An Irish man is suspected of killing a 31-year-old US nurse throughout an “intimate encounter” at his Budapest flat earlier than dumping her physique in woodland, based on police.
Hungarian police stated Mackenzie Michalski, from Portland within the US state of Oregon, was killed after assembly the 37-year-old man at a nightclub whereas she was on vacation within the metropolis.
Officers recognized the suspect by the initials LTM and stated he cleaned up his rented residence within the Hungarian capital and put Ms Michalski’s physique in a wardrobe after which right into a suitcase.
He allegedly rented a automobile and drove 90 miles (150km) to Lake Balaton, the place he’s stated to have disposed of the physique in a wooded space close to the village of Szigliget.
Police video confirmed the suspect guiding them to the place he left the physique.
Officers stated he additionally searched on-line for tips on how to get rid of a physique, and in regards to the competence of Budapest police. Police stated he additionally carried out on-line searches about procedures in lacking particular person circumstances, whether or not pigs eat lifeless our bodies, and if there are wild boars round Lake Balaton.
He was arrested on 7 November however claimed the killing was an accident, police stated.
Ms Michalski had been reported lacking two days earlier than, and the suspect was recognized after CCTV confirmed the pair collectively at a nightclub, the place police stated they danced and left for his flat.
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Pic: Fb/Discover Mackenzie Michalski
Crime scene pictures present a rolling suitcase, gadgets of clothes and a purse subsequent to a bank card with Ms Michalski’s title on it.
The sufferer’s household flew to Hungary to assist discover her, however on the way in which came upon she had been killed.
“There was no reason for this to happen,” her father Invoice Michalski stated at a candlelight vigil in Budapest on Saturday night time.
“I’m still trying to wrap my arms around what happened… I don’t know that I ever will.”
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Associates attended a candlelight memorial within the metropolis on Saturday. Pic: AP
Carrying a cap she had given him, Mr Michalski stated his daughter had been to Budapest earlier than and referred to as it her “happy place”.
“The history… she just loved it and she was just so relaxed here,” he stated.
A Fb group arrange final week to seek out Ms Michalski stated she was often called “Kenzie” and labored as a nurse.
It stated she would “forever be remembered as a beautiful and compassionate young woman”.
