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A 37-year-old Irish antheral has been arrested successful transportation with the execution of an American caregiver successful Hungary, constabulary say.
Mackenzie Michalski, 31, from Portland, Oregon, was reported missing after a nighttime retired successful Hungary's capital, Budapest, connected Tuesday.
Officers said the fishy was identified done CCTV footage and aboriginal confessed to sidesplitting Ms Michalski, but claimed her decease had been an accident.
In a statement, enactment retired connected Saturday, constabulary said the antheral had attempted to conceal Ms Michalski's decease by renting a car, putting her assemblage successful a suitcase and hiding it successful woodland adjacent the colony of Szigliget successful the country's west.
Officers said Ms Michalski was killed during an "intimate encounter" with the suspect, but did not supply immoderate further details.
They were capable to found that the brace had met astatine a nightclub, danced unneurotic and past travelled to the man's rented apartment.
He was arrested determination connected Thursday evening, and has been remanded successful custody.
After being questioned, the fishy showed detectives wherever helium had disposed of Ms Michalski's body, the constabulary statement said.
It added that the antheral had placed the nurse's assemblage successful a wardrobe portion helium cleaned his flat - successful a bid to "remove traces" of the alleged execution - earlier driving to the woods.
Ms Michalski was reported missing by friends erstwhile she failed to instrumentality to their accommodation.
During the people of their investigation, constabulary said they uncovered grounds which "gave emergence to the suspicion of murder".
Following Ms Michalski's disappearance, the antheral made a bid of online searches - including "what does a dormant assemblage odor similar aft it decomposes?", "how bash the constabulary grip missing idiosyncratic cases?", and "removing rotting nutrient smell".
He is besides alleged to person searched whether pigs devour dormant bodies and astir the quality of chaotic boar on Lake Balaton - a assemblage of h2o adjacent Szigliget.
In footage released by Hungarian police, a antheral successful handcuffs tin beryllium seen guiding officers done woodland. Sniffer dogs and forensic investigators are present.
A Facebook group, called Find Mackenzie Michalski, says the 31-year-old often went by the nickname Kenzie.
On Saturday, her friends held a candlelit vigil adjacent to the US embassy successful Budapest.
Additional reporting by Jack Burgess
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