{"id":67525,"date":"2020-10-29T01:30:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T01:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=67525"},"modified":"2020-10-29T01:30:41","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T01:30:41","slug":"dead-russian-woman-reportedly-found-naked-apartment-severed-thumb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=67525","title":{"rendered":"Dead Russian woman reportedly found naked in apartment with severed thumb"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Russian scientist and part-time model has been found dead in her apartment \u2014 without her thumb, which was reportedly found at the home of a man suspected of using it to access her phone, according to a report.<\/p>\n

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The naked body of Ekaterina Antontseva, 34, a biochemist at the St. Petersburg Technological Institute, was found by her boyfriend, a construction entrepreneur, when he returned from a business trip,\u00a0the Sun reported.<\/p>\n

Authorities said she was apparently strangled last week.<\/p>\n

The suspect \u2014 an avid computer gamer identified only as Artyom, 36 \u2014 has been detained on suspicion of murder, according to the news outlet.<\/p>\n

He is suspected of using Antontseva\u2019s thumb to access her cellphone to send since-deleted messages saying she was sick and unable to go to work.<\/p>\n

Investigators believe he may have owed Antontseva money \u2014 leading to an argument about repaying it, the Sun reported.<\/p>\n\n

After she was killed, gaps in the windows and doors inside her apartment were reportedly sealed to prevent a stench from being detected by her neighbors.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all grieve very much. She was a very good person, very sympathetic,\u201d said Dr. Mark Shamtsyan, head of the microbiological synthesis technology department at the institute, the outlet reported, citing pdmnews.ru.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all loved and respected her, and now it\u2019s hard to talk about it. This is all unexpected for us,\u201d he added. \u201cShe \u2026 loved her work, she liked working with students. She was a good researcher and teacher.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shamtsyan said Antontseva\u2019s co-workers began looking for her when she didn\u2019t show up for work.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd on the weekend we received information from the investigating authorities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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