14-05-2025
Mystery remains over partial body parts found by fishermen off Dublin coast as no DNA match found amid new database move
PARTIAL remains found off the coast of Dublin last year have been added to the public database.
Fishermen found two leg bones on the seabed off the coast of Skerries in Co
An examination revealed that they belonged to a male who was just 23 or older when he died.
His time of death was estimated to be one of two years before the remains were found - likely either in 2022 or 2023.
The discovery has now been added to the Department of Justice's public database of unidentified remains.
It was added in recent weeks after DNA testing failed to match the remains to a
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The bones were compared to the National DNA missing persons database.
This database, managed by Forensic Science Ireland (FSI), stores DNA profiles of missing people and or their close family members.
The left tibia and left fibula were found on May 7, 2024.
Another partial human bone was found the next day on May 8, 2024.
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Forensic examination of the bones suggested he measured between 175cm and 181cm - putting him between 5ft 8in and 5ft 10in.
It remains unclear how the bones entered the water, when this happened, or how they got in there.
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This comes after it was revealed that
The dad of four left the Bonnington Hotel on February 9, but the last sighting was him passing Highfield
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It emerged today that cops received a number of tips following the Where is Jon? podcast series.
And Jon's family told how it had resulted in new searches across a number of areas in Dublin with the assistance of human remains detection dogs.
While the searches last month proved unsuccessful, Mr Jónsson's brother David Karl Wiium insisted it was important to 'leave no stone unturned'.
He said: 'It's really important to basically leave no stone unturned and always look into every possibility at any given time.
'So that's very optimistic and it fills us with hope.'
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The bones were found just off the coast of Skerries
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