United Kingdom KYRAN DURNIN: Missing from Louth, Ireland - August 2024 - Age 8 - Possibly missing 2+ years

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Police initially launched a missing persons inquiry on August 30 after eight-year-old Kyran Durnin disappeared with his mum Dayla - now he is feared dead and a murder investigation has been launched

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A missing eight-year-old is presumed dead after six weeks of searching that have revealed no trace of the youngster or his mum.

Kyran Durnin and his mother Dayla went missing overnight on August 28 from the family's home in County Louth, Ireland, after the 24-year-old left a note saying she "needed to get away for a few days". Police launched search efforts two days later, and despite "extensive enquiries" have not found any clues to their whereabouts well over a month later.

Garda have now issued an update saying Kyran is now missing presumed dead, having been unable to identify evidence suggesting he is currently alive. An Garda Siochana said in a statement today: “Despite extensive inquiries carried out by gardai to date, An Garda Siochana have been unable to either locate Kyran, identify any information on his current whereabouts or any evidence that he is currently alive.

“Following inquiries to date, investigating Gardai now believe that Kyran is missing presumed dead. A murder investigation has been commenced.”

No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing, with the probe being led by a senior investigation officer based out of an incident room established at Drogheda Garda Station. Tusla, Ireland’s Child and Family Agency, is working closely with and fully co-operating with the Garda investigation.


When the missing person report was filed at the end of August it included a photo of Kyran when he was around six years old. And now the police believe Kyran, from Drogheda, in Co Louth, may have have been dead for more than two years, reports RTE.

It is also expected that Tusla, Ireland’s child and family agency, may also help in putting together what has happened to Kyran with police reportedly believing now that he may have died more than two years ago. As of now though police do not know how, if Kyran did die, or where his body in that case is located.

MEDIA: Missing 8 yr old Irish boy KYRAN DURNIN may have died TWO YEARS before anyone knew he was missing! How can that happen?

 

[Guess Who]

Reading that his mum is “unable to assist “ makes me angry.

Did she od or similar maybe??? Otherwise it should read "refuses" to assist.

 

[Kimster]

Did she od or similar maybe??? Otherwise it should read "refuses" to assist.

I think that maybe they’re just a little bit more polite over in the old country, but I could be wrong.

 

[RoundPeg]

Reading that his mum is “unable to assist “ makes me angry.

Unable or unwilling? Their choice of words is a bit confusing.

 

[Guess Who]

Unable or unwilling? Their choice of words is a bit confusing.

Yes. Unable should mean that she physically can't and if she able it should be labeled unwilling. The way they are wording it sounds like she might be hospitalized or institutionalized. If they have similar laws like our HIPAA law, they might not be able to say she's under medical care.

 

[Tresir]

'Violent' suspect in Kyran Durnin murder probe is male unrelated to family

ONE of the main suspects in the murder of little Kyran Durnin is a male unrelated to his family, The Irish Sun has learned. The man, who knew the eight-year-old child last seen in May 2022, has a …

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[Guess Who]

'Violent' suspect in Kyran Durnin murder probe is male unrelated to family

ONE of the main suspects in the murder of little Kyran Durnin is a male unrelated to his family, The Irish Sun has learned. The man, who knew the eight-year-old child last seen in May 2022, has a …

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Should we correctly assume that this was a former boyfriend of the mom (or Grandma)?

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Kyran Durnin: Information on missing boy was lost in cyber attack

Data relating to Kyran Durnin held by Tusla was lost in a 2021 attack on the Irish health service.

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Information on missing boy lost in cyber attack​

Information held by Ireland's child and family agency, Tusla, on missing Kyran Durnin was lost in a cyber attack.

The data loss was first reported by the Irish Independent, with the paper quoting sources as saying that the data loss was a "matter of concern" for gardaí (Irish police) working on the boy's case.

Tusla said the system affected by the attack "was not the system of record for case notes" and was not relevant to an internal review by the agency into its interactions with Kyran's family.


A cyber attack on Irish health service computer systems in May 2021 caused widespread disruption.

The attack saw a criminal group using a form of malware to gain entry to the HSE's system, encrypting data and then demanding a payment in return for decrypting it.

Tusla said some information was stored on a system that was "not restored following the cyber attack, as it was based on old technology".

"However, this was not the system of record for case notes and isn't relevant to the internal review underway," a spokesperson said.

 

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"Frustrated" gardaí in Kyran murder inquiry believe they are being deliberately misled

There are several people who gardaí suspect may have been attempting to derail the Kyran Durnin investigation.

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Officers in charge of the murder investigation are "becoming extremely frustrated" by what they have described as the "stonewall" approach being taken by some witnesses.

They have also received what has been described by sources as "extremely useful CCTV evidence," which shows one of the suspects at a ferry port days before Kyran was officially classified as missing on August 30 this year.

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It comes as Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, said it is not making public an internal review into the Kyran case.

In a statement on Thursday afternoon, a Tusla spokesman said: "In accordance with standard practice in sensitive situations, and in the context of the live investigation by An Garda Síochána and the highly sensitive nature of the personal information involved, the review cannot be published at this time."

The report will be passed to the Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman on Friday for review.

 

[Guess Who]

"Frustrated" gardaí in Kyran murder inquiry believe they are being deliberately misled

There are several people who gardaí suspect may have been attempting to derail the Kyran Durnin investigation.

www.irishcentral.com

Officers in charge of the murder investigation are "becoming extremely frustrated" by what they have described as the "stonewall" approach being taken by some witnesses.

They have also received what has been described by sources as "extremely useful CCTV evidence," which shows one of the suspects at a ferry port days before Kyran was officially classified as missing on August 30 this year.

. . .

It comes as Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, said it is not making public an internal review into the Kyran case.

In a statement on Thursday afternoon, a Tusla spokesman said: "In accordance with standard practice in sensitive situations, and in the context of the live investigation by An Garda Síochána and the highly sensitive nature of the personal information involved, the review cannot be published at this time."

The report will be passed to the Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman on Friday for review.

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Gardaí have two main suspects in their sights who they believe were involved in Kyran’s death and the subsequent cover-up. Officers believe two others – who have been classified as people of interest – knew of Kyran’s death and helped to conceal it.

 

[Kimster]

How can that many people conceal the death of a child? I mean, seriously!