The autopsy on the body of Margaret Mifsud, the 31-year-old lawyer from Birkirkara who was found dead in her car yesterday afternoon, was inconclusive.

Dr Mifsud, a mother of two, was found slumped in her car that was parked just off the Coast Road at around 2 p.m. Her handbag was missing.

Although there were no signs of foul play or self-harm, the police have arrested her former partner, Libyan Nizar el Gadi, on suspicioun of holding her against her will last month.

Sources said this afternoon that as the autopsy results were inconclusive, the cause of death remained a mystery. However, the authorities were still waiting for toxicology results which had to come from abroad.

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