Developer missing for 8 months found starving on roadside

thomasm · 31-01-2013 10:09am #1

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/developer-missing-for-months-found-starving-by-side-of-road-3371015.html

A PROPERTY developer missing from his home for the past eight months is being treated in hospital after being found disorientated and starving at the side of a rural road.
Kevin Michael McGeever, who once traded property in Dubai, turned up after being on a garda missing list since last summer.
Mr McGeever (68) was found on a road near Ballinamore, Co Leitrim, late on Tuesday night.
Friends and relatives are said to be both "astonished" and "delighted" that he had been found.
It is understood Mr McGeever told gardai that he had been dropped off at the rural location by a van, but he was unable at this stage to recall where he had been for the past eight months since disappearing from his home in Gort.
The Mayo native had no money on him when he was found, but did have a mobile phone and a torch.
"He was covered in a plastic bag and wasn't wearing any shoes," said Leitrim county councillor Martin Kenny, who spoke with the couple who found Mr McGeever.
"He told them he had been dropped off by a number of men in a van and he had been in the van for some time. So it certainly appears that he was being held against his will, and that is what he indicated.
"Where he has been for the past months is anyone's guess, but it must be a great relief for his family."
"He was absolutely ravenous," added the councillor. "He was extremely thin and not in great shape at all.
"He didn't know where he was and had to be told he was in Leitrim."
Mr Kenny said gardai had re-visited the rural road outside Ballinamore with the couple to examine the scene where he was found.
Mr McGeever was last night receiving treatment at Mulligar Hospital.
It is understood Mr McGeever is being treated for malnutrition and dehydration. Gardai are hoping to speak to him today if he is medically fit.
During the boom, he ran a successful property business selling luxury homes in Dubai to wealthy Irish and British clients.
When he was reported missing to Gort garda station last June, an address he had been using at Brooklawn, Clontarf, Dublin, was also included in the missing person report.
Locals in Gort, Co Galway, also said they were baffled to hear of the incident.

That's a crazy story, had no money only a mobile and a torch. No shoes and was wrapped in a plastic bag.

SunnyDub1 · 31-01-2013 10:13am

I'd say his family are relieved!

anyone else find it a bit strange that he doesn't recall anything at all from the past 8 months

Rhys Essien · 31-01-2013 10:13am

Its a weird one.Alien abduction id say.

krudler · 31-01-2013 10:14am

The Hangover: Part III

D1stant · 31-01-2013 10:15am

Rhys Essien wrote: »

Its a weird one.Alien abduction id say.

Shoe-stealing bastard Aliens for sure

mattjack · 31-01-2013 10:15am

Leitrim ? is this not normal up there ?

sbsquarepants · 31-01-2013 10:16am

Don't you people watch breaking bad - he's quite obviously a meth cook trying to keep it hush hush from the missus.:D

davet82 · 31-01-2013 10:16am

i thought this was going to be about some sort of 19th century famine scenario for property developers starving at the sides of our roads...

a little disappointed i must admit

31-01-2013 10:18am

imo sounds dubious. next thing he'll be saying that he had to had over all his assets to these supposed kidnappers. will be interesting to see how this plays out...

Leftist · 31-01-2013 10:18am

check his bum.

Funkfield · 31-01-2013 10:19am

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Don't you people watch breaking bad - he's quite obviously a meth cook trying to keep it hush hush from the missus.:D

That was the first thing I thought.

He knows damn well where he was the last 8 months.

staker · 31-01-2013 10:19am

That's a crazy story, had no money only a mobile and a torch. No shoes and was wrapped in a plastic bag

His Macgyver attempt went tits up:rolleyes:

Doc Ruby · 31-01-2013 10:21am

Leftist wrote: »

check his bum.

no you check his bum.

Hourglass Shrugged · 31-01-2013 10:22am

In before "He deserved it because he was probably a corrupt property developer who contributed to hundreds of thousands of people loosing their jobs and being on the breadline" ... even though we don't know who he is or what he was involved in.

token101 · 31-01-2013 10:25am

Maybe he was canoeing for 8 months?

mattjack · 31-01-2013 10:26am

thomasm wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/developer-missing-for-months-found-starving-by-side-of-road-3371015.html

Mr McGeever was last night receiving treatment at Mulligar Hospital.
It is understood Mr McGeever is being treated for malnutrition and dehydration. Gardai are hoping to speak to him today if he is medically fit.
During the boom, he ran a successful property business selling luxury homes in Dubai to wealthy Irish and British clients.
When he was reported missing to Gort garda station last June, an address he had been using at Brooklawn, Clontarf, Dublin, was also included in the missing person report.
Locals in Gort, Co Galway, also said they were baffled to hear of the incident.

That's a crazy story, had no money only a mobile and a torch. No shoes and was wrapped in a plastic bag.

What makes it even more more suspicious is that there is no Mulligar hospital.

Gran Hermano · 31-01-2013 10:26am

Slavery (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16836065) or Alzheimer's ?

smilerxxx · 31-01-2013 10:32am

What a strange story. My First instinct is he is suffering from some sort of dementia, but when he was reported missing it doesn't seem like anyone reported a diminishing state of mind so I'm stumped

aloyisious · 31-01-2013 10:48am

Has there been any transfer/removal of his cash assets over the period he was missing?

seamus · 31-01-2013 10:52am

Missing persons, unbelievable stories. Sounds like the next episode of Deception on TV3.

I'd say his family are relieved, but if he has no memory of the past 8 months then I'm going to go with the dementia explanation.

