Eliza Dragne managed to crawl naked to a road and was
airlifted to hospital, where she told police Nicu Alin Cristea, who she
met on Facebook, had attacked her
A pretty young woman who was beaten, raped, stabbed in the neck with a
screwdriver and left to die in a field survived long enough to name her
alleged attacker.
Romanian Eliza Dragne, 30, was said to have been unlucky in love, so she kept it a secret when she met Nicu Alin Cristea, 29, on Facebook.
The
attractive brunette was subjected to an alleged assault in a field on
the outskirts of Alexandria, in southern Romania's Teleorman County.
Despite her injuries, she managed to crawl to a road and was
airlifted to Bagdasar-Arseni Hospital in Bucharest, where she slipped
into a coma and died.
However, before she passed away, she
mustered enough strength to give a brief interview to police, who said
she named Cristea as her alleged attacker.
Officers said Cristea
met Eliza on Facebook and told her he was a single humanitarian aid
worker who devoted his time to helping orphaned children.
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Victim: Eliza Dragne crawled naked to a road after being raped and stabbed
But he was actually a labourer who had been married for one month to his wife, Elena Cristea, 28.
Eliza
and Cristu are believed to have chatted online and agreed to meet for a
drink, with the attractive brunette accepting his offer to collect her
in his car.
However, instead of driving her to a bar, Cristea is
said to have taken her to a remote, rural spot, where he led her into a
field, before beating and raping her.
During the alleged attack, Cristea is also said to have strangled Eliza and stabbed her in the neck with a screwdriver.
Convinced
she was dead, police said he took Eliza's mobile phone and logged into
her Facebook account to delete all trace that they had ever contacted
each other.
He's then accused of driving off, leaving her in the field.
However,
unknown to Eliza's alleged attacker, she was still alive and managed to
crawl back to the road, where she was spotted before police were
called.
Officers said her injuries were so severe and the spot so remote it had taken her hours to get to the road and be found.
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Accused: Nicu Alin Cristea
Eliza was flown by air ambulance to hospital, where surgeons
battled in vain to save her life. While there, police say she named
Cristea as her attacker.
After her interview with detectives, she slipped into a coma and died as police were on their way to arrest him.
When police turned up at Cristea's home, he was in the middle of a party with friends, celebrating his one-month wedding anniversary.
He
initially denied having anything to do with the attack, but his defence
is said to have crumbled when he was told that he'd been named by
Eliza.
Judges have ordered Criste, from the village of
Calomfiresti, near Alexandria, to be held in custody for a month while
the investigation continues.
Rodica Dragne, Eliza’s mother, 53, told local media she had been devastated by the loss of her daughter.
She said: "What can a mother feel when she sees her child like this?
"Why did he have to kill her and destroy her?
"He had a home and a marriage so why destroy my daughter's life and chance of having the same?"
Rodica agreed to donate Eliza's organs, which have saved three other lives.
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Married: Nicu Alin Cristea and his wife Elena Cristea
Since news of Dragne's arrest, police said other alleged victims of the man have come forward.
One
woman claimed he had come to her house with construction materials, but
when he realised she was alone he had attacked her, leaving her with
terrible injuries.
She claimed the attack was so violent that she had been terrified she might be killed by him if she reported it to the police.
"He left me with a fractured skull and a broken hand and there was blood everywhere afterwards," she said.
"I was lucky to survive. I believe he wanted to kill me."
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