Sofia city prosecutors have sent an indictment to court against a man charged with killing his partner in the capital's Nadezhda district in late 2025. He is charged with especially cruel murder in a case of domestic violence.

Prosecutors say the man struck the woman more than 10 times on the head with the metal part of a shovel from the home. The charge also covers knife wounds to her neck, chest, back, arms and legs. A forensic doctor found she died directly from head injuries caused by a series of heavy blows with the shovel.

Prosecutors say the woman suffered severe pain and anguish, and the violence went beyond what was needed to take her life. They have therefore classed the crime as murder with particular cruelty.

According to the charge, the two lived together without being married in a flat in Nadezhda with their young child, and both were out of work. The man was dependent on alcohol and drugs. The couple often quarrelled, and he hit the woman. During another row, he decided to kill her.

The killing took place on an unestablished day between 30 November and 16 December 2025. Prosecutors say the man then wrapped the body in a blanket and threw it into a transformer station opposite the block. He left the flat and went to a hostel with the child.

Witnesses found the body on 29 December 2025. Police detained the man the next day.

The Sofia Directorate of the Interior carried out the investigation, while Sofia city prosecutors led it and oversaw it. The evidence includes forensic, biological, DNA, psychiatric and psychological expert reports, witness statements and other material.

Sofia City Court has yet to set a date for a preliminary hearing in the case.