A French man indicted for murdering his Finnish girlfriend with a laptop computer charger in Bulgaria

In Bulgaria, a 25-year-old French man is indicted for the homicide of his Finnish girlfriend. He’s accused of killing her with a laptop computer cable final yr and hiding her physique within the condominium’s wardrobe.

Sofia Metropolis Prosecutor’s Workplace on Might 4 filed an indictment within the Sofia Metropolis Court docket in opposition to a 25-year-old French citizen. He’s accused of the homicide of his 22-year-old Finnish girlfriend by strangulation with a laptop computer charger final yr.

The one-year investigation into the case has been accomplished. In accordance with the supervising prosecutor, Thomas T. deliberately killed Sonya Ok. within the condominium she rented on Vladayska Avenue in Sofia, Bulgaria‘s capital metropolis.

The 2 lived collectively, shared the condominium as a pair, and labored remotely, in I.T. for the French man and as a name middle worker for the sufferer.

The lady died on Might 8 final yr and was discovered useless in a bag within the condominium’s wardrobe.

In accordance with the prosecutor’s workplace doc, the sufferer complained to her associates that 2,500 euros (2,760 {dollars}) have been lacking from her checking account a couple of days earlier than her loss of life. She suspected somebody had hacked her cell phone with malware and gained entry to her checking account. She deliberate a visit to Finland to go to the financial institution and file a report back to the police, a plan the accused knew of.

She informed her sister that cash she had hidden within the condominium was lacking. She additionally shared she spoke to T. T., as referred within the paperwork, and was positive he didn’t take the cash.

In accordance with the prosecutor, an altercation occurred on Might 7 between the sufferer and the accused. The latter allegedly turned aggressive and inflicted blows on the top and physique of S. Ok., from which she obtained a bruise on the left temple muscle and bruises on her physique and limbs.

The subsequent day, one other argument occurred once more between the 2. In accordance with the prosecutor’s workplace, the French man allegedly grabbed the sufferer’s neck and choked her. She resisted, however when the resistance decreased, T.T. allegedly wrapped a laptop computer cable 5 occasions across the sufferer’s neck, thus “depriving her of life,” the prosecutor claims. After killing his girlfriend, the person would have put her physique in a bag and positioned it within the closet.

On Might 8, 2022, S.Ok. was supposed to fulfill with associates, however T.T. wrote to considered one of them to say she didn’t come residence after going out for a run and began on the lookout for her with them. He then reported to the police she was lacking. He gave the identical model to the investigators.

Inspectors discovered the physique within the wardrobe the following day and the accused was put in custody. He mentioned he was harmless earlier than the magistrates of Sofia Metropolis Court docket.

He informed them that two weeks earlier than her loss of life, Sonya observed that cash had began disappearing from her financial institution accounts. The 2 then determined to withdraw all the cash from their accounts to cover it within the condominium. In accordance with the accused, they agreed to exit individually so that somebody would all the time be within the condominium to regulate the cash. However they needed to be absent on the similar time as soon as, and that was when the cash disappeared.

The court docket determined to maintain the accused in pre-trial detention.

In accordance with Bulgarian information media, solely DNA from T.T. and S.Ok. have been discovered on the laptop computer cable, and forensics evaluation of the sufferer’s fingernail didn’t discover the DNA of one other individual.

In accordance with Finnish media, the ministry of Overseas Affairs of Finland didn’t need to talk concerning the case for privateness causes.