Michaela Harte married John McAreavey on 30 December Police have said the daughter of Tyrone GAA football manager Mickey Harte was strangled.
Michaela Harte was found dead at the Legends hotel in Mauritius where she was staying while on honeymoon.
The 27-year-old had married John McAreavey, a member of Down football panel, on 30 December. He has been questioned but is not a suspect.
Police have said they have a list of ten suspects who they intend to bring in for questioning later on Tuesday.
They said the hotel room was in disarray and that they are examining CCTV footage from the complex.
A post-mortem examination carried out on Tuesday found that there were marks on the dead woman’s neck.
Michaela taught Irish at St Patrick’s Girls Academy in Dungannon, County Tyrone and was a former contestant in the Rose of Tralee pageant.
She was very close to her father and was at his side on the three occasions his team won the all-Ireland championship at Croke Park, Dublin, in 2003, 2005 and 2008.
Broken heart
Fr Gerard McAleer, who managed the Tyrone team along with Mickey Harte, has been comforting the family.
He said: “Yesterday afternoon i got a phone call from Mark, Michaela’s older brother, and he told me he had bad news.
“When he said to me it was ‘Our Michaela, our Michaela is dead’, and his voice was breaking, my heart sank, and my heart was broken too.
“I have known Michaela all her life, from the day she came into the world and I had seen her over the years emerge as a very beautiful well-adjusted young woman.
“I was at her wedding, concelebrated the wedding mass, and then just like everyone else I’m bewildered.
“To hear that news this morning about the circumstances, it’s beyond words.”
NI Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said: “Michaela was always close to her father’s side during many great days for Tyrone football.
“Her enthusiasm for her native county, for which she was an excellent ambassador, knew no bounds.”
The First Minister Peter Robinson and the SDLP leader Margaret Ritchie have also sent their condolences to the Harte family.
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