Either that or he was kidnapped by people who he owed some serious debts to and he's unwilling to reveal any information about it. As he's a busted property developer with middle eastern interests, I don't think that's far-fetched.

kraggy · 31-01-2013 10:55am

seamus wrote: »

Missing persons, unbelievable stories. Sounds like the next episode of Deception on TV3.

I'd say his family are relieved, but if he has no memory of the past 8 months then I'm going to go with the dementia explanation.

Either that or he was kidnapped by people who he owed some serious debts to and he's unwilling to reveal any information about it. As he's a busted property developer with middle eastern interests, I don't think that's far-fetched.

How do you know he went bust?

seamus · 31-01-2013 10:59am

kraggy wrote: »

How do you know he went bust?

Because he's a property developer.

I kind of assume when someone calls themselves such, that they're in the hole for a few million euro.

The article also says, "who once traded property in Dubai", which is coded message for, "His business has since collapsed".

mike65 · 31-01-2013 11:06am

Well the family will be overcome with relief, they really must have thought they'd never see him again, but what kind of a husband and father they are getting back is another matter.

opinion guy · 31-01-2013 11:13am

SunnyDub1 wrote: »

I'd say his family are relieved!

anyone else find it a bit strange that he doesn't recall anything at all from the past 8 months

"He was absolutely ravenous," added the councillor. "He was extremely thin and not in great shape at all.

...
It is understood Mr McGeever is being treated for malnutrition and dehydration.

Nope. Not strange at all.

What I do find strange is that they are not reporting this as a kidnapping.

Kristopherus · 31-01-2013 11:13am

mattjack wrote: »

What makes it even more more suspicious is that there is no Mulligar hospital.

There's a big General Hospital in Mullingar. And another private one in the vacinity as well.

mattjack · 31-01-2013 11:16am

Kristopherus wrote: »

There's a big General Hospital in Mullingar. And another private one in the vacinity as well.

Erm , yes , yes there is.

Morrisseeee · 31-01-2013 11:17am

1 down, alot more (developers/bankers/politicians) to go !

Hoop66 · 31-01-2013 11:21am

He had a mobile?

Check his facebook to see what he's been up to.

Biggins · 31-01-2013 11:29am

Something serious happened to him if he was to emaciated/thin.
I would be checking (a) if the mobile was charged because if so (b) the ping signals to various masts from his phone at various stages, had it been charged and on at times, would help show where in Ireland he had been at times.

Bruce7 · 31-01-2013 11:40am

Warning to Eamon Gilmore

Do not let this man into an underground bunker with you, no matter what happens. If you are stupid enough to let him into one and you manage to survive the experience, then for God's sake don't leave the code to your pacemaker lying around where he can find it.

SEPT 23 1989 · 31-01-2013 11:46am

Strangest story i have heard in a while

Robbo · 31-01-2013 11:53am

I hear the prime suspect for the kidnapping is some Puerto Rican guy.

Lollipops23 · 31-01-2013 12:12pm

Well this is bizzare...surely I hadn't even heard he was missing!

Maybe his family thought he'd absconded to the Cayman Islands or something so didn't look too hard for him when he disappeared?

Be very interesting to see how this plays out....

blackwhite · 31-01-2013 12:13pm

mattjack wrote: »

What makes it even more more suspicious is that there is no Mulligar hospital.

http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/Find_a_Service/hospitals/mullingar/

lintdrummer · 31-01-2013 12:25pm

blackwhite wrote: »

http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/Find_a_Service/hospitals/mullingar/

I cant believe this needs to be spelled out but here we go: it was a joke about a spelling mistake.

Craziest story i've heard in ages. Hope it doesn't disappear and we all get to find out what happened!

mattjack · 31-01-2013 2:35pm

lintdrummer wrote: »

I cant believe this needs to be spelled out but here we go: it was a joke about a spelling mistake.

Craziest story i've heard in ages. Hope it doesn't disappear and we all get to find out what happened!

Sir , I tip my hat to you.

mattjack · 31-01-2013 2:36pm

READ THE OP'S POST CAREFULLY.

blackwhite wrote: »

http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/Find_a_Service/hospitals/mullingar/

mattjack · 31-01-2013 2:38pm

Kristopherus wrote: »

There's a big General Hospital in Mullingar. And another private one in the vacinity as well.

ALSO ,READ THE OP'S POST CAREFULLY

electrobanana · 31-01-2013 2:49pm

mattjack wrote: »

ALSO ,READ THE OP'S POST CAREFULLY

why are you shouting?

tenton · 31-01-2013 2:51pm

thomasm wrote: »

A PROPERTY developer missing from his home for the past eight months is being treated in hospital after being found disorientated and starving at the side of a rural road on a road near Ballinamore, Co Leitrim, late on Tuesday night.

Poor fellow if he really was as extremely thin etc as reports suggest. Sounds a genuine case.

Lollipops23 · 31-01-2013 3:01pm

tenton wrote: »

Poor fellow if he really was as extremely thin etc as reports suggest. Sounds a genuine case.

wonder if he had a nervous breakdown or was kidnapped...? Very odd, but hope he's doing better after some hospital treatment etc.

GalwayGuy2 · 31-01-2013 3:02pm

This sounds like he got way, way over his head.

Those friendly business men can turn pretty nasty when they're losing money.

Yes, I am totally taking leaps of logic.

Edit: Anybody thinking of Sean Quinn right now? (Not that I want that to happen)