Suspect in Athens Suitcase Murder Flees to France
by Bill Giannopoulos · Greek City TimesThe 20-year-old man suspected of murdering a 24-year-old woman whose body was discovered inside a suitcase in Athens has fled to France, prompting an international manhunt.
The suspect, a Guinean national, is being sought by French authorities after an arrest warrant was issued, according to ERTNews. Authorities are seeking to arrest him and extradite him to Greece to face charges.
The victim, a woman from Burkina Faso, was found dead inside a suitcase on Alkamenous Street in the Agios Panteleimonas neighbourhood of Athens.
Read more: Athens Suitcase Body Identified as 24-Year-Old Woman
Investigators believe the suspect and the victim had known each other since 2024, when they reportedly met at a reception facility on the island of Leros. They are believed to have maintained a relationship alongside their respective partners.
The 24-year-old’s Cameroonian partner reported her missing on October 29.
She had returned to Athens on October 28 after working at a hotel on Folegandros during the summer tourist season. The following morning, she met her partner in Kypseli, where she was staying, and told him she planned to meet a friend for coffee in central Athens later that day.
However, police believe she instead travelled to Kolonos, where the 20-year-old suspect lived and where the pair reportedly met regularly.
How investigators traced the suspect
According to the investigation, an argument allegedly broke out inside the apartment, during which the woman was suffocated, possibly with a pillow or another object.
The suspect is believed to have placed her body inside a suitcase before transporting it to Agios Panteleimonas. He allegedly abandoned the suitcase on the pavement beside a rubbish bin, apparently expecting it to be collected by a garbage truck.
Police subsequently examined security camera footage and reconstructed his movements between the location where the suitcase was abandoned and his apartment in Kolonos.
Investigators believe he returned to the apartment, cleaned the scene, collected his personal belongings and fled.
A key breakthrough reportedly came from the testimony of the suspect’s roommate, whom police located at the property.
The roommate allegedly told investigators that the 20-year-old confessed to killing the woman after returning from abandoning the suitcase, before disappearing.
The suspect remains wanted as Greek authorities seek his arrest and return to Greece.
Source: SKAI.gr / ERTNews
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