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	Her murder investigation was re-opened in 2012.</p>
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	Garda&iacute; in Kilkenny have arrested a 52-year-old man on suspicion of murdering Ann Nancy Smyth &ndash; 28 years ago.</p>
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	The 79-year-old widow was found dead at her home on Wolfe Tone Street, in Kilkenny, on 11 September 1987.</p>
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	She had been strangled, after which her house was set on fire.</p>
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	Her killing was the subject of a cold case investigation, and was featured on an episode of RT&Eacute;&rsquo;s Crimecall in 2012, as reported by the Irish Examiner at the time.</p>
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	This evening, three years later, Garda&iacute; arrested the 52-year-old suspect in Kilkenny, and formally charged him with murder.</p>
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	He has been detained overnight, and is due to appear at a special sitting of Kilkenny District Court tomorrow morning at 9.30 am.</p>
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	<a href="http://www.thejournal.ie/kilkenny-murder-arrest-ann-nancy-smyth-1987-2391777-Oct2015/">http://www.thejournal.ie/kilkenny-murder-arrest-ann-nancy-smyth-1987-2391777-Oct2015/</a></p>
