Reported missing on 30th August after not being seen for 2 days. He’s 8 years old. Why would you leave it 2 days before reporting it?
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/1016/1475727-drogheda-investigation/
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Looks that way all right.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/note-left-by-suspect-in-kyran-durnin-murder-probe-but-no-clue-given-as-to-how-schoolboy-died/a2020819315.html
From the article-
"It is understood he made no admissions while in custody.“A note was left, but it made nothing clear in relation to Kyran’s suspected murder,” a source said.The problem for investigators now is there was “nothing in that note that gave any indication of where the boy is”."
My guess is that from this point forward everyone will blame the deceased person, whether tbey did it or not. We'll have no trial and the social services failures will never be under tbe spotlight.
It really, really sounds like sympathy
It’s not 1974 like. This guy would have a solicitor beside him and any intimidation by the Gardai would jeopardise the entire case.
Poor Didums knew this day was coming. If he was afraid of a few hard questions then maybe he should have made different life choices.
what a Bizzare **** comment
If not sympathy - what exactly is it?
Trying to blame the Gardai for this guys:
WTF line are the Gardai supposed to take in situations like this - don't bring in suspects for interview in case it effects their "state of mind" or in case they commit suicide?
where the hell is the body!
Not necessarily talking about 'cold-blooded murder' here, could well have been something like he gave the kid a belt while drunk and the kid fell awakwardly. Obviously still a serious criminal offence but might make the suicide more explicable if he wasn't a 'natural born killer'…
If you "give a kid a belt whilst drunk" and end up killing him, then take your oil and admit to it.
Don't bury the body and pass off your own child as the deceased for 2 years.
Not sure why we are feeling sympathy for this scumbag.
don't think the Guards would be like that.
I've watch a few of "24 hours in police custody"……those interviews aren't forceful or intimidating.
his solicitor would have instructed him to say "no comment" to any question.
The mammy does not look worried or show any care, and surely the other kids are not in her care
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/kyran-durnins-mother-refuses-comment-34362327
But even if he’s the one who killed him, there’s just no way the mother doesn’t know what happened. And if she really doesn’t know where the child is, that’s because she didn’t want to know. But going by the level of complicity shown, I’d say she knows plenty, as does the grandmother.
Just on this: IMO anyone who “accidentally” kills a child while drunk is not on their first go. The chances of a single instance causing death are low, whereas the chances of a drunk man being repeatedly violent to his family until one day he goes too far are very high. So it’s far more likely that the child has already been beaten to within an inch of his life on previous occasions.
How she could leave her 6 year old son dumped in an unmarked grave is unfathomable.
That she hasn't yet had the conscience or guilt or basic maternal care to admit where he is buried (if he was buried) is equally disturbing.
For the majority of parents, children are a blessing.
However, unpalatable as it may be to most of us, for a few others they're merely the unexpected, unwanted and unwelcome consequences of a few minutes of unprotected bonking. (And that sentiment applies irrespective of the Social Welfare bonanza that results from having one.)
Your comment sounds like:
Also they can be an inconvenience for some loved up nutters.
Disgusting people and yes the facts aren't out, but we all know.
Im slow to anger, but this makes me so angry. Defenseless child. They're all complicate.
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This case has gone very quiet. Are AGS any closer to solving this or have they hit a brick wall?
The Examiner published a bit of an update last week, but basically, no change.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight/arid-41609905.html
"Gardaí have suspects in this case but there is simply not enough evidence for them to charge anyone. Maybe that won’t happen until someone decides to speak up. Or maybe a breakthrough might be made if a member of the public offers up that small piece of information that gardaí are looking for.
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Gardaí believe Kyran Durnin is dead. He will forever be just six-years-old."
I'd imagine Gardai know exactly what has happened, but without a body they basically can't do anything about it.
I don't understand how the mother of an 8 year old boy can claim not to know where he is and not have any charges brought against her. It makes me so bloody angry. The amount of people who have left, and are still leaving Kyran down is sickening. It's Easter time he should be enjoying it with family and friends. Disgusting, whatever was done to him, and I hope those responsible will rot in hell.
The only time I read about her other kids...she had them
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The granny was lying to cover it up as well, not to mention the mother bringing another child to a Tusla meeting and passing him off as Kyran. Can any charges not be brought, perverting the course of justice? There is something very rotten about this family.
I completely understand the emotive responses this case gives rise to, but you have to consider the fact that if charges are brought, then the Gardai/DPP better have proof and a convincing case beyond a reasonable doubt.
They only get one shot at this. If they shoot too early to make it look like they're doing something, then it could backfire spectacularly and then public opinion turns on them anyway.
I've sat in on criminal trials before (I was on gardening leave between jobs and I always had an interest in the courts system and how it works). The most convincing, open-and-shut cases are the ones where all of the pieces of evidence come together like a jigsaw puzzle.
If there is even one piece missing, then it could completely fall apart.
Absolutely understand the frustration, but unfortunately while Gardai believe Kyran is dead, until they find a body there is little anyone can do about it.
Perhaps the Gardaí will never find the body. However, other charges are possible, given the sequence of events. In any case there should be other changes to the system, any child that is taken out of school should be tracked to confirm that they are in another school or where they live and this tracking should be tied to things like children's allowance. They have to learn from this.
It means that if someone murders them that you find out faster.
I don't understand why some kind of charges can't be brought against her (and others) as she obviously knows where Kyran is and what happened to him. I don't see why that should prevent more serious charges in the future if/when his body is found. The justice system in this country isn't fit for purpose.
Because Gardai probably don't have enough evidence to bring a file to the DPP.
As I said, they'll only get one shot at this. If they're going to do it, they better be sure of a conviction.
The very first question any defence barrister will ask is 'how can Gardai be sure he's dead?' and that's enough reasonable doubt for any jury.
Folks I know this case is horrific but there is a need for some critical thinking here.
What you're suggesting would be a charge of neglect or perverting the course of justice or some such lesser offence. That would effectively rule out every bringing a more a serious charge after prosecution because a person can't be prosecuted for same offence or a substantially similar offense if they have already been convicted or acquitted of an offence in relation to the same acts. We've seen many cases where facts come to light over time, sometimes many years, that allow the case to become clearer so I wouldn't be in favour of someone being convicted of a lesser offence at the expense of potentially preventing a later prosecution on a more serious charge.
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