{"id":8347,"date":"2026-07-09T21:01:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/irishman-jailed-in-hungary-for-beating-and-strangling-american-tourist-to-death\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T21:01:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:01:45","slug":"irishman-jailed-in-hungary-for-beating-and-strangling-american-tourist-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/irishman-jailed-in-hungary-for-beating-and-strangling-american-tourist-to-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Irishman jailed in Hungary for beating and strangling American tourist to death"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_3d5bec\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">An Irish man has been jailed for 14 years in a Hungarian prison for murdering American tourist Mackenzie Michalski and attempting to cover up the killing.<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37412113\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37412113.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Mackenzie-Michalski-American-nurse-murdered-in-Budapest.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37412113.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/0_Mackenzie-Michalski-American-nurse-murdered-in-Budapest.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37412113.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_Mackenzie-Michalski-American-nurse-murdered-in-Budapest.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37412113.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Mackenzie-Michalski-American-nurse-murdered-in-Budapest.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"American tourist Mackenzie Michalski, a 31-year-old nurse from Portland, Oregan, who was murdered whilst on holiday in Budapest, Hungary.\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">American tourist Mackenzie Michalski, a 31-year-old nurse from Portland, Oregan, who was murdered whilst on holiday in Budapest, Hungary.<cite aria-label=\"Image: Enterprise News and Pictures\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Enterprise News and Pictures)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A Irish citizen has been sentenced to 14 years in a Hungarian prison for strangling an American tourist to death in the country\u2019s capital in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The victim, 31-year-old Mackenzie Michalski, from Portland, Oregon, was on holiday in Hungary and was reported missing on November 5, 2024, after last being seen in a nightclub in Budapest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Police launched a missing person investigation and reviewed security footage from local nightclubs where they observed Ms Michalski, who went by \u201cKenzie\u201d, with a man later identified as the suspect in several of the clubs the night of her disappearance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The man, whom police identified by the initials LTM and was 37 at the time, was detained on November 7 and questioned, and later confessed to the killing.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37412115\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37412115\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.3333333333333333\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37412115.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Mackenzie-Michalski-American-nurse-murdered-in-Budapest.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37412115.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Mackenzie-Michalski-American-nurse-murdered-in-Budapest.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37412115.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Mackenzie-Michalski-American-nurse-murdered-in-Budapest.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37412115.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Mackenzie-Michalski-American-nurse-murdered-in-Budapest.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Michalski's chopped up body was found stuffed inside two suitcases after she was killed by a man she met on a night out\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Michalski&#8217;s chopped up body was found stuffed inside two suitcases after she was killed by a man she met on a night out<cite aria-label=\"Image: Enterprise News and Pictures\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Enterprise News and Pictures)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Investigators said that Ms Michalski and the suspect met at a nightclub and danced before leaving for the man\u2019s rented apartment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The man then beat and strangles Ms Michalski while they were engaged in an &#8220;intimate encounter,&#8221; police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Budapest Metropolitan Court on Thursday found the man guilty of murder and sentenced him to 14 years imprisonment without the possibility of parole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The 18 months he has already spent in detention will count toward his sentence, at the end of which the court ordered his deportation from Hungary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The man must also pay 2.5 million forints (\u00a36,000) in court costs. His attorney has appealed against the verdict.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37412118\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37412118\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.2211668928086838\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37412118.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Mackenzie-Michalski-American-nurse-murdered-in-Budapest.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37412118.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Mackenzie-Michalski-American-nurse-murdered-in-Budapest.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37412118.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Mackenzie-Michalski-American-nurse-murdered-in-Budapest.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37412118.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Mackenzie-Michalski-American-nurse-murdered-in-Budapest.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Michalski, who was partying in Budapest, was reported missing before her body was found some 100 miles outside the capital city, dumped deep inside a forest near Lake Balaton near Szigliget - a two-hour drive from Budapest.\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Michalski, who was partying in Budapest, was reported missing before her body was found some 100 miles outside the capital city, dumped deep inside a forest near Lake Balaton near Szigliget &#8211; a two-hour drive from Budapest.<cite aria-label=\"Image: Enterprise News and Pictures\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Enterprise News and Pictures)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">After his arrest in 2024, the man claimed Ms Michalski\u2019s death had been an accident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">But police said he had attempted to cover up his crime by cleaning the apartment and hiding Ms Michalski\u2019s body in a wardrobe before purchasing a suitcase and placing her body inside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He then rented a car and drove to Lake Balaton, around 90 miles south west of Budapest, where he disposed of the body in a wooded area outside the town of Szigliget.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Video released by police at the time showed the man guiding authorities to the location where he had left the body.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Police said he had made internet searches before being apprehended on how to dispose of a body, police procedures in missing person cases, whether pigs really eat dead bodies, and the presence of wild boars in the Lake Balaton area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He also made an internet search inquiring on the competence of Budapest police.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/irishman-jailed-hungary-beating-strangling-37412110\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Irish man has been jailed for 14 years in a Hungarian prison for murdering<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0_Mackenzie-Michalski-American-nurse-murdered-in-Budapest.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}