A 17-year-old girl reported missing from the affluent Athens suburb of Philothei has been found dead near the Corinth Canal, in what police sources described as a suspected suicide.
The teenager’s mother reported her daughter missing to the Philothei-Psychiko police precinct at 1 a.m. Friday, saying the girl had left home the previous evening and had not been in contact with family or friends.
Authorities initiated a search and traced the teenager’s mobile phone signal to the Isthmus of Corinth area in the early hours of Friday morning.
Her body was recovered from the water by a private diver under Coast Guard supervision and transferred to Corinth General Hospital. A police investigation is underway.
The case has drawn attention across Greece, in part because of the teenager’s family background. She is reported to be the daughter of a prominent physician.
