Police investigate British man’s body missing from Nicosia morgue
A British man’s body was discovered missing from the Nicosia morgue on Tuesday when a funeral home was due to collect it for repatriation.
Nicosia, Cyprus. Police are investigating after a British man’s body was discovered missing from the Nicosia morgue on Tuesday. The man had died in Paphos about a month earlier.
Transfer and planned repatriation
According to Phileleftheros, the man’s remains were taken to Nicosia because the morgue at Paphos general hospital is not currently operational.
An autopsy was required because his death was unnatural. Afterwards, a funeral home arranging repatriation to Britain at his family’s request was due to collect the body.
No recorded transfer
The body’s absence was discovered when the funeral home arrived at the morgue. There was no official record showing that the remains had been transferred elsewhere.
Police were notified and are examining whether a transfer took place without the required procedures being followed.
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