Exclusive: The wife of Ion Daghi told the Irish Mirror: 'Now there are three children left without a father'
The heartbroken wife of the man found stabbed to death in Co Kildare has told how she “lost a man very dear to me.”
Speaking for the first time since the tragedy, Ion’s devastated wife Anghelina Melnic told us of her pain following her unimaginable loss. “I lost a man very dear to me and our family. Now there are three children left without a father.” Speaking exclusively to the Irish Mirror, Anghelina paid tribute to her husband - who she described as her “best friend.” She said: “He was gentle and kind at heart and he loved his children a lot,” she told us. “He was a respectable husband and we could have had an amazing life with him.
Anghelina shared a heartbreaking photo of her and her husband in happier times - and confirmed that his funeral will take place in his native country of Moldova. It comes as friends of the family launched a fundraising campaign online to generate funds for Ion’s body to be repatriated to Moldova.
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