Boyfriend held after British girl's torso found in case in Brazil

Boyfriend held after British girl's torso found in case in Brazil
· Police say body was chopped up in bathroom
· Alleged drug dealer said to have confessed to killing
Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro Vikram Dodd The Guardian, Friday August 1 2008

Police and firemen in Brazil are searching for the remains of a British teenager who was murdered and then dismembered, with parts of her body found in a suitcase by a riverbank.

Police say that Cara Marie Burke, 17, who was from Wandsworth, south London, was killed by her Brazilian boyfriend, who they allege has confessed to the gruesome killing.

She was killed in Goiania, a city 130 miles from the capital Brasilia, on Sunday night. Police found the victim's torso in a suitcase dumped beside a river on the city's outskirts on Monday night. They are still searching for the dead girl's head, arms and legs.

Police said yesterday they have arrested a 20-year-old, who they named as Mohammed D'Ali Carvalho dos Santos, in connection with the murder.
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