Niece finds Aunt dead in bedroom

THE bruised and marked body of a woman was discovered by her young niece yesterday. Gardaí are treating the death as suspicious.

The body of 37-year-old Lorraine Crowley was discovered in the bedroom of her Upper O’Connell Street home in Dungarvan, Co Waterford. Ms Crowley’s young niece found the body at around 8.30am.

Ms Crowley was lying fully clothed on the bed. Several marks and bruising were found on her neck and she also had a mark close to her right eye.