New: Little heart
Esmeralda grows up in foster care. One day, a decision is made, and she moves to her biological parents. Ten months later, she is found dead. New episodes from P3 Dokumentär are first found on Sveriges Radio Play. In 2016, the girl called "Little Heart" comes into the world. She has a turbulent start in life. Her father acts threateningly at the maternity ward, and social services in Norrköping assess him as dangerous to her and her mother. An investigation establishes substance abuse and mental illness in the family. Therefore, Esmeralda is taken into care under the Care of Young Persons Act (LVU) and placed in foster care at seven weeks old. ##LVU ceases, despite advice When Esmeralda is just over two years old, her biological parents request that the care order be terminated and that Esmeralda return home to her biological mother. Social services advise against it, but a unanimous administrative court rules that the biological parents' situation has improved so much that they are deemed able to take care of their daughter. The decision means Esmeralda will leave the family she has lived with and start living with her biological family. At the end of January 2020, she is found dead. **Participants:** **Melinda Jacobs**, Esmeralda's foster mother. **Sofia Bergenbrant**, social worker and co-case worker in Esmeralda's case. Participates with quotes from Norrköping District Court that she has approved for us to publish. **Eva Andersson**, criminal inspector leading the police's preliminary investigation. **Anna Nedwik**, criminal inspector leading the police's preliminary investigation. **Police external commander,** first on the scene after a report of a fall accident. **Anonymous police officer** who arrives shortly after the external commander. **Anonymous police officer** who drives the arrested biological father to the police station. **Lena Hallengren**, then Minister for Health and Social Affairs. **Yvonne Thilander**, then head of social services in Norrköping. **A documentary by** Lisa Bergström. **Producer:** Ida Lundqvist. The documentary was produced in 2025.
Original title: Ny: Lilla hjärtat
Original description: <p>Esmeralda växer upp i ett familjehem. Men en dag tas ett beslut och flickan flyttas till sina bi…