A legal autopsy to be performed today is expected to show the causes of death of a couple who was found dead yesterday afternoon at their home in the area of Agia Thekla in Sotira.
The autopsy is expected to be performed at ten in the morning at the Larnaca General Hospital by Medical Examiners Angeliki Papetta and Nikola Charalambous.
Yesterday around four in the afternoon, information was received at the Famagusta TAE that two people were unconscious in the living room of their home in the area of Agia Thekla in Sotira.
The information was given to the Police by a friendly person of the couple who was notified by the son of the man who is in Britain, that he could not communicate with his father. The last time the son had telephone contact with his father was last Wednesday.
The couple's friendly face tried to contact him by phone to no avail and so around four in the afternoon he went to the house where from the window he saw the woman unconscious on the living room sofa.
The Police were immediately notified, members of which went to the scene together with men from the Fire Service, opened the house and found the couple lying unconscious on the couch.
Investigations revealed that it was the 60-year-old Briton and his 52-year-old partner from Russia.
From the first investigations of the Police, no external injuries were found in the bodies and the criminal action was ruled out.
There was a gas heater in the living room and there was a gas smell in the room.
An autopsy was performed at the scene by medical examiner Angeliki Papetta.
The case is being investigated by the Famagusta Police Department.
A friend spotted them - He was looking for them for two days
According to the first information from the Police, the unfortunate couple located their friendly person, who was looking for them for two days. After going to their house, he saw them unconscious on the floor through the window. The Police were immediately notified.
What the Police and the medical examiner say
Around 16:00 the Police was informed. Violating the entrance, they found the couple unconscious, said the Famagusta Police Director G. Economou, in his statements from the scene.
For her part, the medical examiner Angeliki Papetta stated that at first sight the criminal act has been ruled out. More, tomorrow with the legalized autopsy, he noted.
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