Bobby Äikiä

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Bobby Äikiä (born March 12, 1995, died January 14, 2006) was a Swedish boy who was murdered by his mother and stepfather. Bobby suffered from Fragile X syndrome. 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 Göteborg. 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.

In February 2008 Bobby's mother Nina Äikiä received 54.000(Swedish kronor) after being attacked and cut in the face inside the prison, the money was compensation for the attack.

[edit] External links

• About the death of Bobby Äikiä, SVD.se
• First report of Bobby Äikiä disappearance,SVD.se
• Äikiä's mother in court
• The Bobby Äikiä Memorial Fund