Grim discoveries lurk deep in Greece’s mountains

Her identity might never be known, where she came from or where she was going. Her frozen body was found — by chance — by inhabitants of Kato Nevrokopi, a village in the foothills of Mt Falakro. The coroner’s verdict was death from hypothermia. The woman must have struggled mightily through the snowdrifts across the rugged passes on the Greek-Bulgarian border in an area where temperatures often drop to -30 Celsius (-22F). The charm hanging around her neck was not enough to protect her, nor to offer any clue as to her identity.
(22.02.06)   Kathimerini English Edition   (by Stavros Tzimas)
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