Freddi Bergquist, (Erik Ilesov) Adopted Czech boy in Sweden

Incident date: 2006 Jan 8

Child placement type: Adoption

placement

Persons:

Organizations: Barnen framför allt (Children above All - Adoptions)

Seven months after adoption by Swedish citizens, four year old Freddi Bergquist, from Czech Republic died of untreated pneumonia and blood poisoning. His body was covered with bruises and festering wounds.

Parent topics: abused adoptees

Documents

Title	Publication date
Child Maltreatment, Child Abuse Fatalities Among Internationally Adopted Children	2007 Nov 1
Adoption reform addresses abuse	2006 Aug 16
Father of Czech boy in Sweden sent to prison	2006 Mar 30
Swedish court finds adoptive mother of deceased Czech boy guilty of neglect	2006 Mar 14
Mother wants to bury boy adopted by Swedes in Czech Rep	2006 Mar 2
Swedish court deals with suspicious death of adopted Czech boy	2006 Feb 28
Case of abused boy given to adoptive parents in Sweden rings alarm bells	2006 Feb 3

Topics: abused adoptees, international adoption, lethal neglect

Countries: Czech Republic, Sweden

Subdivisions: Jönköpings (Swedish County)

Location

Jönköping

Jönköpings

Sweden