Who was Dr. Natalie Christopher? Missing Brit found dead on Greek island of Ikaria
THE body of Dr Natalie Christopher was discovered today after she went missing on Monday in the Greek island of Ikaria. She had gone out for a jog but never returned, here is what we know so far. Who was Dr Natalie Christopher? The 34-year-old was an astrophysicist from London and lived in Nicosia, Cyprus, […]
THE body of Dr Natalie Christopher was discovered today after she went missing on Monday in the Greek island of Ikaria.
She had gone out for a jog but never returned, here is what we know so far.
Who was Dr Natalie Christopher?
The 34-year-old was an astrophysicist from London and lived in Nicosia, Cyprus, with her Cypriot partner.
Oxford-educated, the British scientist told her partner that she was out jogging when he woke up at 10am on Monday morning to find her gone.
She went missing the day that she was due to fly back home with her boyfriend.
According to her online profile, Natalie was a researcher for the European University Cyprus in Nicosia and worked to “develop our understanding on the evolution of galaxies by fitting models to data collected from telescopes and satellites.”
She was an extreme sports enthusiast and was the face of ‘Cyprus Girls Can’ – a campaign to encourage local women to exercise.
Where was her body found?
After she failed to return from her jog which reportedly began at 8am, her boyfriend alerted police at noon.
He says he phoned her mobile at 10am, when he woke up and found she was not at the hotel, and she answered telling him she was running in rocky area of the island – although her exact location remains unclear.
According to Greece’s national broadcaster Ant1 News, Natalie’s body was found in a ravine by a volunteer firefighter.
Police told The Sun Online they are not willing to make a formal statement until the body is removed from an “inaccessible ravine” and formally identified.
Firemen and other rescue crews are attempting to remove the body from the spot in an area known as Katafygi about 5km from the Brit’s hotel in Kerame – in the north of the island.
What’s the latest?
Local media reports that homicide dectectives from the Greek capital of Athens ahve arrived in Ikaria and have taken over the case.
Blood stains were found on Natalies bed sheets in the hotel room, but her boyfriend dismissed it as a nose bleed.
The owner of the Kerame hotel, Theodoros Theodorakis told The Independent that the stains looked like they were from a nose bleed.
However, Mr Chronopoulos told The Sun Online that there has been no signal on Natalie’s phone since 5pm on Monday.
He said: “The mobile phone company confirmed that her phone was on and that it had picked up a signal until about 5pm on Monday.
“Since then there hasn’t been a signal.”
The owner of the hotel the couple were staying at said police had sealed off the room and that Natalie’s partner was staying with him at his house.
The unnamed man told Greek media: “He is a very good lad, he’s from Cyprus. He’s lost it, he has panicked, he cannot believe it.”
He described the pair as a “nice little couple” and said there was no signs of problems in the relationship.