An Irish man has been arrested in connection with the death of an American woman. Hungary.

According to Hungarian media reports, Mackenzie Michalski (31), who was on holiday in Budapest, was last seen at a nightclub in the city last Tuesday and was listed as missing by the Budapest police station.

Ms. Michalski, originally from New York, is understood to have arrived from Portland, Oregon, in 2015. WEHe was last seen near Szimpla Kert, known as the city’s party district.

He was last seen at Barack et Szilva Etterem in Budapest’s Jewish Quarter at around 10 pm on November 4. His friends soon received photos from the Szimpla Kert bar. Friends and family have received no communication since then. Her belongings were found at the Airbnb after her scheduled check-out time, and she missed her scheduled flight to Amsterdam on Tuesday.

His family and friends remain in close contact with the U.S. Embassy, ​​consular affairs, U.S. elected officials and media, Hungarian media, local officials, businesses, legal representation, and private investigative services.

Ms. Michalski, who worked as a neurosurgery practitioner at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Oregon, was reported missing to police on Tuesday by friends. His body was found in an apartment in Budapest on Friday.

According to reports, police investigators in Terezváros identified “many suspicious circumstances connected to the woman’s disappearance” and “did not rule out that the American woman was the victim of a crime.”

Detectives from the Regional Police Department identified a man the missing woman was seen with at several nightclubs and arrested a 37-year-old Irish man outside an apartment building Friday evening.

Reports in the Hungarian media claim that detectives from the Department of Life Protection interrogated the Irishman, who gave a statement and allegedly showed police where he allegedly hid Ms Michalski’s body. In the statement made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it was stated that they were aware of the incident and “provided consular assistance”.

The statement added: “As with all cases, the Department does not comment on the specific details of individual cases.”

Police plan to hold a press conference in Budapest this afternoon.

Providence St. Vincent Medical Center told KATU Oregon News that Ms. Michalski was kind and loving and described herself as both a friend and a valued caregiver.

Missing woman’s friends set a trap gofundme.com The campaign, titled Bring Mackenzie Michalski Home, has raised more than €34,000 to date.

Ms. Michalski graduated from high school in Fredonia, New York, and a candlelight vigil will be held there Saturday evening.