Bruna Fonseca murder case awaits post-mortem results over three months after killing

The case at Cork District Court was adjourned until April 26

Bruna Fonseca was buried in her home city of Formiga in the state of Minas Gerais, northwest of Rio de Janeiro, on January 16. File picture 

Preliminary post-mortem results are still awaited to advance the investigation of the killing of the young Brazilian woman Bruna Fonseca in Cork on New Year’s Day, it emerged on Wednesday.

Sergeant John Kelleher said: “This is an alleged murder. The file is progressing. Post-mortem results are awaited. They (investigators) have asked for preliminary post-mortem results. We are awaiting same – we are awaiting the preliminary post-mortem results. That is one of the things we are waiting for.”