{"id":197315,"date":"2025-10-13T15:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T15:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/197315\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T15:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T15:14:09","slug":"mary-mcadorey-newtownabbery-murder-investigation-tributes-paid-to-young-mother-described-as-the-nicest-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/197315\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Mcadorey Newtownabbery murder investigation: Tributes paid to young mother described as the ‘nicest girl’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The mother of two who was in her late 20s was \u201cthe nicest girl\u201d according to neighbours.<\/p>\n

Police confirmed a man aged in his 40s has been arrested on suspicion of murder and he currently remains in custody.<\/p>\n

\"Mary<\/p>\n

Mary Mcadorey <\/p>\n

Community \u2018deeply shocked\u2019 as man arrested over suspected Newtownabbey murder<\/p>\n

Police currently remain at the cordoned off property in Old Mill Drive and in an updated statement a spokesperson said they are \u201ccontinuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death\u201d.<\/p>\n

“Enquiries are ongoing and a further update will be provided in due course,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n

It is understood a post mortem is taking place.<\/p>\n

\"Mary<\/p>\n

Mary Mcadorey <\/p>\n

Community \u2018deeply shocked\u2019 as man arrested over suspected Newtownabbey murder<\/p>\n

Speaking to the Belfast Telegraph at the scene, Taylor McGrann, a Sinn F\u00e9in councillor for the area, said it was \u201cabsolutely awful news\u201d.<\/p>\n

“All I can really say is my heart goes out to the family, and my thoughts are with all of the young woman\u2019s family and friends at this time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is a young woman in her 20s. She is a mother of two, she is from the local community and I believe she was living her in Old Mill Drive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alliance councillor Billy Webb told the Belfast Telegraph: \u201cI know the community of the Old Mill Drive very well and the general area very well and I know they will be absolutely shocked at what has happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

DUP councillor Matthew Brady said: \u201cThe community is deeply shocked and saddened by this tragic event.<\/p>\n

“Our thoughts are with everyone affected as they come to terms with the loss.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Police<\/p>\n

Police at the scene of a suspicious death in Newtownabbey (Photo by Kevin Scott)<\/p>\n

In a statement, a PSNI spokesperson said: \u201cDetectives investigating a report of a suspicious death in the Old Mill Drive area of Newtownabbey have this evening, Sunday 12th October, made an arrest.<\/p>\n

“One man, aged 40, has been arrested on suspicion of murder. He remains in custody at this time, assisting with police enquiries. A further update will be provided in due course.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The mother of two who was in her late 20s was \u201cthe nicest girl\u201d according to neighbours. Police…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1900,59,57,58,57911,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-197315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-antrim-news","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-kurtis-reid","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}