Limerick man’s father-in-law questioned in US

The father-in-law of a Limerick man who suffered a brutal death in the US has been interviewed by police as part of the investigation.

Thomas Martens, 65, was visiting his son-in-law Jason Corbett, 39, and his daughter Molly Martens, 31, at the time of Jason’s death and was in the house when police were called to the home in North Carolina in the early hours of August 3.

According to newspaper reports, both Mr Martens and Molly Martens, Jason’s second wife, went of their own free will to the local sheriff’s office following his death.