French Woman Found Strangled in Bocas Del Toro

Frenchwoman Michèle Lampe, age 53, was found dead on Tuesday, strangled in the Second Street room she was renting in Isla Colon, Bocas del Toro.

La Critica reports that the foreigner’s “concubine,” otherwise known as Eddie, was investigated for the murder but then released.  Hours later, 27-year-old Roberto Alexis Taylor Urriola, who has been known for violently bad behavior in Bocas del Toro, was found with Lampe’s cell phone.

Lampe, who identified herself as a tourism project consultant, had posted several items on her blog “Les Voyages de Lunamoon.” According to Lampe’s Facebook page, she was opening Bocas chic lady , a beauty salon and fitness club with diet cuisine in a house on the water.

Michèle Lampe in Bocas del Toro