Gardaí are on high alert – after the main suspect for the murder of this popular grandmother walked free from prison.
The Star/Mirror has confirmed that the suspect has been released from prison – a matter of days after he was arrested on suspicion of the murder of Miriam Burns (75) in her Co Kerry home.
The Mirror has also learned that gardai have now formally asked state legal officers for the suspect to be charged with Ms Burns’ murder.
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They sent a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions in recent weeks with a recommendation that he be charged with murder – no decision has been made on that request yet.
The file was sent to the DPP after the suspect was taken out of prison to be questioned about the murder earlier this month.
The man was taken out of a prison and arrested in connection with her murder on February 8.
The body of Miriam Burns (75), a mother of four, and a grandmother, was discovered in her home in Ardshanavooly, Killarney, Co Kerry, on August 15th, 2022.
It is understood that a post-mortem examination determined she had been beaten to death.
The man has been a suspect in the case since August, and was last questioned over Ms Burns’ murder in a Garda station in the south of the country.
He was later released without charge and sent back to the custody of the Irish Prison Service – while officers completed their file of the DPP.
But within the last week, the man was released from prison and is now free.
Ms Burns had told pals she had concerns for her welfare in the weeks leading up to her death.
Gardai suspect Ms Burns may have gotten into an altercation with a man before she was beaten.
It is understood she suffered serious head and neck injuries and that she had blood around her head.
A relative of Ms Burns who is living abroad raised the alarm after they hadn’t heard from her in some time.
It was then that someone went around to check on her and made the grim discovery of her body inside the home.
It’s believed she may have lain dead in her home for a number of days.
Locals said Ms Burns had lived in the area since the 1970s and that she was known to cycle around the Killarney town.
She was also involved in numerous community groups and activities and was a well-known face around the area.
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