Ireland - 3 bodies found, Newry, Northern Ireland, 7 March 2019

[HayLouise]

Mr Marimon said: “I had been so happy since she told me she was coming home to live.

“Now that happiness has been destroyed and we are so powerless to do anything.

“We can’t afford to bring them home and the authorities are not telling us anything. I just wish we had more information.”

“Alison was a bright girl, very clever and she loved to study. She was nervous about leaving her school to come back to Colombia, but she knew how happy it was going to make the whole family.”

Mum murdered days before she planned to leave NI for good, says her dad

 

[HayLouise]

Allison Marimon

Mum murdered days before she planned to leave NI for good, says her dad

 

[HayLouise]

Mr Marimon said his daughter had rarely spoke about her Scottish boyfriend, and explained: “She told us that the guy was fine, apparently he worked in construction.”

Now the devastated dad, who lost a child last year, says he wants to travel to Northern Ireland.

He has requested help from the British Embassy in Colombia and the National Chancellery to be able to travel to Northern Ireland. But added: “We want to travel and see that justice is done.

“But we have had problems with the visas and may have to sell our taxi to pay for the trip.”

Colombia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has now assured the family of their assistance. Gisella and her two brothers, who moved from Colombia to Europe 20 years ago, had planned for dad Fabian and his wife Elizabeth to visit them.

Speaking with Colombian website Zona Cero, Mr Marimon broke down as he recalled his last conversation with his daughter after an application for his travel visa to visit her failed.

Mr Marimon said: “They wanted us to go there to visit them, but it was not possible because there were many obstacles.”

Mum murdered days before she planned to leave NI for good, says her dad

 

[astheworldfallsdown]

How horrible and tragic and sad. I hope the family of those poor women get the financial help they need to bring them home.

 

[HayLouise]

Police yesterday asked the public to come forward with information about the last movements of Gisella and Allison.

Earlier Detective Supt Jason Murphy said: “There’s nothing that suggests the causes of death of the three individuals are natural causes.



Russell Steele

Mum murdered days before she planned to leave NI for good, says her dad

 

[HayLouise]

“Domestic abuse will be one of the lines of enquiry that we will look at as a matter of course, and you’d expect us to do that in events of this nature.

“The circumstances of what occurred in the flat remain the subject of the investigation. It’s just too early yet for me to be definitive around what happened in the flat.

“But I need to establish who was in the flat at the time... the third person is yet to be identified. At this stage we keep an open mind in terms of the motive for these deaths.

“I would appeal today to anyone who came into direct contact with either Gisella or Allison or communicated with them via text or social media since Friday to contact detectives in Newry.

“Since [Thursday] morning, officers from a PSNI Major Investigation team have been conducting a murder enquiry, following the discovery of the bodies of three people at Glin Ree Court in Newry .

“I believe Gisella and Allison were still alive in the early hours of Sunday.

"I would appeal today to anyone who came into direct contact with either Gisella or Allison or communicated with them via text or social media since Friday to call detectives in Newry.

"While our investigation remains at an early stage, there is no evidence that anyone else was involved.

“My thoughts today are very much with their families and friends who are trying to come to terms with their loss.”

Mum murdered days before she planned to leave NI for good, says her dad

 

[HayLouise]

Gisella moved to Spain 20 years ago with her two brothers and became naturalised there.

She had Allison, with her then partner, a Portuguese national.

Almost four years ago she moved to Northern Ireland where she was joined by Allison in 2017.

Det Supt Murphy said: “Allison attended Newry High School and my thoughts today are also with the teachers and pupils who knew her. They too are trying to come to terms with Allison’s death.

“I would ask that they are given the time and space to come to terms with these tragic events.

Newry High School principal Iestyn Brown said the school community has been “deeply shocked and saddened” at the news of Allison’s death.

He said: “Allison was a talented, kind, courteous and well-mannered pupil with a beautiful smile. Staff and pupils are profoundly saddened by her death and she will be remembered with great affection.

Mum murdered days before she planned to leave NI for good, says her dad

 

[Ironside]

Oh god, I had hoped the women died quickly but strangulation is not a quick death. Also I assumed it was a long term partner and the girls father who did this rather than someone in a mere 9 month relationship.

There isn't anything on Scottish news about this yet.

 

[molly67]

Oh god, I had hoped the women died quickly but strangulation is not a quick death. Also I assumed it was a long term partner and the girls father who did this rather than someone in a mere 9 month relationship.

There isn't anything on Scottish news about this yet.

Just read that in mail online theres is also a photo of him .... just awful

there was an article in Daily Record on Thursday

 

[astheworldfallsdown]

Man (38) who died in suspected murder-suicide named as Russell Steele

 

[Ironside]

Just read that in mail online theres is also a photo of him .... just awful

there was an article in Daily Record on Thursday

I phrased that badly, I meant him being named in Scottish news. He is now named on stv news and BBC news Scotland websites.

 

[HayLouise]

Posted photo of Russell above.


Detectives investigating the deaths of 3 people in Newry have now officially identified the 38 year old man. DSupt Jason Murphy said: “I can now confirm that the man found dead at the property in Glin Ree Court in Newry was 38 year old Russell Steele, originally from Scotland.”

PSNI on Twitter

 

[HayLouise]

WATCH: Suspected killer filmed taking part in Co Down busking festival

 

[Legally Bland]

The inquests have been taking place. They don't make pleasant reading.

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[RobinCAL]

This is so heartbreaking!!!

 

[HayLouise]

God - horrific

 

[HayLouise]

Russell Steele suffocated Giselle in Newry flat before raping teen daughter in ‘barbaric’ murder-suicide

Giselle wanted to leave partner Russell Steele, suspected murder-suicide inquest told

 

[Ironside]

The inquests have been taking place. They don't make pleasant reading.

Man murdered girlfriend before raping and strangling her daughter | Daily Mail Online

I read about this last night and I’ve been thinking about it all day. Those poor women it’s heartbreaking.

 

[Ann Blyth]

Have just come across this awful case, there is an ongoing trial at the moment....

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Mother and daughter's killings were 'barbaric'

 

[Ann Blyth]

Have just come across this awful case, there is an ongoing trial at the moment....

Dad killed girlfriend then raped and murdered her daughter, 15 | Metro News

Grisly find in man's pocket after he murders ex and rapes and kills her daughter

Mother and daughter's killings were 'barbaric'

I’m getting my cases confused, this is an inquest not a trial, doh, would be a bit difficult to have a trial at this stage...