Decomposed woman’s kin did not know she was dead

THE brother of a 70-year-old woman left decomposing in a bedroom for up to a year said he did not know she was dead.

The skeletal remains of the 70-year-old Agnes Lyons were taken from Castlebar to Cork University Hospital yesterday to facilitate Dr Margaret Bolster to conduct a post mortem.

Garda Supt John O’Driscoll said preliminary investigations indicate she died from natural causes. “So far as is possible, foul play is ruled out,” he said. “We hope the post mortem will help determine the exact cause and time of death.”