A Swedish billionaire has been arrested in connection with his wealthy wife’s death. The couple has four children together. Click below for the full story.
One of the wealthiest women in Britain was found dead in London on Monday, as her husband was arrested in connection with her death, according to reports.
The body of U.S.-born Eva Rausing, 48, was found during a police search at a home in Cadogan Place in West London after Scotland Yard arrested her husband, Swedish billionaire Hans Kristian Rausing, on suspicion of possession of drugs, the Guardian reports.
Rausing, 49, heir to his father’s $6.6 billion Tetra-Pak fortune, was later re-arrested in connection with his wife’s death, which is currently being treated as “unexplained,†according to a police spokesperson.
The Rausing family of Sweden owns Tetra-Pak, the largest multinational food processing and packaging company in the world by sales.
Hans Kristian’s grandfather, Ruben Rausing, is credited with inventing a paper carton for storing milk.
Approximately 137 billion drinks, yogurts and ice creams are sold packaged in Tetra Paks each year, according to The Telegraph.
Eva Rausing also comes from a wealthy family. Her father, Tom Kemeny, is a former Pepsi executive who owns an island off South Carolina.
Eva and Hans Kristian have a storied history with drug abuse.
The couple met at a rehab clinic in the U.S. in the 1980s, according to the Guardian.
Eva and her husband were arrested in 2008 in London after security guards at the nearby American embassy found heroin and crack cocaine in Eva’s purse and a subsequent search at the couples’ home turned up more drugs.
The pair did not have to face a court hearing.
They instead received a conditional caution after both confessed to being drug addicts and were required to attend a drug rehabilitation program.
The arrest surprised many at the time since Eva and Hans Kristian were known to donate millions to anti-addiction charities.
The couple has four children.
