Mum’s body found af ter suspect’s confession
THE chief suspect for the murder of a young motherof-three in Sligo has been re-arrested after revealing to gardaí where he dumped her body in woodlands.
The Irish Daily Mail can reveal that the 32-year-old suspect – well known to murdered Natalia Karaczyn – told gardaí where to find her dead body, after coming under ‘serious and sustained pressure’ from members of the public.
She was strangled and her body was put in the boot of her killer’s car before being ‘rashly dumped, without care’, gardaí believe. She was later found on open ground in a wooded area of Carns.
The suspect had denied all knowledge of the Polish woman’s disappearance and killing when being quizzed on suspicion of murder from 11pm on Sunday night until his release at around 5am yesterday.
But senior sources say the chief suspect ‘immediately fessed up’ when he was ‘put under pressure’ by friends of Ms Karaczyn, 30.
A local source explained: ‘In Garda custody, he was not talking. He knew nothing.
‘He simply claimed he had not seen her since the Saturday.
‘He admitted nothing following sustained questioning, but within a couple of hours of being released, and after a few people in the Polish community had very harsh words with him, he was back on to gardaí with a location of where Natalia’s dead body was. Of course he was re-arrested. It is a shocking turn of events.’
Ms Karaczyn’s remains were found in an area of open ground near Carns, Co. Sligo, yesterday.
As revealed by the Mail yesterday, another man – not a suspect – provided gardaí with a voluntary statement about Ms Karaczyn. This man is understood to be romantically linked to her.
This man, also Polish, is understood to have been in her company on Saturday night and the early hours of Sunday morning, shortly before she was seen on CCTV entering a house from which she never re-appeared.
The re-arrested chief suspect is currently detained at Ballymote Garda Station. Investigating detectives are ‘confident’ of criminally charging the suspect.
Following the discovery of her remains early yesterday morning, the area was sealed off pending the arrival of a pathologist.
A preliminary examination of the body took place before its removal for full postmortem.
Ms Karaczyn left her home in Crozon Park, Sligo, on Saturday alone to meet up with friends for a night out. However, her sister tried to contact her on Sunday and when repeated calls to her mobile were not successful she grew worried and reported her concerns to gardaí.
From the outset, gardaí were very concerned for her welfare.
On Monday night, Natalia’s sister made a heartfelt appeal on Facebook for information in the case. Magdallena McMorrow wrote: ‘My sister Natalia went out last Saturday night and has not come back. She has three children and would never have done this before. She went to the cinema and Garavogue after.
‘She is believed to have gone to a house party around Crozon/ Caltragh afterwards. We have seen the CCTV footage from Crozon Inn and we could see her walking home around 6.30am on Sunday morning; however, the CCTV can reach as far as approx 50 metres from her home in Crozon Park. She has never made it back home that morning.
‘PLEASE if you have any information, seen her or maybe have CCTV outside your house in the area, get in touch with Sligo Garda Station or myself.’
‘She never made it back home’