Brazilian woman found dead in Cork flat was strangled, inquest hears 

Cause of death was asphyxia due to manual strangulation, assistant State pathologist said

Bruna Fonseca, 28, who was originally from Formiga in Minas Gerais province, northwest of Rio de Janeiro, was found dead in a bedsit in the heart of Cork city at about 6.30am on January 1 last.

The Brazilian woman who was found dead in a flat in Cork city on New Year’s Day was strangled, the assistant state pathologist has found.

Bruna Fonseca’s cause of death was outlined at Cork City Coroner’s Court on Thursday, where an inquest into her death was opened and adjourned.