Clarissa's mum turns her focus to exhumation following surge of Gofundme support

Rebecca Saunders wants to exhume and reinter her three-year-old, who was buried in the arms of her killer

Rebecca Saunders told the Irish Examiner how her husband Martin had drowned their little girl, Clarissa, and then himself.

A bereaved mother feels closer than ever to her goal of having her daughter’s body exhumed from a coffin with the man who killed her in West Cork, thanks to an outpouring of public support after she shared her story for the first time with the Irish Examiner.

Rebecca Saunders, who wants to bring her daughter Clarissa’s remains back to the US where she now lives, launched a crowdfunding campaign to help pay for the exhumation process and any associated legal costs which quickly surpassed its target of $50,000 (€42,000).