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 21 August 2008 20:44 BST

Mother: I know who killed Scarlett

Monday, 05 May 2008 11:18
Scarlett Keeling's mother says she knows who raped and murdered her daughter in Goa
The mother of Scarlett Keeling, the teenager found raped and murdered on a beach in Goa, said she believes she knows the identity of one of her daughter's killers.

Fiona MacKeown claimed last night that she was approached by a number of people who told her the name of one of the men who killed Scarlett, saying that "it is common knowledge out there it seems".

She returned to the UK after spending nine days in India trying to find out what happened to her 15-year-old daughter whose half-naked body was found on Anjuna Beach on February 19th.

The 43-year-old, from Bradworthy, north Devon, said the authorities have hampered a proper investigation into her daughter's death because the man responsible was a "powerful person" with connections in Goa.

Ms MacKeown said she has passed the information on to investigators from the Indian Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) who are taking over the case.

"We have had confirmation that a certain person is involved…..I am waiting for the CBI inquiry to start and I will tell them everything I know. It would explain a lot - why the police have tried to cover it up," she said.

Two men have been arrested in connection with the death. Samson D'Souza was remanded in custody on suspicion of rape and Placido Carvalho has appeared in court on suspicion of drugging Scarlett and assisting in the murder.

Scarlett had been on a six month holiday with her family. An autopsy showed that that she had taken ecstasy, cocaine and LSD on the night she died.
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