The Suicidal Twins: The Incredible Case Of Úrsula And Sabina Eriksson
The case of Ursula and Sabina Eriksson It is one of those stories that is difficult to understand. Well, those of us who know the story ask ourselves: “How is it possible that two twin sisters decide to commit suicide at the same time? How are two family members capable of suffering the same madness together?
But this terrible story not only draws attention to the fact that two sisters wanted to commit suicide together, something unusual, but His suicide attempt was recorded on a BBC program.. But there is even more, because a few days later, in the middle of a psychotic break, one of the sisters was able to murder an innocent man.
If you still do not know the story, and before continuing reading this text, we invite you to watch the video that we present below, so that you can see this shocking case with your own eyes. We warn you that the images are harsh, so if you are an extremely sensitive person, we recommend that you do not watch this recording.
This incredible story that you have just seen, in which the protagonists are Sabina and Úrsula Eriksson, occurred on the M6 motorway in the United Kingdom and It had an audience of 7 million viewers the day it was broadcast on television.
Apparently, the agents arrived at the area alerted because there were two women who were behaving very strangely on the outskirts of the road. When the police tried to talk to them, they behaved very aggressively. They had suicide in mind, and no one was going to stop it.
In a mistake on the part of the agents, Úrsula managed to throw herself under the wheels of a truck that was traveling at 60 miles per hour, and which seemed to swallow her and then expel her lifeless body. Right after, Sabina took advantage of a mistake on the part of the agents to commit suicide, and she was hit hard by a car. They both lie on the ground and appear unconscious.
The sisters survived the suicide attempt
To the surprise of those present and the spectators, Neither Úrsula nor Sabina achieved their goal.. Although the first one ended with several fractures, Sabina emerged completely unscathed from this incident. In fact, she tried to push the agents away by shouting: “You want to steal our organs. You are not real.” As the minutes passed, Sabina felt better and stood up to confront the law enforcement agents, for which she was detained and handcuffed.
Sabina’s murder
But what happened on this fateful day was not enough for Sabina, but, A few hours later, when she was released, she became the author of the tragic death of a man innocent man who crossed his path, Glenn Hollinshead.
The murder occurred because two men helped Sabina when she was wandering the streets looking for the hospital where her sister was. Glenn and a friend were walking her dog, and alerted by Sabina’s strange behavior, they approached her. Despite everything that had happened, she seemed friendly and asked them for a place to sleep. They offered her shelter, so she accompanied them.
Once at Glenn’s house, his strange behavior continued, and as a result of his delusions he stabbed Glenn Hollinshead to death. Sabina was sentenced to five years in prison.
A case of Folie à Deux or shared psychotic disorder
The twin sisters suffered from a shared psychotic disorder or Folie à Deux, which does not occur very often. It is characterized because two or more people share the symptoms of a psychotic disorder, usually delusions.
Both suffered symptoms of a paranoid disorder, because they thought that there were people who were against them. For example, in the case of the police, when they tried to help the two, they both believed that they wanted to steal their organs.
Another case of twins trying to commit suicide
In 2010, two 29-year-old Australian sisters who were doing shooting practice in Denver (Colorado, United States) agreed to commit suicide together. To do this, they decided to shoot themselves in the head at the same time. After the shot, one of the two survived, but the other lost her life.
