Body-art model, 28, is found dead in suitcase dumped into canal six days after going to meet friends at nightclub

THE body of a model who vanished while on holiday in Belgrade was found stuffed inside a suitcase. Russian national Lyudmila Turkova, 28, had been missing for six days after meeting friends at a nightclub in the Serbian capital. Lyudmila Turkova was found murdered and stuffed in suitcase in Belgrade Credit: East2West Police deployed a sniffer dog who discovered her remains in a canal Credit: East2West Her body was later discovered inside a suitcase dumped in the Vizelj canal. Local residents spotted the suspicious item and alerted police, who deployed a sniffer dog that located the remains in the murky water. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! Police have not disclosed how the 27-year-old was killed. A Turkish man identified only as K.E has since been detained at Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla Airport as he tried to leave the country. The police took a Turkish suspect into custody while he was trying to flee the country Credit: East2West Turkova travelled to Belgrade for a two-week break Credit: East2West The Serbian Interior Ministry said that a Turkish citizen born in 2001 was arrested on suspicion of the murder. Authorities believe he killed Turkova in the early hours of July 26 in a rented apartment in the Borca area. A missing persons appeal described the model as 5ft 1in with long blonde hair, a nose piercing and several distinctive tattoos. These included two snakes on her left thigh, a large design on her right leg and Japanese-style artwork across her shoulders. Most read in The Sun Originally from St Petersburg, she had worked as a promoter, bartender and body-art model. Turkova had travelled to Belgrade for a two-week holiday, but disappeared on July 25 after telling relatives she was going to meet some friends. She sent a final chilling message shortly after 11pm before going quiet, prompting a major search operation. A report said: “The body has been sent to the Institute of Forensic Medicine, where the cause of her death will be determined after an autopsy.”