Specially trained dogs have been searching Galatsi Park since Friday 18 September as part of the investigation into the disappearance of Yu Ting, the 50-year-old Chinese translator who is staying at Artemida and who went missing on 20 May 2026. The operation is being carried out by the ‘Anubis Coldcase K9 Team’, in collaboration with the police authorities handling the case.
Galatsi Park was not chosen at random. It is the spot where, months earlier, Yu Ting’s passport was found cut into thin strips. The team is now returning to the same spot with dogs trained to detect biological material and evidence — objects or traces that may not have been detected during the initial investigations, when attention was focused on the discovery of the passport.
The ‘Anubis Coldcase K9 Team’ is a specialist volunteer organisation comprising trained dogs and experienced handlers, which is active in the search for missing persons and biological material. Its dogs cover three categories of detection — live persons, deceased persons and blood — and operations are carried out in accordance with protocol and under the coordination of the authorities. The team reports having carried out over 250 missions.
The case remains open four months later. According to press reports, the authorities are examining the location history of her mobile phone, her most recent contacts and her professional background. Her husband, Vasilis Karavasilis, has stated that Yu Ting did not work solely as a translator but was also involved in other business activities, including the purchase, sale and management of a petrol station on behalf of a Chinese investor.
No arrests have been made and no formal charges have been brought. The investigation is being carried out by the police, and the findings to date have not been announced.
For Artemida, the case has a dimension that goes beyond police reporting. Yu Ting is a local resident, and the disappearance of an adult from here, with no trace for four months, is the sort of news that lingers in the neighbourhood long after the TV crews have left. The search has moved to Galatsi because a lead has emerged there — this does not mean that the case no longer concerns Artemida.
Anyone with information, even if it seems insignificant or outdated — a movement, a vehicle, a meeting around 20 May — may contact the Spata–Artemida Police Station, at the junction of Vasileos Pavlou and Spyrou Markou streets in Spata, or dial 100. In cases that remain unsolved for months, the information that ‘isn’t worth mentioning’ is often the very thing that no one else has heard of.
We will provide an update on iartemida.gr once the findings have been officially announced.
Source: reports on the operation carried out by the ‘Anubis Coldcase K9 Team’ in Galatsi Park, 18–19 September 2026. The investigation is being conducted by the Greek Police.
