Victoria Climbie Cause of Death: What Happened to Victoria Climbie?

Victoria Climbie was an eight-year-old Ivorian girl who was tortured and murdered by her great-aunt and her boyfriend. She died of hypothermia on February 25, 2000 in London, England. Climbie had 128 injuries.

Her death led to a public inquiry and produced major changes in child protection policies in the United Kingdom.

Born November 2, 1991 in Abobo, Côte d’Ivoire, she was the daughter of Francis Climbié and Berthe Amoissi.

Victoria Climbié left Côte d’Ivoire with her great-aunt Marie-Thérèse Kouao, a French citizen for education in France where they traveled, before arriving in London, England in April 1999.

However, Marie-Thérèse Kouao and her boyfriend, Carl Manning, abused Victoria at their flat in Tottenham, North London. Victoria was starved, tied up for periods longer than 24 hours, beaten with coat-hangers and bicycle chains, bound naked and kept prisoner in a freezing bathroom wrapped in a bin liner. She was forced to eat like a dog.

The culprits were both found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment on January 12, 2001.