19/03/2015

Garda Investigate Co Kildare Field Body Find

An investigation has been launched into the discovery of a man's body in a field in Co Kildare on Wednesday afternoon.

A post-mortem is due to be carried out today, but garda have said that initial investigations suggest the man "died violently".

It is understood while the victim's identity has not been officially confirmed, garda believe it to be a 20-year-old man who has been missing from his Kinnegad home for the last ten days.

The scene where the body was found, in Cornamucklagh, Broadford, remains sealed for forensic examination.

(MH/CD)

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