Family look to find missing documents of man found dead in apartment

The late Jamie Weldon, originally from Butlerstown in Waterford, whose body was in Dublin City Morgue for 27 days, after it was found in his apartment on Upper Kevin Street in Dublin on August 19. Picture: Supplied by family.

The family of a man whose body lay unidentified in Dublin City Morgue for 27 days are trying to establish the whereabouts of his medical card and social welfare card amid fears they were stolen from his apartment.

The body of Jamie Weldon, originally from Butlerstown in Waterford, was found in his Iveagh Trust apartment on Upper Kevin Street in Dublin on August 19 — on what would have been his 57th birthday. 

His six siblings only discovered, after making a welfare check request on August 25, that remains believed to be that of their brother were in the Dublin City Morgue. 

However, because he had been dead for some time before his body was discovered on August 19, the family were told that the body was unviewable and that a DNA match was necessary to prove his identity.

One of his brothers provided a DNA sample at Kevin Street Garda Station on August 29. 

His remains were released to his family on September 15.

Now, the family have made a statement to gardaí about the disappearance of his cards as they cannot be located in his apartment and were not on him when his body was in Dublin City Mortuary for post mortem.

Jamie Weldon's family are trying to establish the whereabouts of his medical card and social welfare card amid fears they were stolen from his apartment.

Last interaction

His sister Fiona says that he used his social welfare card on July 28 — also the date of his last interaction with anyone online.

It is believed he died by suicide over the next number of days, although an exact date of death has not yet been established. 

A note had been left by Jamie, in his own writing, and signed by him.

Despite knowing that Jamie had used his social welfare card so shortly before his death, his family cannot locate it. 

Fiona said: “There is no up-to-date medical card or social welfare card in his apartment and was not on his clothing.” She added his keys are also missing.

Jamie’s family reported the missing items to gardaí in recent days and hope that their whereabouts can be established. In the meantime, his siblings are also waiting for an inquest into his death to take place.

The family have raised the delay in identifying his remains with a number of TDs as they do not want similar delays  to occur at Dublin City Mortuary for other families. They feel they should have been made aware of the existence of a body in the mortuary before their welfare check request on August 25, as gardaí actioning that request were able to establish quickly that his details matched that of a body which was in Dublin City Morgue.