Girl from Carlow found dead at age 17, gardí says it’s murder.

Melissa McGrath, aged 17 from Carlow, was recently found dead in her home in Kernanstown, the young girl was found by her mother with 3 stab wounds and had bled out before anyone could find her. Gardí have reason to believe it was 15 year old Kiernan O’Reilly who was best friends with her for most of her life until a recent argument they had a few months prior to the incident. The investigation is still ongoing and gardí says they’ll keep us updated. Our prayers and thought are with this girl and her family.