Bristol Hotel: Body Found At Paris' Luxury Hotel
PARIS — French authorities are searching for the British boyfriend of a Polish woman whose battered and naked body was found in a bathtub at the French capital's chic Bristol Hotel, officials said Friday.
A maid at the Bristol discovered the woman's naked body in her room's bathtub on Tuesday, a judicial official said. Her boyfriend had suddenly left the hotel in his Porsche earlier that day, the official said.
The search is continuing for the 40-year-old British businessman, said a police official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.
An autopsy showed the woman, the 36-year-old director of a British-based Polish agricultural exporter, died from internal hemorrhaging. She had been hit on the head and back, said the judicial official, who was also speaking on condition of anonymity.
The couple appeared to be having problems and had previously separated and got back together in the past, the judicial official said. They checked into the Bristol on Saturday.
A hotel spokeswoman confirmed the death but declined to provide her name or further details. The Bristol, located in Paris' chic 8th district, attracts wealthy guests and celebrities. Rooms there start at euro750 ($1,057) a night.
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JEAN-PIERRE VERGES | May 29, 2009 02:33 PM EST |