Gardaí and British police will exhume the body of a 47-year-old woman from a cemetery in Athlone, Co Westmeath, tomorrow to enable a post-mortem examination to be performed.
State Pathologist Dr John Harbison will oversee the exhumation, which is part of an investigation by West Midlands police into the suspected suspicious death of the Athlone-born woman in Birmingham last October.
The woman's body was found at her home in Birmingham, where she had moved in recent years.Her remains were then flown back to Ireland in early November and subsequently buried in her home town.
The woman, who had been separated from her husband, is also survived by two children, who both reside in the Co Westmeath town.Her remains will be returned to Athlone tomorrow evening, where her family will conduct a private burial.
A spokesman for the West Midlands police said yesterday that a small team of officers are working with the gardaí on the exhumation.
An inquest into the woman's death was previously opened in Birmingham and adjourned for further investigations to take place.The cause of death has not yet been established, according to the police spokesperson.
It is believed that the West Midlands police have now moved to reassess the case after a man linked with the Athlone woman was subsequently charged with other crimes.