POST MORTEM REVEALS CITY MURDER VICTIM WAS STRANGLED

Date Published: 10-Oct-2007

More than 30 Gardaí and detectives in the city are involved in the hunt for the killer of a Swiss student, whose body was found near the railway track in Renmore yesterday17 year old Manvela Riedo was found dead on Wasteland between Lakeshore Drive in Renmore and Ceannt Railway station by a passerby at 9.30am yesterdayA post mortem examination by State pathologist Dr. Marie Cassidy was carried out last night and the investigation was upgraded to murder after it was revealed that teenager was strangledManvela Riedo had just arrived in Galway and was studying English at Galway Language Centre in MillstreetGalway Gardaí are appealing for members of the public who may have been walking along the popular short cut from Renmore into city late on Monday night to contact themThe number 091 53 8000