‘Who could have done this?’ Mystery over Briton found dead in a suitcase in Athens
Greek and Scottish authorities are investigating the mysterious death of 38-year-old Briton Elisabeth-Jane Ross, whose body was found in a suitcase in an abandoned area of Athens. The case has triggered a major homicide investigation involving international police cooperation.
Why it matters
The high-profile nature of the discovery has prompted an intensive cross-border investigation to identify the perpetrators.
Elisabeth-Jane Ross arrived in Greece almost three weeks before her mysterious death in Athens. Elisabeth-Jane Ross arrived in Greece almost three weeks before her mysterious death in Athens. Greece ‘Who could have done this?’ Mystery over Briton found dead in a suitcase in Athens Greek police throw entire homicide division at trying to explain fate of 38-year-old Elisabeth-Jane Ross
Prefer the Guardian on Google Two worlds separated by sheets of corrugated iron: one, a tree-lined road, bordered by a park and the home of Greece’s oldest sports club; the other a wasteland of derelict buildings and graffiti-covered walls in what was once a car park.
It is here, on the wrong side of the divide, in Kypseli, a neighbourhood in central Athens, that the body of Elisabeth-Jane Ross was found, inside a suitcase last month.
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