A British mum arrested in Finland over the murder of her two-year-old son has died in a suspected suicide.
Ayesha Ali, 35, was held by police last month after her son Adam was found dead in her flat in Espoo.
Officers had raced to the apartment block after the Cambridge graduate told family she was going to kill herself.
Neighbours heard Ali shouting “I’ve killed my son” as she was led from her flat by police.
The neighbour told the Sunday Mirror: "There was a friend of hers looking up at her apartment while shouting, 'Ayesha! We're here to help you. We can talk about it.
"She was shouting back that she wanted to die. The woman was let into the building by another neighbour and I could hear her saying she had already called the police and they were on the way.
"When the police arrived, they quickly got inside the building and then into the flat.
"They attempted to do CPR on the boy. His mum had been saying, 'He turned blue and is very cold'."
Ali was being held in Vantaa Prison near Helsinki and was rushed to hospital on Tuesday last week.
Finnish newspaper Iltalehti reported today that the freelance English teacher had died in hospital.
Crime commissioner Petri Eronen said: "The cause of death is investigated under a strict duty of confidentiality. Therefore, we cannot reveal more details.
"On a general level, we can say that the police are investigating what led to the suspect's death."
Ali, from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs, moved to Finland with Adam’s dad Adnane Osmane in January last year.
The couple, who previously lived in Canada and China, separated in May and had been in a custody battle over their son.
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