Woman arrested by gardaí in missing couple murder probe released without charge

William Maughan and Anastasija Varslavanne were reported missing in April 2015.

Update: The woman in her 30s, arrested on Saturday Jan 30 in relation to the disappearance and murder of William Maughan and Anastasija Varslavanne has been released without charge.

A file will now be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Investigations are ongoing.

Earlier: 

Gardaí have today arrested a woman as part of the investigation into the disappearance and murder of a couple nearly six years ago

William Maughan and Anastasija Varslavane disappeared in 2015.

William, 35, and his 21-year-old girlfriend Ana, who was originally from Latvia, were last seen in Laytown, Co Meath in April of that year.

Gardaí said in a statement that they arrested a woman in her mid-30s this morning.

She is currently being detained under Section 30, Offences Against the State Act, 1939 at Ashbourne Garda Station.  

Gardaí said that investigations are ongoing.