An Asian woman whose body was
found in a suitcase fished out of Rimini harbour at the weekend
probably died of malnutrition, sources said after an autopsy
Monday.
"She looked as if she'd come out of a labour camp," they
said.
The autopsy found there had been no "external causes" of the
death and ruled out asphyxiation or drowning.
It is therefore likely she was nearly dead when she was put
into the suitcase, sources said.
It is now certain, police said, that the body is not that of
Xing Lei Li, a 36-year-old Chinese woman who went missing
earlier this month while on a cruise with her Irish husband.
As well as their heights not matching - the Rimini woman was
1.7 metres tall, more than 20 cm taller than Xing - there is the
fact that the cruise ship stopped in places more than 1,000 km
from Rimini, and the fact that the woman in the suitcase
suffered "long" physical suffering, police said.
Police said they were "examining all avenues".
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