{"id":215935,"date":"2025-12-05T00:26:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T00:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/215935\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T00:26:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T00:26:17","slug":"womans-gruesome-death-in-shallow-grave-after-first-date-ends-in-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/215935\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman&#8217;s gruesome death in shallow grave after first date ends in disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mina El Houari, 25, travelled from France to Morocco to meet a man she&#8217;d been chatting to online. The date ended in tragedy after she collapsed and was buried in a shallow grave in Fez<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_a576f5\">Emilia Randall<\/strong> GAU Writer<\/p>\n<p>08:00, 03 Dec 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_A-general-view-shows-the-Medina-of-the-ancient-city-of-Fez.jpg\" alt=\"She had travelled to Fez for the date\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>She had travelled to Fez for the date(Image: REUTERS)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">Mina El Houari was certain she&#8217;d found her soulmate when she began an <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/crime\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">online romance with a man.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">The 25 year old from Cadenet in southeast France was so sure she&#8217;d found her Mr Right that she booked a flight to meet him in person after weeks of online chats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">However, her pursuit of love would tragically end in a<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/news\/irish-news\/crime\/gardai-launch-investigation-after-shots-36329869\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> horrifying ordeal<\/a>, and she would never return from the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/news\/irish-news\/crime\/copycat-serial-killer-murdered-women-36317736\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ill-fated trip <\/a>to meet the man she believed she could share a future with.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">Mina was thrilled to book her ticket from France to Morocco, going all out for her journey to Fez, the North African nation&#8217;s third largest city. According to News.com.au, she checked into a five-star hotel before meeting the still unidentified man for their date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">But in a chilling turn of events, Mina&#8217;s last moments were spent in a shallow grave in a country thousands of miles away from home. Her demise was slow and likely excruciatingly painful, reports <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/woman-slowly-suffocated-after-being-36332638\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Mirror<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">Choosing to meet her date at his house, Mina and the man started chatting. The conversation was reportedly going well, as he later told police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">However, the evening took a tragic turn when Mina suddenly collapsed. In a state of panic, the man claimed he thought she had died instantly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">Believing he needed to hide evidence and dispose of her body, he decided the best course of action was to bury Mina in his back garden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">However, unbeknownst to him, she was not actually dead. Overwhelmed by stress, he confessed that he didn&#8217;t check if she was still breathing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">It was later revealed by coroners that Mina was an undiagnosed diabetic and had slipped into a coma when she was buried in the shallow grave. Tragically, it was determined that Mina suffocated to death in the makeshift grave in the Fez back garden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">The man kept quiet about the horrific incident. But when Mina&#8217;s family didn&#8217;t hear from her, they became concerned and contacted Moroccan law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">Unable to reach her, they travelled to Fez in search of their beloved daughter. Police liaised with Mina&#8217;s family and identified the man as a person of interest in the 25 year old&#8217;s disappearance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">Officers searched the man&#8217;s home and found evidence of his grave-digging activities. They discovered muddy trousers and a shovel, which led them to Mina&#8217;s tragic final resting place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">The man reportedly admitted his actions and was charged with involuntary manslaughter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mina El Houari, 25, travelled from France to Morocco to meet a man she&#8217;d been chatting to online.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[9,10,715,13,14,6,11,12,15,16,5,7,8,65,66,67],"class_list":{"0":"post-215935","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-featured-news","12":"tag-featurednews","13":"tag-headlines","14":"tag-latest-news","15":"tag-latestnews","16":"tag-main-news","17":"tag-mainnews","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-top-stories","20":"tag-topstories","21":"tag-world","22":"tag-world-news","23":"tag-worldnews"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115664125332473500","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}