A body, suspected to be that of the daughter of an executive at Russia's second largest oil producer has been found in the Moscow region, a police source said on Tuesday.
The police source said the body of 16 year-old Viktoria Teslyuk, daughter of Robert Teslyuk, was found by the roadside near the town of Taldom, about 100 km north of Moscow "when the snow melted."
"The cause of death of the unknown person has been provisionally established as an open cerebral-brain trauma and fracture of the skull," the Investigative Committee said in a statement.
Viktoria Teslyuk was reported missing on March 26.
The report of the discovery was confirmed by a source within Robert Teslyuk's inner circle but there has been no official comment from the police or Lukoil.
Robert Teslyuk is general director of the Arman oil producing company, a joint venture of Lukoil, Shell and Sinopec, based in Kazakhstan.
The kidnapping of the son of Russian software tycoon Yevgeny Kaspersky made world headlines last month. The 20-year-old heir to Kaspersky's estimated $800 million wealth was released safely in a police sting operation after being held for ransom for a week.
MOSCOW, May 3 (RIA Novosti)
