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07/07/2009
Body Found In Mayo
An arrest has been made after the body of a woman was found in Mayo.
Gardai at Castlebar, Co Mayo are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the body of a 61-year-old woman in a house at Blackfort, Newport Road Castlebar at approximately 4am in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
A 29-year-old man was arrested in connection with the incident. He was detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act and has since been released from custody and subsequently admitted to hospital.
The scene has been sealed off pending a Garda Technical Examination. The state pathologists office has been notified.
Gardaí are treating her death as suspicious and say they are following a definite line of inquiry.
The house and the area around it have been sealed off pending a technical examination.
More details are expected to emerge shortly.
(DW/BMcc)
Gardai at Castlebar, Co Mayo are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the body of a 61-year-old woman in a house at Blackfort, Newport Road Castlebar at approximately 4am in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
A 29-year-old man was arrested in connection with the incident. He was detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act and has since been released from custody and subsequently admitted to hospital.
The scene has been sealed off pending a Garda Technical Examination. The state pathologists office has been notified.
Gardaí are treating her death as suspicious and say they are following a definite line of inquiry.
The house and the area around it have been sealed off pending a technical examination.
More details are expected to emerge shortly.
(DW/BMcc)
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