Sarai Sierra Dead: Missing NYC Woman Found Dead In Istanbul

02/02/13 03:18 PM ET EST


 
Could her death in any way be connected with the bombing of the us consulate. It cannot be coincidental that she is American and had been missing 12 days. The bombing occurs and the group that concedes that they did it, also hates America with statements like "Murderer America! You will not run away from people's rage," and "Our action is for the independence of our country, which has become a new slave of America,"  It is a hypothesis. If they found her Saturday and they could identify her, she was not there for a long time, which means no decomp.  She was not murdered where she was found, she was alive for some of 12 days in captivity. why even suggest this , because her cell phone was switched on twice, was that done to confuse authorities,  if she was dead, why use the phone, makes no sense. Either way, with GPS in phones, her position could have been pinned. Very risky....

ISTANBUL -- A New York City woman who went missing while vacationing alone in Istanbul was found dead on Saturday and police detained nine people for questioning in connection with her case, Turkey's state-run news agency said.

Sarai Sierra, a 33-year-old mother of two, was last heard from on Jan. 21, the day she was due to board her flight back home. Her disappearance attracted a lot of interest in Turkey, where such disappearance of foreign tourists are rare and Istanbul police had set up a special unit to find her.
The Anadolu Agency said the body of a woman was discovered Saturday evening near the remnants of ancient city walls and that police later identified it as Sierra's.
The agency did not say what caused her death. The private NTV television reported that she was stabbed to death, while a private news agency, Dogan, said she had a wound to the head, suggesting she may have been hit by an object.
Police reached by The Associated Press refused to comment on the case.
Sierra, whose children are 9 and 11, had left for Istanbul on Jan. 7 to explore her photography hobby and made a side trip to Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Munich, Germany. She had originally planned to make the trip with a friend, but ended up travelling alone when her friend canceled.
She was in regular contact with friend and family and was last in touch with her family on Jan. 21, the day she was due back in New York. She told them she would visit Galata Bridge, which spans the Golden Horn waterway, to take photos.

AP

Police search for Sarai Sierra near the remnants of some ancient city walls in the district of Sarayburnu in Istanbul, Turkey. 

The location where the body was found, is a few kilometers away the bridge. It is near a major road that runs alongside the sea of Marmara and offers an iconic view to visitors of dozens of tankers and other vessels waiting to access the Bosporus strait. Police stopped traffic on the road as forensic police inspected the area.
Anadolu suggested Sierra may have been killed at another location and that her body may have been brought to the site to be hidden amid the city walls.