Name: Sophie (Pseudonym).
Died: May 7, 2020.
Age at death: 3.
Cause of death: Drugged and suffocated.
Location: Hägglingen, Aargau, Switzerland.
Disability: Cerebral palsy.
Details:
Sophie’s parents drugged her with ecstasy, then suffocated her. They had repeatedly refused support and assistance in caring for her.
Case Status:
Her father was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 8 years in prison. He was also found guilty of attempted murder for putting sleeping pills in her bottle in October 2019.
Her mother was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 8 years in prison.
Her grandmother was acquitted of complicity.
Sources:
Eight years for parents who killed disabled daughter in Switzerland
Bremgarten: 8 years for parents after killing disabled daughter
Bremgarten AG: Eltern sollen behindertes Kind getötet haben – Prozess im Aargau
Eltern des dreijährigen Mädchens zu acht Jahren Haft verurteilt.
Prozessstart: Warum nur wurde die 3-Jährige in Hägglingen AG getötet?
Hägglingen: Eltern sollen behindertes Kind (†3) getötet haben – heute stehen sie vor Gericht
Ecstasy im Brei: Paar tötet Kind – Mutter würde es wieder tun
Deutsches Paar in der Schweiz vor Gericht: Behinderte Tochter erstickt