On January 16, 1983 Dolores Lynch, a former prostitute, her mother and her aunt were burnt to death in a fire at their house. The fire was started by John Cullen, a pimp, who had waited seven years to exact his revenge on Dolores Lynch for going to the police about him. In the garden, while Cullen was setting fire to the house, stood Lyn Madden, Cullen's lover and the woman for whom he pimped. She was also Dolores Lynch's friend.