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Sarai Sierra Dead: Missing NYC Woman Found Dead In Istanbul
AP | By The Associated Press
Posted: 02/02/2013 1:06 pm EST | Updated: 02/03/2013 5:36 pm EST
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The Associated Press
ISTANBUL (AP) — A New York City woman who went missing and was later found
dead in Istanbul had suffered a fatal blow to the head, police said Sunday.
Forensic experts have not concluded their autopsy report on the victim,
Sarai Sierra, but it is "clear" the head injury caused her death, said
Istanbul police chief Huseyin Capkin.
NTV, a Turkish broadcaster, says 15 people have been detained for
questioning in the case.
Sierra, a 33-year-old mother of two, was last heard from on Jan. 21, the day
she was to fly home from a vacation. Her body was discovered Saturday
evening near the remnants of ancient city walls.
In Washington, the U.S. State Department confirmed Sierra's death in
Istanbul, thanked Turkey's government for its extensive efforts to locate
her body and said the investigation of what happened to her would continue.
"We are also appreciative of the many expressions of sympathy received from
the Turkish people," the State Department said in its statement.
Sierra, whose children are 9 and 11, had left for Istanbul on Jan. 7 to
explore her photography hobby.
She was in regular contact with friends and relatives, and had told them she
would visit Galata Bridge, which spans Istanbul's Golden Horn waterway, to
take photos.
The Anadolu Agency said the body of a woman was discovered Saturday evening
near the remnants of ancient city walls and that police later identified it
as Sierra's.
The agency did not say what caused her death. The private NTV television
reported that she was stabbed to death, while a private news agency, Dogan,
said she had a wound to the head, suggesting she may have been hit by an
object.
Police reached by The Associated Press refused to comment on the case.
Sierra, whose children are 9 and 11, had left for Istanbul on Jan. 7 to
explore her photography hobby and made a side trip to Amsterdam, Netherlands
, and Munich, Germany. She had originally planned to make the trip with a
friend, but ended up travelling alone when her friend canceled.
She was in regular contact with friend and family and was last in touch with
her family on Jan. 21, the day she was due back in New York. She told them
she would visit Galata Bridge, which spans the Golden Horn waterway, to take
photos.
The location where the body was found, is a few kilometers away the bridge.
It is near a major road that runs alongside the sea of Marmara and offers an
iconic view to visitors of dozens of tankers and other vessels waiting to
access the Bosporus strait. Police stopped traffic on the road as forensic
police inspected the area.
Anadolu suggested Sierra may have been killed at another location and that
her body may have been brought to the site to be hidden amid the city walls.
At least nine people were detained for questioning in Istanbul over the
arrests and a police official on the site told journalists two of them were
women. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not
authorized to speak to reporters on the case.
It was not clear if a Turkish man Sierra had exchanged messages with during
her stay in Istanbul was among the group that was detained. That man was
detained for questioning on Friday but was later released. Turkish news
reports had said Sierra had made arrangements to meet the man on Galata
Bridge but the man reportedly told police the meeting never took place.
Sierra's husband, Steven, and brother, David Jimenez, travelled to Istanbul
to help in the search. Sierra's mother, Betzaida Jimenez, said she couldn't
talk when reached in New York.
Shortly after she was reported missing, Turkey set up a special police unit
which scanned through hours of security camera footage in downtown Istanbul
in search of clues over her disappearance. A Turkish missing persons
association had joined the search, handing out flyers with photos of Sierra
and urging anyone with information to call police.
While break-ins and petty thievery are common in Istanbul, the vast and
crowded city is considered relatively safe in comparison to other major
urban centers. The American's death was unlikely to have a significant
impact on tourism, an increasingly large component of the Turkish economy.
In 2008, an Italian artist Pippa Bacca, was raped and killed while
hitchhiking to Israel wearing a wedding dress to plead for peace. Her naked
body was found in a forest in northwest Turkey. A Turkish man was sentenced
to life in prison for the attack. |
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