Gardaí are retracing the steps of a 72-year-old woman found dead in a burnt-out car in woods in North Cork as they continue to question a Limerick man in connection with the killing. The man has been arrested on suspicion of the unlawful killing of widowed mother of three, Mary O'Keeffe, and is being held at Fermoy Garda Station. The location where Mary O'Keeffe was found dead in a burnt-out carThe arrested man, aged 63, was rescued from the River Awbeg shortly after Ms O’Keeffe’s body was found in the woods, following the intervention of gardaí. The remains of a burnt-out car are removed from Drumdeer Wood, at Doneraile, Co Cork where Gardai discovered a body of a woman on Thursday afternoon. A Garda at the road leading to Drumdeer Wood, near Doneraile, Co Cork showing one of the cars which was taken away for examination.

Source: Irish Examiner February 06, 2021 06:31 UTC