Gardai are told missing boy was found dead in bed and secretly buried 'in a panic'

"Wasteland site in Donabate, Dublin, sealed off from public and cadaver dog taken to search area Gardaí investigating the ­disappearance of a young boy were told he was found dead in bed and secretly buried "in a panic". A woman told gardaí the child had died in his sleep of natural causes and that she and her then partner had secretly buried him in waste ground in Donabate, Co Dublin."

"Gardaí investigating the ­disappearance of a young boy were told he was found dead in bed and secretly buried "in a panic"."

"A woman told gardaí the child had died in his sleep of natural causes and that she and her then partner had secretly buried him in waste ground in Donabate, Co Dublin."

Gardaí sealed off a wasteland site in Donabate, Dublin and deployed a cadaver dog to search the area. Investigators were told that a young boy had been found dead in bed and secretly buried "in a panic." A woman told gardai that the child died in his sleep of natural causes and that she and her then partner buried him in waste ground in Donabate, County Dublin. Forensic teams and investigators are seeking medical and forensic evidence to confirm the cause of death and to establish the circumstances of the secret burial.

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