Greek police are trying to identify the people Elisabeth-Jane Ross planned to meet in Kypseli after her body was found in a suitcase in Athens. Ross, 38, was found in an abandoned building in Kypseli on 18 July, and her family knew her as Lisa.
Police sources said Ross told Greek friends in Keratsini that she would go to Kypseli to meet her "American friends". She is thought to have travelled to Greece from Edinburgh in late June, went missing on 15 July, and was later found by a homeless man.
Keratsini to Kypseli
Greek police are now trying to identify those contacts because they sit at the centre of Ross’s final movements. Ross had been staying with Greek friends in Keratsini before heading to Kypseli, and that route gives investigators the last clear account of where she said she was going and who she expected to see.
That matters because a missing-contact inquiry can narrow the timeline around the final meeting, the last known location, and any witnesses who may have seen her arrive or leave. For anyone following the case from Edinburgh or with family in the UK, the practical question is whether the people Ross named can be traced quickly enough to help fix the timeline before memories and digital records fade.
Phone Signal After Death
The timeline is complicated by the phone record. Her mobile phone was still transmitting a signal and sending some messages a few days after her death, which leaves investigators with two moving parts: the physical discovery in Kypseli and the electronic trail that continued after she was found to have died.
A Greek police spokesperson said officers are awaiting toxicology results to determine the cause of death and to ascertain whether foul play was involved. A post-mortem examination is under way, and police said they cannot yet confirm whether the death is considered murder.
Scottish and UK Support
On Wednesday, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said it was providing consular support and was in contact with the Greek authorities. John Swinney called it an "absolutely appalling case" and said Ross’s family would be supported by the Scottish government and the FCDO.
Police Scotland said it is liaising with authorities after the woman was reportedly discovered by a homeless man in Athens earlier this month. The immediate unanswered point is the identity of the "American friends" Ross said she was going to meet in Kypseli, because that is the link investigators still need to turn a disappearance into a full account of what happened next.
