See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy ELIANA SILVER, SENIOR FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER and ANDREW JEHRING, CHIEF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT and ISABELLA MACHIN, REPORTER Published: 13:39 BST, 29 July 2026 | Updated: 19:10 BST, 29 July 2026
The phone of a British woman whose body was found inside a suitcase in an abandoned building in Athens was being used in attempts to cover her death, it is understood. 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 alarm was raised around 1pm after he notified the authorities that he had spotted a suitcase and something coming out of it, which 'looked like a human limb'. The body was later identified as 38-year-old Ms Ross, who had flown from Cyprus to Athens where she was staying with friends. She had flown from America to Europe on June 29.Ms Ross was last seen just before the alleged murder on July 15, and around the time that forensic scientists believe the crime took place.It has also emerged that the British woman's phone was being used up until the point she was identified by media. One Greek Officer said: 'The phone was being used. Text messages were even sent obviously with a view to making people believe she was still alive. 'We are treating the building as a crime scene.' Elizabeth Jane Ross was found dead with her body stuffed inside a suitcase in Athens, Greece Local outlets released a photo of the 38-year-old, as investigations are ongoing to determine her cause of death
