A Tipperary community was left in shock last Monday after an elderly couple was found dead in their home.The couple is suspected to have been lying dead in the home for up to 18 months as locals in the rural area of Cloneen believed the couple had moved to France during the pandemic.A post-mortem carried out on Mr Smith concluded that the 81-year-old had died of natural causes.
Gardaí have also been in contact with police in the UK to find relatives of the pair, but to date, no next of kin has been notified. However, detectives have ruled out a suicide pact and a murder-suicide after the post-mortem examination showed Mr Smith died from natural causes, according to the Independent .
Several upset locals in the tight-knit community of Cloneen have spoken of their shock as they try to come to terms with the double tragedy."They told people they were emigrating to France or somewhere in late 2020, so people were under the assumption they had moved away," a shocked local told this paper.
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