Man charged with murder after British tourist found dead in suitcase in Athens

Elisabeth Jane Ross, also known as Lisa, 38, was found dead inside a suitcase in an abandoned building in the district of Kypseli in Athens on Saturday, July 18

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The body of Elisabeth-Jane Ross, 38, from the Edinburgh area, was discovered inside a suitcase by a homeless man in a derelict building in the Kypseli area of Athens

Elisabeth-Jane Ross was discovered inside a suitcase by a homeless man.

The body of Elizabeth Jane Ross, from Scotland, was found by a homeless man in the district of Kypseli in the Greek capital on Saturday, July 18.

The body of Elisabeth Jane Ross was found inside a suitcase in a derelict Athens building last month

Elisabeth Jane Ross, also known as Lisa, 38, was found dead inside a suitcase in an abandoned building in the Kypseli district of Athens on Saturday, July 18

Elisabeth Jane Ross, 38, known as Lisa and from Edinburgh, was found dead inside a suitcase in an abandoned building in Athens on Saturday, July 18 – a man has now been charged with intentional homicide in connection with her death

Elisabeth Jane Ross, also known as Lisa, 38, was found dead inside a suitcase by a homeless man in an abandoned building in the district of Kypseli in Athens on Saturday, July 18

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A man has been arrested over the death of a British woman, whose body was found in a suitcase dumped in an abandoned building in Athens.

A man has been charged in connection with the death of a Scottish woman whose body was found in a suitcase in Athens.

Elisabeth-Jane Ross had told friends she was meeting Americans just three days before she was found dead