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| Michaela McAreavey murder: Mauritius police reportedly identify suspect | Michaela McAreavey murder: Mauritius police reportedly identify suspect |
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| Five months after reopening the investigation into the murder of Michaela McAreavey, police in Mauritius have reportedly identified a suspect. | Five months after reopening the investigation into the murder of Michaela McAreavey, police in Mauritius have reportedly identified a suspect. |
| According to reporter Yasine Mohabuth, the suspect is named in an interim report by the Central Criminal Investigation Department (CCID). | |
| They have already submitted it to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). | They have already submitted it to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). |
| Mrs McAreavey was murdered in the Legends Hotel in Port Louis in 2011 while she was on honeymoon. | Mrs McAreavey was murdered in the Legends Hotel in Port Louis in 2011 while she was on honeymoon. |
| After the first trial which ended in July, two hotel workers - Sandip Moneea and Avinash Treebhoowoon - were cleared of murder. | After the first trial which ended in July, two hotel workers - Sandip Moneea and Avinash Treebhoowoon - were cleared of murder. |
| A new investigation was then launched. | A new investigation was then launched. |
| Investigators are now waiting for the counsel of the State Law Office (SLO) before taking a decision on the arrest of the suspect. | Investigators are now waiting for the counsel of the State Law Office (SLO) before taking a decision on the arrest of the suspect. |
| It is understood a French expert came to Mauritius about three months ago to collect DNA samples and took them for analysis at the University of Bordeaux's laboratory. | It is understood a French expert came to Mauritius about three months ago to collect DNA samples and took them for analysis at the University of Bordeaux's laboratory. |
| Thirty-eight people were interviewed and 68 witnesses participated in a reconstruction of the circumstances of the murder and 350 samples were sent to a laboratory in France, since the reopening of the investigation last August, according to police. | Thirty-eight people were interviewed and 68 witnesses participated in a reconstruction of the circumstances of the murder and 350 samples were sent to a laboratory in France, since the reopening of the investigation last August, according to police. |