Two pensioners were found dead by their daughter-in-law after she found a chilling note they had stuck to the front door.
Tony and Phyllis Gilbert, both 83, were found dead in their bungalow at Dromneavane, Kenmare, Co. Kerry, Ireland, shortly after 10am on November 14, 2021.
Giving evidence at an inquest in Tralee District Court yesterday, their daughter-in-law, Beryl Gilbert, who did regular shopping for the couple, said that because of Covid restrictions, her plan that morning was to leave the groceries she had bought at the door of their home.
However, she spotted a note pinned to the door which read: ‘All going to plan we should be dead.’ The note asked the reader to call gardaí and indicated there was a key in a flower pot with which gardaí could gain entry.
Coroner for Kerry Aisling Quilter noted that shortly after the bodies of Tony and Phyllis were found, gardaí spotted a tape recorder in the house which had two recordings of the couple’s voices. A note directed gardaí to listen to the recordings.
