NICOSIA, Cyprus – A Cyprus police spokesman has confirmed that a body discovered in a
.
Spokesman Michalis Katsounotos says DNA results obtained early Tuesday positively identify the corpse as Papadopoulos.
Katsounotos says a tip-off led police to the corpse late Monday. But he wouldn’t elaborate in what state the corpse was.
Papadopoulos’ corpse was stolen from a graveyard in suburban Nicosia on Dec. 11 — the eve of the first anniversary of his death from
. The motive remains a mystery.
Papadopoulos was president from 2003 to 2008.