Body of Danielle McLaughlin expected to begin its journey home tomorrow
The body of young Donegal woman, Danielle McLaughlin, murdered in India is expected to begin its journey home tomorrow.
Details are currently being finalised for the repatriation of her remains.
Earlier, a 24-year-old local man was charged in connection with her death.
Michael Safi, the Guardian's South Asia correspondent, says a group of British tourists reported seeing Danielle at a beach party the night before she died.
He said: "The British tourists said that they invited Danielle to go swimming with them at one point in the night, and she said she would join them but she would have to check it's okay with them, check that they are not leaving.
"She never ended up joining them in the water and once these tourists got out unfortunately she was gone and that's where the trail seems to end."
A parish priest says the family of a young Donegal woman killed in India have been overwhelmed with support.
Post Mortem results yesterday confirmed that Danielle McLaughlin was strangled and raped in the tourist resort of Goa.
A 24-year-old man appeared in court charged with the crime.
Online campaigns have raised more than €40,000 to help repatriate her remains.
Fr. Francis Bradley is in contact with the family and remembers Danielle fondly.
"We had spoken and she was, to my mind, fun-loving, bohemian in many ways, a very open-minded person, and someone who had the travel gene and who loved to travel and experience different cultures and peoples."
