Columbia grad found dead in Panama was likely strangled, according to report

Columbia grad found dead in Panama was likely strangled, according to report
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Columbia University grad Catherine Johannet, 23, was found dead in Panama.

via WDAF:

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- (Newser / WDAF) -- "I found paradise and it's called Isla Ina," wrote Catherine Johannet on Jan. 28 on Instagram of an island off Panama's coast. It would be the 23-year-old's final post.

The 2015 Columbia University grad was found dead Sunday afternoon on the country's Bastimentos Island. Now the New York Daily News cites Panama's La Prensa in reporting an initial autopsy suggests she was strangled.

Eight people from Bastimentos Island have been detained in the investigation, according to a new La Prensa report, but no charges had been filed as of Wednesday afternoon.

FULL STORY: Columbia grad found dead in Panama was likely strangled according to report - Newser / WDAF

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