Update: Jastine Valdez was strangled to death; Mark Hennessy phoned wife after student's murder

It has been confirmed 24-year-old student Jastine Valdez was strangled to death.

Update 7.37pm: It is being reported that the man suspected of murdering 24-year-old student Jastine Valdez contacted his wife before he was shot dead by a Garda on Sunday.

Mark Hennessy was found by Gardaí in a black Nissan Qashqai at Cherrywood Business Park, on the outskirts of south Dublin.