Funeral held for Ontario woman killed in Belize along with American boyfriend

May 11, 2017 | 3:45 PM

RICHMOND HILL, Ont. — 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.”