A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a British charity worker found dead in Athens.
Elisabeth Jane Ross, 38, was found stuffed inside a suitcase and hidden in an abandoned building last week.
Greek police said a 26-year-old foreign national has been arrested for manslaughter and robbery.
He is suspected of using the victim’s bank card following her death.
The Scottish national would volunteer at local NGO charities and visit the Greek capital often, it has emerged.
Detectives told local media they are investigating her mobile phone which ‘remained active’ after she died.
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They believe someone was sending messages to create the false impression that she was still alive. It was then switched off when the case began to garner international attention.
The texts claim she ‘needed some time to herself’ and that she ‘wanted to be alone for a while’, according to media outlets in the country.
Police told Greek media: ‘The phone was being used. Text messages were even sent obviously with a view to making people believe she was still alive.
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Elisabeth Jane Ross, from Scotland, was found dead in the Kypseli district in Athens on Saturday.
A homeless man found Elisabeth’s body after following a ‘bad smell’ into an empty building. He then saw something coming out of a suitcase which ‘looked like a human limb’.
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