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Greek Police Probe Scottish Woman’s Death After Post-Mortem Phone Hoax

7/30/2026

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Police said Elisabeth Jane Ross’s phone was used after her death to send messages that she was alive.
A homeless man found her body on Evelpidon Street in Athens’s Kypseli at about 1 p.m. on July 18.
Police observed no wounds, scheduled a post-mortem and reported that Interpol DNA confirmed she was a Scottish woman.
Greek authorities have involved Interpol and U.S. investigators and have found no suspect.

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Police said Elisabeth Jane Ross’s phone was used after her death to send messages that she was alive.
A homeless man found her body on Evelpidon Street in Athens’s Kypseli at about 1 p.m. on July 18.
Police observed no wounds, scheduled a post-mortem and reported that Interpol DNA confirmed she was a Scottish woman.
Greek authorities have involved Interpol and U.S. investigators and have found no suspect.