An Oregon nurse disappeared from a nightclub while on vacation in Hungary and was found dead.
Budapest Police Headquarters announced on November 8 that 31-year-old Mackenzie “Kenzie” Michalski was missing after disappearing from a nightclub while on vacation in Europe.
Friends first contacted authorities after a 31-year-old woman missed her flight and left her belongings in an Airbnb.
Authorities turned to surrounding security footage and identified Michalski and the male suspect last seen.
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Mackenzie Michalski, a medical practitioner, was murdered by a man she met while on vacation. (Find Mackenzie Michalski on Facebook)
Mackenzie Michalski was on vacation with friends in Budapest, Hungary, when she went missing. (Find Mackenzie Michalski on Facebook)
In a translated post, authorities said Michalaski was seen with men at several clubs the night she disappeared.
On November 7, police detained an Irish national in connection with the disappearance of an American tourist.
Investigators said the suspect admitted to meeting the woman at a local nightclub, dancing with her and then going to the man's apartment together.
Police said the two “became intimate and killed her in the process.”
Mackenzie Michalski, 31, was last seen early Tuesday morning at a nightclub in Budapest. (Budapest Police Station)
Budapest police said Mackenzie Michalski's body was stuffed inside a suitcase. (Budapest Police Station)
Authorities said the Irish suspect cleaned out the apartment and hid Michalski's body in a dresser while he went out to buy a suitcase.
The suspect allegedly put Michalski's body in a suitcase, rented a car and drove to Lake Balaton, about an hour and a half from Budapest.
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Police said the man hid Michalski's body in the woods before driving back to Budapest, where he was caught and arrested outside the apartment.
Homicide detectives questioned a 37-year-old Irishman, whose initials are LTM, as a suspect in the murder. Authorities have not released the suspect's full name.
Authorities said the man confessed to killing the woman but claimed it was an accident.
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Video provided by Budapest police showed the suspect showing detectives where he had hidden Michalski's body.
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Investigators found that after the murder, the 37-year-old man searched the internet for phrases such as “Do pigs really eat carcasses?”, “Texas woman killed by boar” and “boar sighting”. It became clear. “In a town on the shores of Lake Balaton”, “What does a dead body smell like after it decomposes”, “Getting rid of the smell of rotting flesh”, “Webcams in Budapest”, “What happens after a person is reported missing?” ”, “How do people die?”, “Do the police handle missing persons cases?”, “How trustworthy are the police in Budapest?”
Mackenzie Michalski's family and friends have started a Facebook group to gather tips about her whereabouts. (Find Mackenzie Michalski on Facebook)
On a GoFundMe page, Michalski's friends and family described the nurse as “a light to our world.”
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“She is a light to our world, a heart of gold and a human being of worth beyond words,” the GoFundMe said.
