US tourist stabbed to death in Israel

An Israeli policewoman stands guard near the body of US tourist Christine Logan after she was found in a wooded area near the village of Mata, outside Jerusalem. The body, bound and with multiple stab wounds, was found near a road outside Jerusalem. Her friend, an immigrant from the UK, had reported her missing a day earlier after she too was found nearby, also with knife wounds and her hands tied. Photo: AP
Israeli rescue workers carry the body of US tourist Christine Logan after she was found in a wooded area near the village of Mata, outside Jerusalem. The body, bound and with multiple stab wounds, was found near a road outside Jerusalem. Her friend, an immigrant from the UK, had reported her missing a day earlier after she too was found nearby, also with knife wounds and her hands tied. Photo: AP
Israeli emergency personnel evacuate the body of US tourist Christine Logan discovered in a wooded area near the village of Matta, south of Jerusalem. The body, bound and with multiple stab wounds, was found near a road outside Jerusalem. Her friend, an immigrant from the UK, had reported her missing a day earlier after she too was found nearby, also with knife wounds and her hands tied. Photo: Reuters
Israeli emergency personnel carry the body of US tourist Christine Logan discovered in a wooded area near the village of Matta, south of Jerusalem. The body, bound and with multiple stab wounds, was found near a road outside Jerusalem. Her friend, an immigrant from the UK, had reported her missing a day earlier after she too was found nearby, also with knife wounds and her hands tied. Photo: Reuters

Published Dec 19, 2010

An American tourist was stabbed to death and another woman wounded while hiking in foothills outside Jerusalem. Kaye Wilson, a Briton who immigrated to Israel, said she and Christine Logan, a visitor from the United States, were attacked by two Arab men while hiking on Saturday south of Jerusalem in an area near Israel's border with the occupied West Bank.

Wilson, who was stabbed several times, managed to reach a parking area where people called the police, who mounted an overnight search for Logan. Her bound body was found early on Sunday.