Post-mortem results have confirmed that the Irish woman murdered in Goa, India was raped and strangled.
28-year-old Danielle McLaughlin was found dead in a field on Tuesday morning.
A man whose name has been reported as Vikat Bhagat, appeared in court on Wednesday charged with her murder.
Deputy Superintendent Sammy Tavares told local reporters he had confessed to raping and killing the victim.