Toxicology probe into Martha death

Murder ruled out in case of Irishwoman who died in the US

- MICHAEL O'TOOLE

AMERICAN cops are now waiting on toxicology and other tests to help them solve the mystery of how an Irish fashion designer died on a yacht.

Police in Long Island, New York, probing the death on Tuesday of Carlow-born Martha Nolan-O'Slatarra say the tests are required after a post mortem ruled out that she was murdered or died from any violence.

The tests will include toxicology to see if there was any substance in her system that could have caused her death in the Montauk area of Long Island.

But, speaking to The Star last night, a spokesperson for Suffolk County Police Department in Long Island said it had no idea how long it would take for the tests to come back.

The spokesperson told us: "We don't have information on that."

Sources say that, depending on the local laboratory's workload, it could be several weeks before the blood tests are back.