On 28th February 2006, Siobhan McLoughlin was found dead in locked bedroom. At first glance, it looked as if she had tragically taken her own life. But within hours after her death, police and the McLoughlin family felt sure that she had been brutally murdered.



But would the State be able to prove guilt, beyond a reasonable doubt?




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Sources:



Mick McCaffrey, Cormac Looney and Charlie Mallon, “Housewife strangled” in The Evening Herald (2 March 2006) p. 1.



“Young mother strangled with vacuum cleaner flex” in The Irish Independent (3 March 2006) p. 1



Tom Brady, “Shock at mum's violent death” in The Irish Independent (3 March 2006) p. 4.



Edel Kennedy, “The first we heard of it was when the media arrived” in The Irish Independent (3 March 2006) p. 4.



Edel Kennedy, “Family lived out their dream on a sun-blessed Mediterranean island” in The Irish Independent (3 March 2006) p. 4.



Cormac Looney, “Millionaire mum slain in money row” in The Evening Herald (3 March 2006) pp 1, 4.



Isabel Hurley and Jane Last, “Brave sister Brighid now faces new agony” in The Evening Herald (3 March 2006) p. 4.



Tom Brady, “Murder linked to recent row” in The Irish Independent (4 March 2006) p. 7.



Jim Cusack “Two-day news ban on mother's murder” in The Sunday Independent (5 March 2006) p. 2.



Paul Williams, “Husband quizzed by cops in hunt for Siobhan's killer” in The Sunday World (5 March 2006) p. 5



Michael Lavery, “Hotelier enrolled her son in Spanish school” in The Evening Herald (7 March 2006) p, 12.



Cormac Looney, “Siobhan suspect may get off with it” in The Evening Herald (7 March 2006) p. 12.



Fionnuala O'Leary, “Gardai tracing man seen near Siobhan's home” in The Evening Herald (9 March 2006) p. 8.



Anne-Marie Walsh, “Gardai close in on Siobhan's murderer” in The Irish Independent (10 March 2006) p. 6.



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