Caucasian ‘party girl’ falls victim to Indian gang rape in overseas hotspot
Indian police have detained three men in connection with the murder of Scarlett Keeling, 15, who was found dead on an Indian beach last month.
The Indian men are likely to be formally arrested, police official Bosco George said. The owner of a café on Anjuna beach where Keeling was last seen partying, was reportedly among those detained.
It is believed police are also searching for four more men in relation to the attack.
An officer who did not want to be named said: “We have pinned them down because they are always loitering around in the beach belt and their conduct was suspicious. They became friendly to her during her three-month stay.”
Scarlett, who lived her with her mother and siblings in a smallholding in Devon, arrived in Goa back in November, embracing the island’s party lifestyle. She was last seen alive at a bar called Lui’s on Feb 18, where she was said to be in the company of several men.
Her corpse was found on the beach only yards away, her shorts and underwear having been removed and her bra-top pushed up around her neck.
The first post-mortem examination recorded only five bruises on her body. The second found 50, and injuries to her genital regions.