Home town remembers Jastine Valdez with vigil

Jastine Valdez was manually strangled to death a short time after being abducted by her suspected killer, Mark Hennessy.

As detectives continued to search for any possible links between the Filipino student and the father of two, an autopsy confirmed the 24-year-old woman was strangled with her killer’s bare hands.

The confirmation came as a vigil was held in Enniskerry, Co Wicklow — the scenic home of Ms Valdez, who lived with her parents, and the site of her abduction on Saturday evening.