A US nanny half-naked and
face down body was discovered on a mattress in her apartment, Police in Vienna said
they are treating the death as homicide.
Local authorities have
identified the victim only as "Lauren M", however, both NBC and CBS
News, citing the US Embassy in Vienna, have named her as 25-year-old Lauren
Mann, of Colorado.
Although a
"considerable amount of blood" was found at the scene, police have
said there were no signs of external injury.
No stab wounds, gunshot
wounds or significant signs of trauma were found on the body.
"It's quite
strange," a police said, adding that a preliminary post-mortem examination
had shed no further light on the cause of death.
He said a toxicology report
has now been ordered to establish whether any drugs or poison were in her
system as it is possible the blood was caused by an internal injury.
Police and firefighters
forced their way into Ms Mann's studio flat after her employer raised the alarm
when she failed to turn up for work.
All the light bulbs in the
apartment were burnt out and several candles were found around the body,
according to local media reports.
It quoted one anonymous
source as saying she had been putting up an "old acquaintance" from
Gambia who police are now trying to trace.
Austria's Kronen Zeitung
newspaper says police are trying to track down the last person to visit the
flat.
NBC News
CBS News
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