New Zealand Press Turns Attention to Ithaca

The man suspected of murdering graduate student Caroline Coffey, her fiance Blazej Kot, is originally from New Zealand. The NZ press has started picking up on the story, and gives us some more detail into Kot's background:

His lawyer Joseph Joch says it is a "puzzling case where almost nothing makes sense".

And there is disbelief at nearby Scranton High and University where the popular student graduated with honours.

"A very, very gifted scholar, a very talented researcher, a person so full of life, her friends really enjoyed being around her," Michael Sulzinski from Scranton University says.