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Greek man confesses to rape, murder of US scientist, police say

Reuters/Athens

July 16, 2019 | 06:12 PM

Plain-clothes police officers escort the suspect (C) for the murder of American biologist Suzanne Eaton to the prosecutor in Chania, on the island of Crete, Greece.

Greek police believe they have found the man who raped and murdered an American biologist whose body was discovered on the island of Crete on July 8, a senior official said on Tuesday.

Suzanne Eaton, 60, a molecular biologist at the Max Planck Institute in Dresden, Germany, was found dead in a disused military bunker around a week after going missing.A 27-year-old man detained in connection with her death had confessed to the crime, said Constantinos Lagoudakis, director general of the island's police directorate.

(L-R) Police Press Information Officer for Crete, Eleni Papathanasiou, Director of Security for Chania Police, Paris Chinopoulos, Chania Police Chief Giorgos Libinakis and Cretetarget="_blank"'>

By Reuters/Athens

July 16, 2019 | 06:12 PM

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