International News Safety Institute

14 June 2014

Galina Koshcheyeva

Incident

Missing journalist found dead in Russia

Cause of death

Unknown

Details

Russia's Investigative Committee said on June 15 that the body of 48-year-old Galina Koshcheyeva had been found a day earlier in a forest near the town of Suny. Officials said her body carried traces of violence but did not elaborate. Koshcheyeva, the editor in chief of “Rodnoi Krai,” a local newspaper, went missing on June 10. Investigative Committee officials said they do not believe Koshcheyeva's death is connected to her professional activities, saying that it may have been related to a domestic dispute. Investigations are under way. >> Read the original article here Source: Radio Free Europe

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