The man who was arrested last week in connection with the suspected murder of Kyran Durnin was found dead yesterday morning.
The male, who was in his 30’s, was found by Gardaí at a house in Drogheda, after emergency services were alerted, following the discovery of his body. Last week that house was the subject of a massive search operation launched by Gardaí investigating the suspected murder of schoolboy Kyran Durnin. Kyran who would now be eight years old was reported missing in August of this year but Gardaí believe he could have been killed two years ago.
He was last seen alive in May 2022 when he was six years old. In October, Gardai in Dundalk began searching the former family home of Kyran Durnin in Emer Terrace, Castletown as part of the investigation into his disappearance. Under a District Court Order, gardaí took possession of a private house in Emer Terrace, Dundalk.
The purpose of these searches were to discover any evidence which might provide Gardaí with information as to Kyran’s current whereabouts or what has happened to Kyran.
The house was known to have been Kyran’s family home for a period of years up to May 2024.
It was also confirmed that Kyran was a student in a local national school in Dundalk, up to approximately the end of the 2021/ 2022 primary school year.
Kyran was reported missing, along with his mother, to An Garda Síochána on the 30th August 2024, and as having been last seen on or about the 28th August 2024.
Gardaí released a statement yesterday afternoon confirming that the body of a man in his 30’s had been discovered at a domestic residence in Drogheda. They described his death as a ‘personal tragedy’.
“Earlier today, Tuesday, 17th December 2024, Gardaí and emergency services were alerted following the discovery of a body of a male aged in his 30s in a domestic residence in Drogheda, County Louth.
“The local Coroner has been notified and a post-mortem examination will be arranged. The outcome of the post-mortem will determine the course of the investigation.
No additional information is available at this time. Early indications are that this is a personal tragedy,” read the statement.
