DNA under Brit mum’s nails could catch killer burglars after she fought back as they strangled her with her T-shirt
BURGLARS who tortured a Brit mum to death in Greece could be caught by DNA under her fingernails as she fought for her life.
Samples from Caroline Crouch's fingernails show evidence of her frantic struggle as she was being strangled with her t-shirt and are now being examined by investigators.
Tragic Caroline, 20, was strangled after being tortured and having a gun pointed at the head of her baby Lydia her Athens home.
Officials and politicians have described the attack as ''heinous'' and ''brutal'' and her husband Charalambos Anagnostopoulos, 32, is helping investigators hunting the gang.
He said the couple begged for their lives as Caroline screamed for help as she was being tortured.
An post-mortem examination is taking place today by and it is believed she may have been strangled with her own t-shirt,
Reports suggest the gang still demanded more and eventually escaped with more than £30,000 in both cash and valuables.
Caroline's British father moved to Greece twenty years ago where he lives with his Filipino wife who was today said to be in Athens with investigators.
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Marilena Poniraki, who taught Caroline on the island of Alonissos where she lived with her parents, paid tribute to her.
"I will always remember her so happy, she was a very remarkable creature, it is a great pity what has happened."