Murder investigation launched after woman's body found in Roscommon

Mirjana Pap, who was in her 50s, was found on lands at Curraghaleen outside Athlone on Monday
Murder investigation launched after woman's body found in Roscommon

James Cox

Gardaí investigating the discovery of a woman's body in Co Roscommon have launched a murder investigation.

Mirjana Pap, who was in her 50s, was found on lands at Curraghaleen outside Athlone on Monday.

She had been missing since last Saturday, the 28th.

A postmortem has since been carried at Galway University Hospital, following which gardaí have upgraded the case to a murder inquiry.

Gardaí say they are following a definite line of enquiry.

They are appealing for anyone with information to come forward - and are particularly interested in the movements of a silver Peugeot 207 with an 08-G registration which left Athlone in the direction of Monksland between 11am and 12pm last Saturday.

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