Criminal probe ends after 100-year-old skull discovery
Gardaí have dropped a criminal investigation into the find after an examination found the skull was around 100 years old and the deceased died of natural causes.
State Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy concluded this after an examination early yesterday.
It followed suspicions that the skull could be that of Kenyan Fareh Swaleh Noor, who was murdered by Linda and Charlotte Mulhall in March 2005.
However, Dr Cassidy found the skull was 100 years old and the deceased was aged 25 to 40 years.
Gardaí are carrying out follow-up inquiries as the skull was found in a plastic bag, suggesting more recent involvement.
“We’re still keen to locate the person who put it in a plastic bag and brought it to the house,” said a garda source.
The house at Orlagh Grove Estate, Knocklyon, south Dublin, was built around 18 years ago and has been rented for much of that. “The bag could have been brought there in the last two or three years,” said the garda spokesman.
He said the landlord had been fully cooperative and was going through records of previous tenants but may not have forwarding addresses for the tenants.
“The person who put the skull there could be completely innocent. It could have been dug up in a graveyard or on a beach and simply put there,” a garda spokesman said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Rathfarnham Garda Station on 01-6666500.
