U.K. Girl's Cut Up Remains Found in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, July 31, 2008 — -- Police in central Brazil have found the cut up remains of a 17-year-old British girl inside a suitcase, officials said Thursday.

Lenita Alves de Brito, a spokeswoman for the Goias state police, said officers found body parts belonging Cara Marie Burke on Monday in the state capital of Goiania.

Police on Thursday arrested Burke's boyfriend, Dioli Mohammed, as a suspect, Brito said. Mohammed is a British citizen of Turkish descent.

Brito said Burke and Mohammed came to Brazil together on tourism visas about three months ago.

Karine Neves, a spokeswoman for the British Embassy in Brasilia, did not immediately have more information about what Burke was doing in Brazil or how long she had been in the country.

Neves said a British vice consul is in Goiania, tracking the case and the police investigation.

Associated Press Writer Alan Clendenning contributed to this report from Sao Paulo.