Yugoslav Ex-Diplomat is Murdered Mysteriously

Grey River Argus, 18 October 1948, Page 5

Yugoslav Ex-Diplomat is Murdered Mysteriously

(Rec. 6.30) 'PARIS, Oct. 16 The French police are investigating the death of Mr Todor Ristich, the former Yugoslav Ambassador to Denmark. His nude, strangled body was found in a bath yesterday by his daughter. He was 68 years of age. The tragedy occurred at his flat at Chambeery, in the south of France. On the door of the flat there was a note saying: “The owner of this flat is away.” . . , The police think that Mr Ristich had been strangled ten days ago. His daughter who had been worried at receiving no news from her father, came from Paris yesterday, and she forced the lock of the flat, after finding the note. The police state that the dead man’s car and keys have disappeared. A French official, who lives below the flat of the late Mr Ristich, told the police that, he heard a violent dispute in the flat above about twelve days ago. Mr Ristich, who took an active part in the Yugoslavs’ anti-German resistance, resigned Jiis post as Con-sul-General at Geneva when Marshal Tito came to power.