The family of Co Armagh woman Natalie McNally say they fear that her killer may have fled across the border
She was killed on Sunday, December 18 in her home in Silverwood Green in Lurgan, and she was 15 weeks pregnant at the time with a baby boy. She was stabbed, beaten, and strangled in what police have described as a frenzied attack.
Her 32-year-old boyfriend, and father of her unborn baby boy, was arrested. He was later released and is not a suspect and her family says he is "devastated and traumatised" by what has happened.
A second man, also aged 32, was arrested on the 21st of December, he was later released pending further inquiries. While a 46-year-old man was arrested last Friday in the South Belfast area, he was also released pending further inquiries.
So one month on her killer remains at large.
Her parents told our Chief Reporter Barry Whyte that they fear the murderer may have fled from Northern Ireland…
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