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17/11/2010
Seven Die In Horrific Family Incidents
Two separate multiple murder cases are being investigated by the Irish police after the bodies of four people, including that of a three-year-old boy and a five-month-old baby girl, were found in Limerick yesterday.
Gardaí are investigating those deaths after the four victims were discovered at the house in Newcastle West. It is believed they had all been stabbed.
They said that a 31-year-old man was arrested while drinking in a pub in Kilkee, Co Clare.
He was held late yesterday afternoon following a widespread search by Gardaí in counties Limerick and Clare. It is believed he knew the victims.
Meanwhile in a separate probe, post mortem examinations on the bodies of John Butler and his two daughters are due to resume this morning at Cork University Hospital.
The children died at their Ballycotton home in Co Cork yesterday before their father, John - who had been treated for depression - died when his car crashed and burst into flames.
The crash happened on the approach road to the village of Ballycotton.
It is believed the children, seven-year-old Zoe and two-year-old Ella, had been strangled.
Gardaí are attempting to piece together the events in the days and hours leading up to the deaths and have appealed for the public's assistance.
See: Four Bodies Found In Limerick
See: Cork Sisters 'Strangled By Suicidal Father'
(BMcC/GK)
Gardaí are investigating those deaths after the four victims were discovered at the house in Newcastle West. It is believed they had all been stabbed.
They said that a 31-year-old man was arrested while drinking in a pub in Kilkee, Co Clare.
He was held late yesterday afternoon following a widespread search by Gardaí in counties Limerick and Clare. It is believed he knew the victims.
Meanwhile in a separate probe, post mortem examinations on the bodies of John Butler and his two daughters are due to resume this morning at Cork University Hospital.
The children died at their Ballycotton home in Co Cork yesterday before their father, John - who had been treated for depression - died when his car crashed and burst into flames.
The crash happened on the approach road to the village of Ballycotton.
It is believed the children, seven-year-old Zoe and two-year-old Ella, had been strangled.
Gardaí are attempting to piece together the events in the days and hours leading up to the deaths and have appealed for the public's assistance.
See: Four Bodies Found In Limerick
See: Cork Sisters 'Strangled By Suicidal Father'
(BMcC/GK)
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