British tourist found stuffed in suitcase ‘lured into abandoned house’ in Greece

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An image of the woman known as Elizabeth.

The body found in a suitcase in Kypseli on July 18 belongs to a 38-year-old British woman . As revealed by the Police investigation in collaboration with Interpol, the 38-year-old British woman had arrived in Greece via Cyprus, coming from the USA. It is recalled that on July 18, a homeless man had notified the Police that he had found a suitcase containing a human body in the attic of an abandoned building on Evelpidon Street in Kypseli. Her fingerprints showed that she was not registered in the Greek database, and none of her relatives had looked for her, at least not at a Greek police station. The Interpol office in Washington informed the Hellenic Police that the body belongs to a British woman with the initials E.P. , born in February 1988. — An image of the woman known as Elizabeth.

Detectives fear a British woman was lured into an abandoned house in Athens and killed before her remains were stuffed into a suitcase.

The Scottish woman, known only as Elizabeth, is believed to have entered Greece through Cyprus – as police seek to find out more about her identity.

A murder investigation has been launched after the suitcase was found in the Kypseli neighbourhood on July 18 by a homeless man.

He followed a bad smell into an abandoned building where he found the suitcase with what looked like a ‘human limb’ poking out, according to local reports.

A forensic examination of her body showed no obvious injuries or signs of struggle.

It is estimated that the Brit, said to be born in Scotland, had been dead for around eight days before she was found.

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Athens police suspect she was ‘lured’ to the location by a ‘homeless person’ authorities told The Times.

The Interpol office in Washington informed the Hellenic Police that the body belongs to a British woman with the initialsE.P. , born in February 1988.

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