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02/08/2010
Remains 'Missing Dublin Man'
Gardaí forensic teams are to carry out DNA tests on a remains found in County Wicklow that are though to be that of a missing Dublin man.
Paul Byrne, 21, was last seen in Kilmartin Green in Tallaght in July of last year. His family visited the site over the weekend.
Gardaí discovered the skeletal remains and several personal objects, which are thought to have belonged to the deceased, when they resumed searching a wooded area in Ballyfolan, close to Blessington yesterday. Byrne, who is a father of two children, was last seen getting into a car outside his home on July 15th, 2009. His family fear he was murdered and his body hidden.
Among the objects found at the scene are a set of keys, a bracelet and track suit bottoms.
However, gardaí say they are still trying to establish a link between the discoveries and Mr Byrne's disappearance.
Detectives recently renewed a public appeal for information on Byrne’s case on the first anniversary of his disappearance. If the remains belong to the missing father they are likely to change the status of their investigation to a murder inquiry.
Paul Byrne was last seen wearing a white T-shirt with a red Nike emblem, grey tracksuit bottoms and white K-Swiss runners on July 15th, 2009.
It is hoped the tests will lead to formal identification in the coming days.
(DW)
Paul Byrne, 21, was last seen in Kilmartin Green in Tallaght in July of last year. His family visited the site over the weekend.
Gardaí discovered the skeletal remains and several personal objects, which are thought to have belonged to the deceased, when they resumed searching a wooded area in Ballyfolan, close to Blessington yesterday. Byrne, who is a father of two children, was last seen getting into a car outside his home on July 15th, 2009. His family fear he was murdered and his body hidden.
Among the objects found at the scene are a set of keys, a bracelet and track suit bottoms.
However, gardaí say they are still trying to establish a link between the discoveries and Mr Byrne's disappearance.
Detectives recently renewed a public appeal for information on Byrne’s case on the first anniversary of his disappearance. If the remains belong to the missing father they are likely to change the status of their investigation to a murder inquiry.
Paul Byrne was last seen wearing a white T-shirt with a red Nike emblem, grey tracksuit bottoms and white K-Swiss runners on July 15th, 2009.
It is hoped the tests will lead to formal identification in the coming days.
(DW)
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