A new BBC documentary which will look into the mysterious death of Annie Börjesson whose body was found on Prestwick beach is set to air this week.
The Swede had moved to Edinburgh in 2004 from her Scandinavian home in order to learn English and work in the tourism industry.
She was due to return home to Sweden on December 3 2005 to visit her family over the festive period but tragically her body was found on the west coast beach by a dog walker the following day, the BBC reports.
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Annie had arrived at Prestwick airport where she was captured on CCTV at around 3.14pm in the afternoon, however, she ended up exiting the airport through the same entrance only five minutes later.
It is not known why Annie decided to leave the airport that day but sadly the next time she was sighted was when her body was discovered on the beach with her belongings located nearby.
Scottish police had said her death was most likely suicide but both her family and friends believe that there were a number of unanswered questions relating to her death.
The new BBC documentary, which is broken into four parts, will see Scottish investigative journalist Hazel Martin examine the circumstances surrounding Annie’s death to try to bring closure to her loved ones.
‘Body on the Beach: What Happened to Annie?’ conducts interviews with those close to Annie as well as the officers who looked into her death 18 years ago.
The team behind the documentary have said that there are unanswered questions by the authorities and that new evidence has emerged in the past two decades.
There is a feeling by those at Rogan Productions that Annie’s case should be re-examined.
Questions have arisen as to why she would have taken her own life with Annie prepaying a month’s rent on her Edinburgh flat and booking in hair appointments for her return.
The Scottish post-mortem which was carried out on Annie three days after her death stated that there was no evidence of trauma to her body.
But when her body returned to Sweden, the BBC states that undertaker Gun Daneberg told the documentary that in her career spanning four decades she had "never experienced anything like this before, you don't forget.”
Although she was not formally asked to examine the body, she added: "When we opened the coffin, I still remember seeing finger marks around her neck. Two marks, I remember them so clearly."
It is understood that Annie had become concerned about someone tapping her phone and computer shortly before she died and that she also had concerns surrounding a recent romantic partner.
The series is set to explore a number of dramatic circumstances that led up to the death of the Swede who lived on Murieston Road.
All four episodes of Body on the Beach: What Happened to Annie? will be available on BBC iPlayer from Tuesday 4 July and will air on BBC Scotland from July 4 and on BBC Three from July 5.
