Police officers found the body of a dead baby in a jar kept inside a suitcase during the investigation of a reported non-payment case for a short let property, following a complaint by the flat owner.
One 43-year-old Greek citizen, his pregnant 38-year-old German wife, and the 26-year-old Afghan partner of their also pregnant 15-year-old daughter were present in the flat at the time of the police raid, together with two boys aged 9 and 12, whose identity is being investigated as they have no papers.
Investigation underway for minors involved in Kypseli flat case
After the 43-year-old, the 26-year-old and the 15-year old were arrested for drugs possession, the 38-year-old woman tried to flee the flat with the two boys and the suitcase which was found by the police to contain the body of a baby in a refrigerated jar.
The woman alleged that she had given birth to the baby who died at 8 months old, but a coroner’s examination has been ordered to determine the parents, age, and cause of death of the baby.
The three minors that were present in the flat are kept in hospital under police guard, following prosecutor orders. Two of them were reportedly diagnosed with sexually transmitted diseases (STIs).
An abundance of adult entertainment items and recording cameras were also found in the flat. The property owner told Greek network SKAI TV that the flat had been let for 25 days. During this time, there had been complaints by other residents of the building for nuissance coming from inside the flat, which, combined with other observations about the family, triggered suspicion.
DNA tests have been ordered for the three minors as well as for the dead baby.
The incident took place in the Kypseli neighbourhood in central Athens, where last month the dead body of Scottish humanitarian volunteer Elisabeth-Jane Ross was discovered in a suitcase in an abandoned building. An Afghan man captured on CCTV was arrested and charged with that murder two weeks later.
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