Monday TV Tips: Artist works with gardaí on portrait in bid to ID dead man found in Meath
The portrait of the unidentified man; the detectives working on the case; and artist Lynn Kennedy
RTÉ2, 3.50pm
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Gardaí will appeal to the public to help them to uncover the identity of a deceased male discovered in Bracetown, Co Meath in 1991.
Earlier this month, working from an old post-mortem file photograph, portrait artist, Lynn Kennedy was commissioned to sketch the man. The portrait will be revealed on Crimecall tonight in a bid to finally identify him.
Thirty years ago, on April 18, 1991, a council worker discovered the man’s body in a council yard in Bracetown, County Meath. His death was not suspicious and Gardai did not suspect any foul play. Due to the absence of any personal ID, Gardaí were unable to identify him.
Local enquiries by Gardaí yielded potential sightings of the man in a pub in Ratoath the night before. Some locals recalled meeting a man with a Liverpool accent while others thought he may have been Scottish or Irish.
The deceased was described as being 45-55 years of age, 5’5’’ in height and of medium build. He had brown eyes and light, balding, brown hair that was greying on the sides.
He wore a grey, herringbone tweed jacket, labelled ‘Taldy Madrid’, a white shirt labelled ‘Luigi Rossi’, grey trousers and very worn, black, zip-up boots (size 8).
Extensive investigations at that time by Gardaí and Interpol failed to uncover any firm leads and at this point the man’s remains were laid to rest in St Mary’s cemetery in Navan.
In 2021, the case was re-examined following a review by the Garda Missing Persons Unit and Gardaí in Trim, led by Detective Sergeant, Lee Gavin.
Following an exhumation, the remains underwent forensic testing in the hope that advances in forensic science could now help identify the man, but unfortunately an adequate DNA profile could not be generated.
Gardai are now hoping that the new portrait of the deceased will help to finally identify the man — so they can restore his name to him and let his family know where he came to rest.
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