An Irish man has been detained by Hungarian police on suspicion of murdering Mackenzie Michalski, a missing American lady of 31, reports The Mirror.
The 37-year-old male was recognised from CCTV video and taken into custody outside an apartment building on Friday.
Mackenzie Michalski was a nurse practitioner who lived in Portland, Oregon, and was thirty-one years old. She was reportedly on vacation in Hungary when she passed away, reports The Mirror.
Hungarian media sites said that when Ms Michalski did not return to the Airbnb flat where she was staying, her companions sounded the alarm. Additionally, Ms. Michalski missed a flight she had scheduled from Budapest to Amsterdam.
On Friday, Ms Michalski’s friends created a GoFundMe campaign to raise money. As of right now, the ‘Bring Mackenzie Michalski Home’ page has raised $36,000, or €34,000, reports The Mirror.
Ms. Michalski received her diploma from Fredonia, New York’s high school. On Saturday night, there will be a candlelight vigil there.
According to Hungarian police, an Irish man was detained in relation to Ms. Michalski’s passing, reports The Mirror.
“The Budapest Police Headquarters has listed a 31-year-old American woman as missing, who came to Hungary as a tourist and disappeared from a Budapest nightclub on November 5, 2024,” said Hungarian police in an official statement, reports The Mirror.
“Detectives from the District Police Department noticed several suspicious circumstances in connection with the woman’s disappearance, on the basis of which they did not rule out that the American girl was the victim of a crime. The police in Terezváros caught sight of a man with whom the missing girl was seen in several nightclubs; was identified, and the 37-year-old Irish citizen was arrested in front of a district apartment,” reports The Mirror.
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