: The Mysterious Death of Annie Börjesson

Covered in their usual style - which manages to be sober and thorough, as well as highly entertaining. (I think they are my favourite podcasters - their last episode was February this year, and I fear they have moved on to other projects.)
One of the team had his second child last year I think, and maybe the pressure of family life is playing a part in their recently going quiet. I do hope they soon return to podcasting, I'm another big fan of Talking Til Dawn.
 
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