No foul play in Saudi sisters' death in New York

New York­ - The two young women were found on the banks of the Hudson River last week.

The New York police on Friday said they had no evidence indicating that two sisters whose bodies were found duct-taped together in Manhattan had been killed.
"There is nothing pointing to a crime as of yet," said a New York Police Department (NYPD) spokesman, adding that "it is still very much a live investigation" without providing details of any probable cause of death.
The two young women, identified as Rotana Farea, 22, and her sister Tala, 16, were found on the banks of the Hudson River last week with no visible signs of trauma, dressed all in black, with fur-trimmed coat collars, and bound together at the ankles and waist by duct tape.
It has since emerged that they were Saudi nationals, and had run away several times from their family's home in Virginia where they had not lived since the end of 2017.
They had been placed in a shelter but left Fairfax County in August for New York. They stayed in several upscale hotels and maxed out a credit card, according to a NYPD spokesman.