It is believed locally in Newry that three deaths are a murder-suicide
It is believed locally that the three deaths are a murder/suicide but theAccording to Det Suptof the PSNI’s major incident team, who spoke to reporters at the scene, a murder inquiry was under way and the police were not looking for anyone in connection with what had occurred.
He said that yesterday morning, police were contacted by the family of one of the deceased, concerned at not having heard from them for a number of days. The police went to an apartment, believed to be a third floor flat in a four-storeys-over-ground-floor block, and forced their way inside. Sources have told The Irish Times that the three bodies were found in conditions suggesting extreme violence had occurred. Supt Murphy would not comment on this, saying police inquiries were at a very early stage.
He said that the adult female, believed to be a foreign national, found dead was aged about 37, the teenage girl was perhaps 15 and the dead male was aged approximately 38. He could not comment on what relationship, if any, there was between the three nor their cause of death.