Police hunt killer who decapitated Irish nun and shot his father

POLICE in the US were last night hunting a crazed killer who decapitated a Cork City-born nun after shooting his father 16 times with two different rifles.

Sr Philomena Fogarty, who would have celebrated the 50th anniversary of her vocation this year, and another elderly nun were abducted last Sunday from their mobile home adjacent to Christ the King Catholic church in Hamilton, Georgia.The body of the nun, whose head, hands and feet had been cut off, was discovered yesterday in the neighbouring state of Virginia.

Sr Fogarty was in her mid-60s and had served as a Franciscan Missionary of Mercy (FMM) nun in Japan before moving to the US. She lived in Hamilton for 16 years and was well-known in the community.