loana suspect told pal 'I think I killed her, I was dreaming'

Friend tells of chilling phone call

A CLOSE friend of a woman found dead in her home has claimed the suspect told her he had been "dreaming" and thought he may have killed her.

Ioana Mihaela, 30, originally from Romania, was discovered dead in her bed in an apartment in Ratoath, Co Meath, on Saturday evening.

Gardai are understood to be investigating whether she was killed by a man known to her - who last night remained under arrest over her death.

And speaking to this paper last night, Roxana Devan, a friend of the victim, told how she immediately raised the alarm, calling gardai to the scene after a chilling phone call she said she had on Saturday.

She says she saw Ioana the night before, gifting her a coffee machine to celebrate the fact she had just moved into the Riverwalk Court apartment the previous weekend.

Roxana said: "When I left her everything was fine. On Saturday then all of a sudden her family were ringing me and were concerned about her.

"They were asking me to ring an ambulance because apparently [they had been told] she was unconscious.

"So I rang the ambulance straight away because they were very concerned. I then tried to ring him [the suspect] but I got no answer.

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