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06/08/2013
Edinburgh Hotel Bodies Named
The bodies of a man and woman found at an Edinburgh hotel last week have been named as Igor Pavlov (27) and Daria Kuchuk (35).
The have been identified as a couple, orginally from Russia but had been living in Edinburgh.
Their bodies were discovered by staff at the Scotsman Hotel at around 12:15 last Thursday.
Responding to the call out at the hotel police had described the scene as a chemical incident. It has since been established that the pair took chemicals into the hotel room with them and their deaths were chemical-related.
It is understood that a number of items recovered from the room are still undergoing forensic analysis.
Police have said that the deaths remain "unexplained" and that the investigation is ongoing.
(MH/CD)
The have been identified as a couple, orginally from Russia but had been living in Edinburgh.
Their bodies were discovered by staff at the Scotsman Hotel at around 12:15 last Thursday.
Responding to the call out at the hotel police had described the scene as a chemical incident. It has since been established that the pair took chemicals into the hotel room with them and their deaths were chemical-related.
It is understood that a number of items recovered from the room are still undergoing forensic analysis.
Police have said that the deaths remain "unexplained" and that the investigation is ongoing.
(MH/CD)
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