Bhagat, described as a local gang member, was seen with McLaughlin on CCTV footage the day before her death. One of those listed as a natural death is 22-year-old Felix Dahl, a Finnish national who was found dead in Patnem, Canacona, in January 2015. Dahl was found with skull wounds – a postmortem carried out in Goa attributed his death to an accidental fall. The documents list her cause of death as “drowning in the beach sand water (murder)”. Speaking on behalf of the families, Pirhonen said they felt it was unlikely that so many young people were dying natural deaths in the state.

Source: The Guardian March 17, 2017 13:09 UTC