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11/10/2007
Galway Strangler Alert
Students have been warned to take safety precautions while out in Galway, following the murder of a 17-year-old Swiss student in the city earlier this week.
The body of Manuela Riedo, from Bern in Switzerland, was found on waste ground between Lakeshore Drive and Ceannt Railway Station on Tuesday morning.
A post-mortem revealed that the teenager had been strangled, but gardaí have not revealed details of any other injuries she may have suffered.
Miss Reido arrived in Ireland at the weekend and had travelled with a group of fellow students to take part in a two-week English language course in Galway.
She had been staying with a host family in the city's Renmore Park area for the duration of the course and was last seen leaving the house around 7:30pm on Monday night.
Gardaí have appealed for information. Miss Reido is described as 5ft 4ins tall, with brown shoulder length hair. When last seen, she was wearing a red and black cardigan, a grey and black herring bone waist length wool coat, grey jeans and calf length black suede boots. She also had a diamond stud in the left side of her nose and carried a large black handbag with a cherry pattern.
Gardaí want to hear from anyone who may have seen Manuela on Sunday or Monday night or anyone else who saw anything suspicious on Monday or Tuesday night near Ceannt Railway or bus station.
They have also not ruled out the possibility that Manuela's murder may be linked to a series of sexual assaults in the same area over the last three months.
It is understood that Miss Reido's parents are unlikely to be travelling to Ireland over the next few days.
(KMcA)
The body of Manuela Riedo, from Bern in Switzerland, was found on waste ground between Lakeshore Drive and Ceannt Railway Station on Tuesday morning.
A post-mortem revealed that the teenager had been strangled, but gardaí have not revealed details of any other injuries she may have suffered.
Miss Reido arrived in Ireland at the weekend and had travelled with a group of fellow students to take part in a two-week English language course in Galway.
She had been staying with a host family in the city's Renmore Park area for the duration of the course and was last seen leaving the house around 7:30pm on Monday night.
Gardaí have appealed for information. Miss Reido is described as 5ft 4ins tall, with brown shoulder length hair. When last seen, she was wearing a red and black cardigan, a grey and black herring bone waist length wool coat, grey jeans and calf length black suede boots. She also had a diamond stud in the left side of her nose and carried a large black handbag with a cherry pattern.
Gardaí want to hear from anyone who may have seen Manuela on Sunday or Monday night or anyone else who saw anything suspicious on Monday or Tuesday night near Ceannt Railway or bus station.
They have also not ruled out the possibility that Manuela's murder may be linked to a series of sexual assaults in the same area over the last three months.
It is understood that Miss Reido's parents are unlikely to be travelling to Ireland over the next few days.
(KMcA)
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