Michaela McAreavey’s body is due to return to her family home on Friday The body of Michaela McAreavey will arrive back in Northern Ireland from Mauritius on Friday.
Mrs McAreavey, 28, daughter of Tyrone Gaelic football boss Mickey Harte, was found murdered in her honeymoon hotel room on Monday.
Three men have been charged in connection with the murder.
Her funeral will be held next Monday – in the same County Tyrone church where she married on 30 December.
On Friday afternoon, the Harte family home will be open to family and friends.
Members of the public can attend the wake on Saturday and Sunday.
A private Funeral Mass for Mrs McAreavey will take place on Monday at St Malachy’s Church, Ballymacilroy.
Police in Mauritius said on Thursday that one of the three men charged in connection with the murder of Michaela McAreavey has confessed to the killing.
Avinash Treebhoowoon, 29, appeared in court on Wednesday, along with two others.
Police told the BBC on Thursday he had confessed to the killing.
It followed the revelation that a lawyer for Raj Theekoy, who is charged with conspiracy to murder, said his client had spoken to police and implicated the other two men.
Sandip Moneea, 41, and Mr Treebhoowoon appeared in court on Wednesday accused of her murder.
All three were remanded in police custody for a week and will return to court next Wednesday, when they are expected either to be formally charged or released.
Detective Superintendent Yoosoof Soopun from the Mauritian police, who is leading the investigation, said they believed Mrs McAreavey interrupted the men stealing money from her room.
‘She is my life’
Mrs McAreavey’s husband, John, described his wife as “his rock”.
Sandip Moneea, 41, Raj Theekoy, 33, and Avinash Treebhoowoon, 29, have been charged over the killing He said their hopes, dreams and future were gone and he had been left heartbroken and totally devastated.
“I love my wife, very, very much and my world revolved around her.
“I can’t describe in words how lost I feel as Michaela is not just the light of my life – she is my life,” Mr McAreavey said.
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