Irish citizen sentenced to 14 years for killing a U.S. tourist in Hungary

An Irish citizen has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for killing Mackenzie Michalski, a 31-year-old U.S. tourist from Portland, Oregon, and Western New York. The victim disappeared on November 5, 2024, after being last seen at a central Budapest nightclub. The 37-year-old perpetrator from Ireland beat and strangled Michalski during her vacation in Hungary. The sentencing occurred on Thursday following the investigation into the death of the American woman in the Hungarian capital.