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Michaela murder: DNA evidence ‘being taken from hotel employees’

Police opened a fresh investigation into McAreavey’s death in July, following a court case which found two men not guilty of her murder.

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POLICE IN MAURITIUS are taking DNA samples as part of their new investigation into the murder of Michaela McAreavey.

A police spokesperson confirmed for TheJournal.ie that the investigation is still underway. It began after Sandip Moneea and Avinash Treebhoowoon were found not guilty in court of all charges related to McAreavey’s murder.

A new team of police investigators is heading up this new investigation, which is focused on gathering “scientific evidence”. The investigation started with the hotel and includes taking DNA samples from hotel workers.

The new investigation is being headed up by the Deputy Commissioner of the Police, who is based in Port Louis, Mauritius.

According to the Mauritian news site Le Matinal, police want a German tourist who stayed at the hotel to return and give evidence about a hotel employee who they allegedly saw acting suspiciously at the time of McAreavey’s murder.

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  • If whoever did it was an employee there no way they stuck around once the trial was over. Whoever did it is long gone

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  • Only now they do this? Seriously? Wow.

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  • Send in the keystone cops, they’d do a better job than this lot.

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  • It seems the investigation has been a shambles from the start, and the proper investigative methods have not been followed through. I’m not a detective but should due course not be to establish motive, ruling out the spouse or partner, have two teams conducting separate duties within the first hour, gather up all witness statements while the other team seal off the scene, collecting forensic evidence and DNA samples. Photograph everything, check staff times and when the computerised key card system was used, cross reference CCTV footage from surrounding shops, banks, reception and internal footage. Check with people who were staying at the hotel, maybe someone has photo’s, camcorder etc. Finally a swab should have been taken at least the day after from every member of staff, and every person staying at the hotel, if they have nothing to hide they would have nothing to worry about.

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  • Weird as well that the German couple on CCTV disagree as to their identity. He says it’s them, his ex-girlfriend says it’s not. Hope the bellboy has something new to add.

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  • Didn’t they already look for DNA in the room and found nothing? Why do they keep going after the staff? Could be a complete stranger off the road, probably broken into the hotel rooms in the past but this time Michaela walked in on him/them?

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    • They believe it was an employee because a card key was used to gain access to the room and it was not one belonging to the couple themselves. A random person would have had to break in and there was no sign of that. Too little too late now, the guilty party or parties have gotten away with this and the authorities are putting on this show in the hopes of mending its tarnished reputation.

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