Ms Ross, understood to be from the Edinburgh area, is believed to have died between five and seven days before she was found. Speaking on the BBC’s Reporting Scotland on Thursday, The Guardian’’s Athens correspondent Helena Smith said Ms Ross had been in Greece for about two weeks before she died. The journalist said messages were then sent from Ms Ross’s phone in an apparent attempt to put those looking for her off the scent. Ms Ross had travelled to Greece via Cyprus from the United States, where her fingerprints were registered. But Ms Ross was later identified by Greek Police after Interpol examined fingerprint data.