Shocking murder in East Kilbride: Postman kills girlfriend brutal!

Ewan Methven tötete seine Freundin Phoenix Spencer Horn in Schottland brutal. Der Mord geschah am 16. November 2024.
Ewan Methven brutally killed his girlfriend Phoenix Spencer Horn in Scotland. The murder happened on November 16, 2024. (Symbolbild/ANAGAT)

Shocking murder in East Kilbride: Postman kills girlfriend brutal!

East Kilbride, Schottland - A shocking crime shakes the calm neighborhood of East Kilbride, Scotland. The 27-year-old Ewan Methven is suspected of killing his 21-year-old girlfriend Phoenix Spencer-Horn with 20 knife stings and disfiguring her body after the murder in a particularly cruel way. Image reported on November 16, 2024 in their shared apartment after the couple had taken an evening at home. Phoenix sent one last SMS to her mother with the content at 9:37 p.m.: "We are eating." This message should remain the last of its kind.

As the investigation show, the situation escalated tragically at night. Methven confessed to having attacked his girlfriend with three different knives and choked them. After the murder, he not only cut off her head, but also tried to separate her limbs to cover up the crime. The following weekend he used his girlfriend's cell phone, searched for her information and tried to get cocaine. He even sent Phoenix 'mother news in which he claimed that her daughter was "alive and well". This was done just two days before his arrest on November 18, when he tried to present the murder as a result of an alleged cocaine psychosis.

the shock of the community

The brutality with which the murder of states went, the community in East Kilbride dismayed. Phoenix 'family expressed that she was "stunned and completely devastated" of the incident that happened on a Monday after the weekend in November. Emergency services found their body seriously injured in the apartment in Glen Lee.

A neighbor reported his shock when the police arrived at lunchtime to seal off the surroundings. A comprehensive investigation was immediately initiated, with a red car being removed from forensic teams. "It is shocking to hear something like that in our quiet neighborhood," the neighbor was quoted.

a slow increase in violent crimes

Although Scotland has a relatively low crime rate in international comparison-it has decreased continuously since the 1990s, as DetailsOrtEast Kilbride, SchottlandQuellen