Post-mortem results from mother and children found dead in Dublin

Post-mortem examinations began on Thursday on the bodies of Seema Banu, 37, her 11-year-old daughter Asfira Riza and her 6-year-old son Faizan Syed.

The examinations of the deputy state pathologist Dr. Heidi Okkers from Locum have not yet been completed and are expected to be completed today, according to Gardaí.

According to the Garda, detectives believe the two children were murdered.

Detectives believe the children were strangled after their remains were found in a bedroom in the house on Llywellen Court in Ballinteer.

However, the scene in which her mother’s remains were found was more complex, and the results of a postmortem on her remains are required before it can be determined whether she was murdered.

Ms. Banu was found dead in another bedroom, with a ligature found on her remains.

While an initial post-mortem was carried out on her remains, it proved inconclusive and a more comprehensive investigation is due to be conducted on Friday.

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In an update released Thursday evening, Gardaí said they are continuing to investigate the circumstances of the family’s “unsolved death”.

The deaths were officially treated as “unsolved,” although all resources of a triple homicide investigation were made available to the case.

The remains of the children and their mother are said to have been lying undetected in the house for several days before they were discovered by gardaí on Wednesday shortly after noon.

A tap in the semi-detached house had flooded the property.

Ms. Banu’s husband and father of the two children contacted Gardaí at the Dundrum Garda station, where the investigation is based.

No arrests have been made to date, and Gardaí said the results of the postmortems were critical before the direction of the investigation could be determined.

Gardaí also again appealed to the public not to spread speculation on social media about the case, which they described as “uninformed and unhelpful”.

Ms. Banu was originally from India, but has lived in Ireland for a number of years and has moved to the Ballinteer house in the past few months.

The children were relatively new to Ballinteer Educate Together National School, where headmaster Orlaith Curran said the children were “very much missed” by everyone they knew.

Gardaí has ​​appealed to anyone with information about the deaths to contact the investigation team at Dundrum Garda Station 01-6665600, Garda Confidential Line 1800 666 111 or a Garda Station.

If you are affected by any of these issues please contact Pieta House at 1800-247247 or the Samaritans by calling 116123 toll free or sending an email [email protected]