O’Reilly: Jesus Rachel, what did you do?

JOE O’REILLY’S first words to his murdered wife when her body was discovered were: “Jesus, Rachel — what did you do?”

O’Reilly: Jesus Rachel, what did you do?

Rachel’s mother, Rose Callaly, recalled her son-in-law’s reaction in the Central Criminal Court yesterday where he is on trial for her murder. The 35-year-old outdoor advertising contractor denies the charge.

Ms Callaly told the court that Mr O’Reilly phoned her house at lunchtime on October 4, 2004, to ask if anyone knew where Rachel was, as she had failed to pick up their son, Adam, from his montessori school.

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