Irish Man Sentenced to 14 Years for Murdering US Tourist in Hungary

WHO:

[12:42 PM EDT] - CBS News - The victim was 31-year-old Mackenzie Michalski from Portland, Oregon.

[12:42 PM EDT] - CBS News - The suspect is a 37-year-old Irish citizen identified by the initials L.T.M.

[12:42 PM EDT] - CBS News - Michalski worked as a neurosurgery nurse practitioner at Providence St. Vincent.

WHAT:

[12:42 PM EDT] - CBS News - An Irish citizen was convicted and sentenced to 14 years in prison for murdering Mackenzie Michalski.

[12:42 PM EDT] - CBS News - The court found the man guilty of murder and sentenced him to 14 years imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

[12:42 PM EDT] - CBS News - The man must pay 2.5 million forints ($7,995) in court costs.

[12:42 PM EDT] - CBS News - The man attempted to cover up the crime by cleaning the apartment and hiding Michalski's body in a wardrobe before disposing of it.

WHERE:

[12:42 PM EDT] - CBS News - The murder occurred in Budapest, Hungary.

[12:42 PM EDT] - CBS News - Michalski's body was disposed of in a wooded area outside the town of Szigliget, near Lake Balaton.

WHEN:

[12:42 PM EDT] - CBS News - Michalski was reported missing on Nov. 5, 2024.

[12:42 PM EDT] - CBS News - The suspect was detained on Nov. 7, 2024.

[12:42 PM EDT] - CBS News - The Budapest Metropolitan Court sentenced the man on a Thursday.

WHY:

[12:42 PM EDT] - CBS News - The court stated that the defendant intended the outcome of his actions, which was the victim's death.

HOW:

[12:42 PM EDT] - CBS News - The suspect beat and strangled Michalski during an "intimate encounter."

[12:42 PM EDT] - CBS News - The suspect conducted internet searches on how to dispose of a body and police procedures in missing person cases before his arrest.

(UPDATED July 9, 2026 17:44 UTC)

An Irish citizen has been convicted and sentenced to 14 years in prison for the murder of 31-year-old Mackenzie Michalski, a neurosurgery nurse practitioner from Portland, Oregon. The court found that the man, who attempted to cover up the crime by cleaning the apartment and hiding Michalski's body in a wardrobe, acted with intent to cause her death during an intimate encounter. Following the murder in Budapest, Hungary, he will also be required to pay 2.5 million forints in court costs.