A Romanian woman who was left for dead after being raped and stabbed in
the neck with a screwdriver managed to tell police the identity of her
alleged attacker before slipping into a coma.
Eliza Dragne, 30, met 29-year-old Nicu Alin Cristea on Facebook, where
he claimed to be a humanitarian worker helping orphaned children.
In fact he was a newly married construction worker who persuaded Miss
Dragne to go no a date with him and arranged to pick her up in his
car.Miss Dragne had kept the new relationship secret from friends and family, who had no idea where she was going.
According to
Dailymail,Cristea arrived as planned, but instead of driving to the bar the
pair had picked for the date, he took her to a remote spot near Alexandria, southern Romanian, before attacking her, it is claimed.
According to police Miss Dragne was savagely beaten and raped, before
being strangled and repeatedly stabbed in the neck with a screwdriver.
Thinking she was dead, Cristea took her mobile, logged in to her
Facebook account, deleted all of his messages to her, then abandoned her
in a field police say.But Miss Dragne survived the attack and crawled
naked through the countryside to a main road were she caught the
attention of a passing driver who called police.Investigators
estimate that it could have taken her as long as two hours to reach the spot after being abandoned.
Friends had no idea about the relationship or the meeting, and so did not alert the authorities.
Because of the extent of her injuries, officers were forced to
call for
an air ambulance to take her to hospital in the capital of Bucharest.
While she was being rushed to hospital she managed to reveal the
identity of her alleged attacker to officers riding alongside her.
Shortly after arriving at Bagdasar-Arseni Hospital Miss Dragne slipped
into a coma, and despite the efforts of surgeons, passed away.Meanwhile
police officers
had tracked down Cristea, and when they arrived at his home, found him
in the middle of a one month anniversary party with wife Elena, 28
He initially denied ever having met the victim, but was told by officers
that she had lived long enough to name him as the attacker.
A judge ruled that Cristea be kept in prison for a month while police continue their
investigation.
Since news of the arrest, other alleged victims of Cristea have come
forward claiming that they were also assaulted by him.
One woman, who has not been named, said he came to her house to do some
building work, but when he realised she was alone, he raped her.
She claimed she was left with a fractured skull and broken hand after
the attack, and was terrified that if she went to the police he would
return and kill her.