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Another tourist found dead in Goa, third in a month
Mary Gertrude McNamara, 66, was found dead in her flat in Candolim, a coastal village in North Goa where she lived alone. Her body was discovered by her friends who broke open the door of the flat after she did not respond to calls and messages, police said.
Panaji: A 66-year-old Irish woman was found dead in her rented flat in North Goa on August 30, the third death of a foreign national in the state in one month, police said.
Mary Gertrude McNamara, was found dead in her flat in Candolim, a coastal village in North Goa where she lived alone. Her body was discovered by her friends who broke open the door of the flat after she did not respond to calls and messages, police said.
The room in which the body was found was also locked from inside, they added.
Police believe that the woman may have been dead for several days before her body was discovered but are awaiting the post mortem report to confirm the same.
“We will carry out further investigation as per the autopsy report and statement of her friends,”North Goa superintendent of police Shobit Saksena told reporters.
As is the practice, the police is required to contact the respective consulate before proceeding with the post mortem examination, should the consulate choose to depute a representative to be present during the examination.
The incident comes nearly two weeks after two Russian women, one an actress, were found dead, in separate incidents, in their apartment in North Goa.
On August 19, actress Alexandra Djavi was found hanging in her rented apartment in Siolim village while Ekaterina Titova was found dead in her flat in the same village.
While the police initially said there was no evidence of foul play, Titova’s death was later attributed to murder after the post mortem report revealed she was smothered to death. Her friend, Denis Kruichkoy, was arrested in connection with the case.
The final cause of Djavi’s death is yet to be ascertained pending examination of the viscera.
