A Hungarian court sentences an Irish citizen to 14 years in prison for the killing of American tourist Mackenzie Michalski, 31, in Budapest in 2024. Multiple outlets report that Michalski, from Portland, Oregon, was on holiday in Hungary when she was reported missing on 5 November 2024. She was last seen at a nightclub in central Budapest, prompting a missing-person investigation and police review of local security footage.
According to the reports, the court convicts the defendant of murdering Michalski, and the sentence is served in high-security prison. Several sources add that after the killing, the defendant attempts to cover up the crime by cleaning the apartment, hiding Michalski’s body in a wardrobe, and later placing her body in a suitcase. The Oregonian also reports the sentence includes an order to pay court costs.
All accounts describe a 14-year sentence issued by a Hungarian court for the strangling death of the U.S. tourist in Budapest, following an investigation that began after she disappeared.
