Support for Clarissa’s Cause ‘has truly touched my heart’, says mum

Clarissa McCarthy was killed by her father, Martin McCarthy, 50, before he killed himself on Audley Cove in West Cork on March 5, 2013.

The mother of a little girl who was buried in her father’s arms after he killed them both, has thanked the public for hearing her tragic story, and said that she feels “lifted up and held” by the support.

Rebecca Saunders’ daughter Clarissa McCarthy was just three years old when she was killed by her father, Rebecca’s then-husband Martin McCarthy.