Sarai Sierra: Body of Missing American Mom Reportedly Found in Turkey
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | February 4, 2013 11:00The body of an American woman who went missing while on a solo trip to Turkey has been found in Istanbul, and nine people have been held for questioning, according to local media.
Sarai Sierra, 33, was last heard from on Jan. 21, the day she was due to board a flight home to New York City.
The state-run Andolu Agency reported that residents found a woman’s body today near the ruins of some ancient city walls in a low-income district, and police identified the body as Sierra.
The New York City mother, who has two young boys, traveled to Turkey alone on Jan. 7 after a friend had to cancel. Sierra, who is an avid photographer with a popular Instagram stream, planned to document her dream vacation with her camera.
“It was her first time outside of the United States, and every day while she was there she pretty much kept in contact with us, letting us know what she was up to, where she was going, whether it be through texting or whether it be through video chat, she was touching base with us,” Steven Sierra told ABC News before he departed for Istanbul last Sunday to aid in the search.
On Friday, Turkish authorities detained a man who had spoken with Sierra online before her disappearance. The identity of the man and the details of his arrest were not disclosed, The Associated Press reported.
Further investigation revealed she had left her passport, clothes, phone chargers and medical cards in her room at a hostel in Beyoglu, Turkey.
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