Headline: This was no drowning - my Scarlett was raped and murdered, says mother of girl, 15, found dead on Goa's Hippy Beach By: By David Orr in Anjuna. Source: Mail on Sunday (UK). 2 March 2008 at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id= 523707&in_page_id=1770
Excerpts: Indian police say Scarlett, aged 15, drowned by accident - but her mother, Fiona MacKeown, 43, has no doubt that Scarlett was murdered . Anjuna Beach in Goa has a seedy underside . There is a sense that some come here to prey on more innocent travellers and sell drugs . every year there are up to 20 mysterious deaths of tourists in Goa . tourists are urged by the police not to pursue reported crimes and to return to their native countries . Scarlett had been in the care of Julio, a local tour guide in his 20s. . Scarlett's diary makes it clear that she was sleeping with Julio. It was Julio who alerted Mrs MacKeown to Scarlett's death in a mobile phone call . Dr Silvano Dias Sapeco confirmed that Scarlett had recently had sexual intercourse, though whether it was coercive was unclear . Police Sub-Inspector Nerlon Albuquerque said, "Anjuna is a peaceful place where no one would harm foreigners." Full text, 1231 words, and photographs at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id= 523707&in_page_id=1770 Forwarded by Eddie Fernandes www.goanvoice.org.uk
