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Family denies receiving ransom demand (AP)

March 9th, 2010

FILE- In this Dec. 12, 2009 file photo women stand in front of the grave of former President Tassos Papadopoulos before his one-year memorial service just a day after his body was stolen by grave robbers at Deftera suburb of Nicosia, Cyprus. Cyprus police say a body found at a Nicosia cemetery could be the stolen corpse of former president Tassos Papadopoulos. Spokesman Michalis Katsounotos said a tip-off led police to the corpse late Monday March 8, 2010. But he wouldn't elaborate in what state the corpse was or what evidence investigators have to lead them to believe it could be that of the former Greek Cypriot leader. Papadopoulos' corpse was stolen from a graveyard in suburban Nicosia on Dec. 11, 2009 - the eve of the first anniversary of his death from lung cancer. The motive remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)AP - Cyprus’ justice minister has ruled out a political motive for the bodysnatching of the island nation’s former president Tassos Papadopoulos, saying that a ransom demand had been made — but a spokesman for the family denies that any family member had received such a demand.


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