Gardaí investigating the disappearance and assumed murders of a couple five years ago have arrested four people. They were being held for questioning about the assumed murders of William Maughan (35) and Anastasija (Anna) Varslavane (21) in April, 2015. The gang leader believed to be behind the abduction and assumed murders of Mr Maughan and Ms Varslavane was also suspected of the gun murder of Benny Whitehouse (35) in Balbriggan in 2014. Gardaí believe Mr Maughan and Ms Varslavane were killed because the men who killed Whitehouse feared the couple was intent on supplying information to the Garda about the murder. Just before 3pm on the day they disappeared, from their home in Laytown, Ms Varslavane apparently rang the Maughan family pleading for help.

Source: The Irish Times July 08, 2020 10:46 UTC