A funeral was held Thursday in Richmond Hill, Ont., for a Canadian woman who was killed in Belize.
Fifty-two-year-old Francesca Matus _ a mother of twin sons _ and her American boyfriend, Drew DeVoursney, were found strangled in a field on May 1 after Matus failed to show up for a flight returning to Canada.
The Canadian government confirmed last week that a Canadian citizen had been detained as a person of interest in connection with the deaths.
Matus' cousin Ivana Pucci says Thursday's funeral was a beautiful service during which ``all the ugliness and brutality surrounding her death didn't exist.''
Pucci says the eulogies and messages that have been shared about Matus were a true testament of the ``amazing human being'' the woman was.
Last weekend, friends and neighbours gathered at Matus' home in Keswick, Ont., to lay flowers and cards at a makeshift memorial on her front lawn.