Skeletal remains found in Ennis 16 months after man vanished from England

As part of the  investigation into the discovery of the body, leading forensic anthropologist Laureen Buckley was drafted in to assist gardaí.

The skeletal remains of a 39-year old man were discovered at a derelict house in Ennis 16 months after the man disappeared from his home in England, an inquest has heard.

At the Co Clare coroner’s court in Kilrush today, Garda Michael O’Neill stated that the skeletal remains of Ilie Stangaciu were found by Clare County Council workmen at a derelict Council house near the Claureen roundabout in Ennis in September last year.