In November, an Oregon nurse was found dead during her vacation in Hungary after she disappeared from a nightclub.
Budapest police said 31-year-old Mackenzie Michalski, a nurse practitioner from Portland, was killed by a man she met.
Michalski’s friends alerted authorities after she missed her departing flight and her belongings were left in her Airbnb.
Authorities were able to track down surrounding security footage and identified a male suspect who was last seen with Michalski.
Police later detained an Irish citizen in connection to Michalski’s disappearance, who admitted he met her at a local nightclub and danced before leaving together for his apartment.
Police said that the pair had “gotten intimate, and he killed her in the process.”
Authorities said that after the murder, the suspect cleaned his apartment, placed her body in a wardrobe cabinet and went out to purchase a suitcase. He allegedly placed Michalski’s body in the suitcase, rented a car and drove it to Lake Balaton, approximately an hour and a half drive from Budapest.
Police said he hid Michalski’s body in the woods before driving back to Budapest, where he was arrested outside his apartment.
Authorities, who have not released the suspect’s name, said he confessed to killing Michalski but claimed it was an accident
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