This is the family at the centre of what police suspect
to be bloody murder-suicide. Alan Hawe is believed to have slaughtered
his wife and three young children before turning the knife on himself.
Police found a man in his 40s, his wife, who was in her 30s, and
their three sons, aged 13, 11, and six, at the County Cavan home dead.
Teacher Alan Hawe, from Barconny, in Ballyjamesduff, stabbed his
wife first before knifing his three boys at the family home this
morning.
Local man Mr Hawe, who is well known in the area, is believed to
have turned the knife on himself after killing his partner and three
boys.
Heartbreaking images emerged this evening as several coffins were
removed from the house and placed into a waiting convoy of hearses.
A source said: “Alan Hawe was well known in the area and was well
respected because of his work in the school and also in GAA circles.”
In a press briefing at Ballyjamesduff Garda Station, Assistant
Commissioner John O’Driscoll said two of the deceased were found in a
downstairs room and three were found upstairs.
A Garda spokesman said: “The Garda investigation is ongoing but at
this stage we are not looking for anyone else in relation to the
deaths.”
At a press conference, Assistant Commissioner O’Driscoll added “We believe all the answers are in that house.
“We are working along very definite lines of inquiry.
“One person in that house may have been responsible for the death of the others.”
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