Nicholas Smith (82) and his wife Hilary (79) were found at their home in Cloneen after not being seen for 18 months
“The Smiths may have led a fairly simple, frugal life in Cloneen but they certainly weren’t short of money – in fact, there’s a very sizeable estate there with hundreds of thousands of euroon deposit and of course there’s also the bungalow in Cloneen which they owned,” said a source.
The inquest heard evidence from Chief State Pathologist Dr Linda Mulligan that she believed Mr Smith died from severe coronary atherosclerosis, while decomposition meant she could find no anatomical evidence why Ms Smith had died but there was no evidence any other party being involved. Det Garda Michelle Cahill told the inquest how the case had garnered a lot of media coverage which led to some genealogical research companies tracing both Andrew Smith and Michael Knowles, who both contacted gardaí at Clonmel and both made detailed statements to investigators.
Andrew Smith told the inquest that he was six years younger than his brother and they were never particularly close as his brother had left to join the merchant navy when he [Andrew] was just 12 and he used to see him only occasionally when he came home on leave.
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