Dublin mountain skeleton may be from missing woman in past few years
Fingertip searches and digs are due to take place at the scene where the skeletal remains of woman were found on Friday, as Gardaí made contact with relatives of missing women.
The remains were discovered by a walker on Kilakee Mountain in Dublin.
Investigating officers now believe the woman died much more recently than originally thought.
According to The Irish Times, Gardaí have contacted the families of a small number of women who went missing in the last two to three years.
"I believe that a post mortem was completed yesterday evening, and a cause of death hasn't been formally established yet," said Alan Bailey, a retired detective with the Cold Case Unit.
"We believe the DNA tests to identify the corpse haven't been completed yet, and won't be, I think, for another day or two.
"They will spend the next few days … on a fingertip search of the area, just to see if there's any evidence."
A fingertip search is, as it suggests, a detailed search made by passing the fingertips over a crime scene.
"It will be a painstaking search," Bailey said.
