Irishman in apparent family killing in US

A CAVAN man living in the United States hanged himself with electrical cord on Thursday after apparently killing his two daughters.

New Jersey police said Thomas Reilly, 46, appeared to have drowned the two girls Megan, six, and Kelly, five, in a bathtub before killing himself in the attic of the house he was renting in Montclair.

Deputy Police Chief Roger Terry said his department got a phone call saying that the girls’ mother had become concerned because she had not been able to reach Mr Reilly at home after dropping off the girls with him earlier in the day.