Suspect confesses to killing Romanian teenagers as anger grows at police

Alexandra Macesanu, 15, told police "he's coming, he's coming" in final phone call but took 19 hours to find her

A murder suspect in the southern Romanian town of Caracal has admitted to killing two teenage girls, his lawyer has said, in a case that sparked nationwide outrage over the way authorities handled it.

Gheorghe Dinca, 65, a mechanic, has been detained pending an investigation into the deaths of Alexandra Macesanu, 15, who was last seen earlier this week, and Luiza Melencu, 18, who was reported missing in April.