Heiress’s Death Sets British Tabloids Afire
The body of American-born Eva Rausing, one of Britain’s richest women, was found at her home in London and her husband was arrested. Above, the couple in 1996.
LONDON: One of Britain's richest women, American-born Eva Rausing, was found dead in her west London home and a man was arrested in connection with the case, British police said Tuesday, adding that an autopsy had failed to uncover a formal cause of death.
Rausing, 48, was the wife of Hans Kristian Rausing, heir to the TetraPak fortune his father built by creating a successful manufacturer of laminated cardboard drink containers.
Both Rausing and her husband have had long-running and often public battles against addiction.
British police said they had arrested a 49-year-old man Monday on suspicion of drug possession and a subsequent search of an address in London's tony Belgravia neighborhood related to that arrest turned up Rausing's body later that day. TPolice did not release the man's name but offered details of the arrest in response to a question about Hans Kristian Rausing.
