A teacher who slaughtered his wife and three sons in
their family home before turning the knife on himself is reported to have left
a note explaining why he killed his family.
The Irish
Mirror reports Alan Hawe left the note with instructions that it
should only be opened by relatives.
He also left a note outside the property in
Ballyjamesduff, Co Cavan, Ireland, warning visitors not to come inside.
Alan Hawe and wife Clodagh were found dead in the
downstairs of the property by police before sons Liam, 13, Niall, 11 and
six-year-old Ryan were discovered upstairs yesterday
One of Mr Hawe's devastated friends said the dad of
three was meticulous in everything he did.
The man, who asked not to be named, described the
Deputy Prinicipal of Castlerahan National School as a kind and decent person
who felt an overriding need to look after the people around him.
And he said he had been devoted to his wife and
children throughout their 15 year marriage.
He said: "Alan never put a step wrong. What he
started, he finished.
"If he said he would support you, he did. He
was a man of his word and a good man and that's why this is all so confusing.
"I feel so bad for Clodagh and the boys, but
for Alan too. What was he going through?
"This is the worst tragedy to hit our community
ever, but the tragedy is worst of all for their families. How will they ever
recover? Sure, will they even want to?
"It's impossible to understand but we will
understand and the truth will come out, I feel sure of that. I've been told
Alan made sure of that in some detail.
"For the man that Alan was could have left no
loose ends.
"Something broke in him but even so, he would
not have just walked out of this life without an explanation, without letting
people know why.
"I don't know what or how he did this or why he
thought it was the only way out for him and the family because he loved them
all with all his heart.
"But he left his reasons for the people he
loved, he explained, I know that much. And that would be typical of Alan."
The friend said he had seen no clues to the
desperate state of Alan Hawes' mind in the days leading up to the murder
suicide in the family home Co Cavan.
He said life had appeared to be perfectly normal
before the disaster was revealed to the world in a note pinned to the back
door.
It is unclear yet whether the family will be buried
together.
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