arson firegeezer on 27 Apr 2008 03:49 pm
Family Fire Deaths Determined To Be Murder/Suicide
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING A TRAGIC FIRE IN WEXFORD, IRELAND, left a family of four dead.
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Dermot and Lorraine Flood, ages 41 and 38, and their two children Mark, 6, and Julie, 5, were discovered by firefighters when they arrived at the house fire around 5 am.
Preliminary investigation disclosed that the two adults had other injuries not related to the fire. The police ruled the deaths as “suspicious.”
Julie and Mark Flood from a family photo
On Sunday, while the post mortems were still being carried out, the police said that the father had killed his wife and then set the house on fire. The children died as a result of the fire. But husband and wife had “massive” injuries, presumably from shotgun wounds.
BBC News has the latest account HERE.
The Irish Times has MORE.
on 28 Apr 2008 at 6:47 am 1.tom said …
wexford in not in northern ireland it in southern ireland
on 28 Apr 2008 at 7:40 am 2.firegeezer said …
Thanks, Tom. I knew I should have checked that first. Correction made.
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