New details have emerged in the case of 45-year-old Stavroula Levendaki, who has been missing for 18 days from the wider Chania area in Crete.
Last known sighting
The last person to see Levendaki before her disappearance—and with whom she briefly spoke—was the tenant renting her apartment in Chania. Speaking to Live News, he described their final encounter and what he observed before she disappeared from his sight.
Eighteen days after her mysterious disappearance, authorities continue to treat the case as potentially criminal. Search efforts remain focused on the area where she was last seen, while Hellenic Police investigators are collecting surveillance footage and taking statements from family members and friends.
Recent reports indicate that police have also conducted searches at Levendaki’s apartment—the same property she rented out to a worker.
What the tenant recalled
According to the tenant, Levendaki arrived at the apartment at 4:45 p.m. on May 30: “She told me, ‘I’m in a hurry—I need to catch the bus that leaves at 5.’”
He said that when she entered the apartment, she was carrying two bags—and re-emerged with them minutes later. “She stayed inside for about two or three minutes,” he added.
The apartment is located near a local bus stop, making her reported intention to catch a 5 p.m. bus consistent with the location.
Background on the property and family tensions
The tenant explained that the apartment had previously belonged to Levendaki and her brother. He recalled witnessing an earlier confrontation between them: “Her brother lived in half the apartment. She threw him out, saying the house was hers and he had no right to be there.”
Levendaki’s brother acknowledged that relations between them had been strained for some time—but not over financial matters. Instead, he said the rift stemmed from differing attitudes toward caring for their ailing parents. “We weren’t close as siblings, but neither of us wanted to harm the other. There’s no inheritance or property to divide. The only disagreement involved our parents’ beliefs. I know for certain there were no financial motives—neither she nor I were struggling. I certainly wouldn’t harm my sister for money.”
Some relatives were also aware of the tension between the siblings. One relative commented: “They do have property and money—that’s why I was upset. How could she not hire someone to care for her mother and spare her own wife the burden?”
Disappearance timeline
Levendaki’s mobile phone stopped transmitting signals and was deactivated in the broader Agia area. Since then, she has never reached her intended destination—or contacted anyone.
On the day she vanished, she first visited her family home in Varypetro, Chania, and later paid a worker for tasks performed on her farmland—shortly before heading to the apartment where the tenant saw her for the last time.