Disturbing details emerge after American nurse killed in Budapest, a city she called her "happy place"
General News,Hungary,Europe,US Citizens,Crime,Violence,Women
Family members of a 31-year-old American tourist who was killed while on vacation in Hungary's capital mourned their loss while a 37-year-old suspect was in custody Saturday.
The victim, Mackenzie Michalski from Portland, Oregon, was reported missing Nov. 5 after she was last seen at a nightclub in central Budapest. Police launched a missing person investigation and reviewed security footage from local nightclubs where they observed Michalski with a man later identified as the suspect in several of the clubs the night of her disappearance.
The man was detained on Nov. 7 and questioned by police, and later confessed to the killing. A Budapest court ordered him to remain detained, it said on Monday.
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