The American scientist whose body was found on the Greek island of Crete died of asphyxiation, according to a police source.
Elisha Fieldstadt, Reuters and Associated Press
Suzanne Eaton, 59, a molecular biologist at the world-renowned Max Planck Institute in Dresden, Germany, was found dead about a week after she went missing by cavers in a disused military bunker — a system of manmade caves used by the Nazis during the occupation of Crete during World War II.he believed Eaton died around the time she was last seen, on July 2A post-mortem on Wednesday concluded that she died of asphyxiation, one police source told Reuters.
Dresden University's Max Planck Institute, where Eaton was a research group leader, described her in a statement on its website as"a leading scientist in her field, a strong athlete, runner and senior black belt in Tae Kwon Do."
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