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YouTuber Issues Statement After Possibly Filming A Suitcase With A Dead Body Inside By Accident

YouTuber Issues Statement After Possibly Filming A Suitcase With A Dead Body Inside By Accident

You can see what Funk initially thought was a log, but could actually be a suitcase connected to a serial murder case

Jess Hardiman

Jess Hardiman

A YouTuber who inadvertently filmed what may have been a body in a suitcase has spoken out about the video.

New York-based vlogger Sarah Funk had visited Cyprus' Mistero Red Lake in June 2017, having filmed the toxic, acidic body of water that is tinted red from its history as a British mining spot.

Sarah Funk.
Sarah Funk/YouTube

But at one point in the video, you can see what Funk initially thought was a log - but could actually be a suitcase connected to a serial murder case.

The suspected killer recently confessed to murdering seven people, having told law enforcement officials in Cyprus how he had dumped some of the victims' bodies in suitcases into the lake, which has now become popular with travel influencers.

According to the Guardian, police say the suspect has been remanded in custody but not yet charged, having confessed in writing. Funk and her partner, Luis Yanes, had clambered over a barbed wire fence and down a steep hill to get to the red lake.

In Funk's video, Yanes can be heard joking about the lake, saying how creepy it looks.

"This is what murder episodes are made of," he says.

"This feels like death, you know what I mean?" Funk also says, later adding: "I just feel death in the air, it's so nice."

Around two minutes into her YouTube video, the mysterious object can be seen in the water, with Funk squatting down next to it to take a picture.

While the video was released two years ago, the recent developments with the serial murder case has brought Funk's content back into the limelight.

In a blog post, she said she had been inundated by messages about the object, and said her 'heart goes out' to the families of the victims.

The mysterious object, which could be a suitcase containing a body.
Sarah Funk/YouTube

She wrote: "Recently there has been news that a murderer dumped bodies in Cyprus's Red Lake. Read more about that story here. This is terrible and I am devastated for the victims' families.

"I visited the red lake in June 2017 and filmed a video about our experience there. It felt eerie there but I did not see anything completely out of the norm.

"Since the news broke, a lot of people have been contacting me and asking if I have more information. All I can share with you are the photos I have not posted. One of the photos does look suspiciously like a suitcase, but at the time it looked like a log to me.

"Though my heart goes out to the victim's family, I would ask that people please stop contacting me about this. I don't have any other information about the lake. This is all of the information I have, and I hope it helps."

Featured Image Credit: Sarah Funk/YouTube

Topics: World News, News, youtuber