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Dutch tourist has been found dead in her hotel room in the Marmaris
district of southern Muğla province. Abigail Linnenbank, 19, was found
dead by a hotel employee, Doğan News Agency reported on July 15.
Linnenbank and her boyfriend arrived in Marmaris on July 8 and booked a room in a four-star hotel.
Linnenbank’s boyfriend went on a one-day boat tour by himself on July 14, as she stayed in the room.
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hotel cleaning employee entered the room at around 3 p.m. and heard
water sounds coming from the bathroom. The employee informed the manager
of the hotel after seeing Linnenbank lying on the bathroom floor. The
officials of the hotel called the police and medical personnel, who
declared Linnenbank dead.
Medicine used for heart and
respiratory diseases was found in the hotel room, while no visible
traces of assault or wounds were found on her body.
Linnenbank’s body was sent to the Forensic Medicine Institution in Muğla for autopsy.
police contacted the Netherlands Honorary Consulate in Marmaris to
inform her family and launched an investigation into the incident.
