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10/01/2012
Arrest Made Over Nursing Home Death
A 46 year old man has been arrested following the death of a woman at a nursing home in Waterford.
The victim, named locally as Vera Vollrath, was found dead in the early hours of Monday morning in Killure Bridge nursing home.
Gardaí have launched a murder investigation, and the man is being questioned under section four of the Criminal Justice Act.
A postmortem was being carried out last night to establish the cause of her death.
(CD/GK)
The victim, named locally as Vera Vollrath, was found dead in the early hours of Monday morning in Killure Bridge nursing home.
Gardaí have launched a murder investigation, and the man is being questioned under section four of the Criminal Justice Act.
A postmortem was being carried out last night to establish the cause of her death.
(CD/GK)
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