Gardai found the body of a mother-of-three lying in the foetal position on the floor of a campervan with her bloodied hand protruding outside the sliding door and a child's car seat over her face, a murder trial has heard.
A garda also told the Central Criminal Court jury today that Valerie French Kilroy's three children were found in their rural home hungry and "very dehydrated". One child requested Kellogg's Coco Pops, which the garda witness went out to buy.
Park ranger James Kilroy (49), with an address at Kilbree Lower, Westport, Co Mayo is charged with murdering occupational therapist Ms French Kilroy (41) at their home on a date unknown between June 13 2019 and June 14 2019, both dates inclusive. He has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
