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Murder Investigation Launched After Boy, 4, and Woman Killed in Suspected Arson in Offaly

Investigators call the blaze deliberate with appeals issued for dashcam footage.

Overview

  • Emergency services responded shortly before 7:45pm on Saturday to a house in Castleview Park, Edenderry, where a woman in her 60s and a four-year-old boy were found dead.
  • A woman in her 50s was removed from the property and remains in hospital with serious injuries.
  • The home has been declared a crime scene and is undergoing technical examination by the Garda Technical Bureau.
  • Post-mortems will be conducted by Assistant State Pathologist Margot Bolster at Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore this afternoon.
  • The inquiry is coordinated from an incident room at Tullamore Garda Station under a Senior Investigating Officer, with a Family Liaison Officer appointed and appeals for witnesses or dashcam footage from 7:00 to 8:00pm.