Nils Abramson's shocking discovery | Forensic Files

I was the first one to find her I drove over didn't see any lights on and thought oh she's still she still at work
I walked up the stairs to go in the house the door was unlocked I went in light was on in the
bathroom I could hear the water running I knocked I went in and she was underneath the water so
that I reached down and I grabbed her arm thinking she might have just Fallen I pulled her up out of the water
and she was stiff so I knew she was dead that's when I went for the phone to call
911 I said my girlfriend's dead in the tub I need an ambulance they told me to turn off the water and get her out of
the tub I said she's already dead so I just went in turned off the water at the same time I noticed the photo album in
the in the tub with her grabbed that out put it on the side and then I ran to the
front door to turn on the light so that they would be able to see the house number when they came up the block I
came into the kitchen that's when I noticed the four blood stains here along the floor one of them looked like it had
a print in it a shoe print or something in it that's when I went into the bedroom
I turned the light on in the bedroom then I noticed the comforter were all pushed to one side of the bed
the lamp from that bedstand was pulled over onto the bed all the way to the middle this bedstand was all everything
was knocked off the bedstand and there were some blood stains on the bed and one of the pillows then I went to wait
for the police to come

On the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011, Uta von Schwedler's boyfriend went to her home expecting a quiet night together. Instead, Nils Abramson discovered his girlfriend dead in her own bathtub. Abramson takes "48 Hours" through Uta's home and explains what he experienced that night.

Brief Summary

A girlfriend is found dead in a bathtub, revealing signs of struggle and blood stains.

Key points

A Shocking Discovery. He finds his girlfriend lifeless in the tub, leading to a frantic call for help.

Episode quotes

I knew she was dead.

The moment of realization after pulling her from the water.

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