Michaela McAreavey
Teacher, Deceased Person
1983 – 2011
Who was Michaela McAreavey?
Michaela McAreavey née Harte, while on her honeymoon in Mauritius, was found strangled in the bathtub of her hotel room. The daughter of Tyrone's multiple All-Ireland Senior Football Championship-winning Gaelic football manager Mickey Harte, her death and subsequent events prompted continuing widespread international media coverage.
It was the first murder of a tourist in Mauritius; the Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam expresses his sympathy to the Harte and McAreavey families. Two hotel workers who were accused of her murder have been tried and declared not-guilty by the Supreme Court of Mauritius, they were acquitted on 12 July 2012.
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- Born
- Dec 31, 1983
Ballygawley, County Tyrone - Also known as
- Michaela McAreavey
- Parents
- Spouses
- John McAreavey
(2010/12/30 - )
- John McAreavey
- Profession
- Employment
- St Patrick's Academy, Dungannon
- Died
- Jan 10, 2011
Mauritius
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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