‘Persons of interest’ identified by police investigating Kyran Durnin’s disappearance, suspected murder – The Irish Times

Guard have identified key suspects in the investigation into his disappearance, presumed murder Kyran Durnin (8), but will not endeavor to arrest them unless they can obtain evidence on which to base the arrests.

Detectives believe a number of people they have already spoken to at length have more information about Kyran and what happened to him, but which they have not yet shared with police. However, although arrests are expected in time, the sources said that the police must have very specific evidence in the case to put it on the suspects, adding that the investigation has not yet reached that stage.

The gardaí have sought to trace the movements of persons of interest, the level and nature of contact they have had with each other, as well as their mobile phone use and where they have lived and traveled in recent years.

Searching for a house in Dundalk, Co. LouthThis week, along with the excavation of the back garden and a nearby plot of land, it was completed and police found no evidence that the boy’s remains were hidden there. That house, on Emer Terrace, was home to the Durnins until May, and local residents there were interviewed by police to determine if they had ever seen or spoken to Kyran and when.

A second property, also in Co Louth, was being reviewed, with extensive searches possible, although no such move has yet been made.

Garda sources said a very high volume of calls had been received from members of the public since it emerged last week that the missing persons appeal for Kyran and his mother Dayla, 24, had been withdrawn and a investigation for murder in the alleged murder. of the boy

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Some of the information received includes possible sightings of the boy at a time much later than the last confirmed sightings of Kyran, at his national school in Dundalk, between May and June 2022. However, Garda sources stressed all leads received from group members. public should be checked to determine their usefulness and accuracy.

Gardai upgraded the case to a homicide investigation after being unable to find any evidence in the early stages of the investigation that Kyran was alive. The child and his mother were reported missing by a family member at the end of August and a Garda investigation is commencing immediately.

This report was made to the Garda a day after the Children and Family Agency, Tuslasignaled his concerns for Kyran’s welfare.

However, police found no evidence that he was still alive in August. He fears that he may have died two years ago or more and that his absence has somehow gone unnoticed. While the case is now a homicide investigation, police have not ruled out the possibility that he died in another way and his remains were then hidden. While Tusla was working with the Durnins, Kyran was not in the care of the state.