WICKLOW SHOCK
MORE REMAINS FOUND IN SHALLOW GRAVE IN FIELD IN COUNTY WEXFORD
WEXFORD GARDAI, assisted by soldiers from Kilkenny, were still searching a field between Kilmuckridge and Blackwater on Friday, days after the discovery of what is believed to be human remains there.
Officers are also conducting house to house enquiries in the area of the two villages as part of their investigation into the death of Rathfarnham grandmother Patricia O’Connor, whose dismembered remains were found scattered across a number of remote locations in neighbouring County Wicklow.
Chief Superintendent John Roche said media reports that a man walked into a garda station in Wexford after being turned away in Rathfarnham were not accurate.
‘He walked into Rathfarnham and was brought by local detectives to County Wexford where he met with detectives from Enniscorthy,’ said Supt John Roche.
Supt Roche said that when the local and Rathfarnham detectives took the man to the field where remnants of what gardai believe is a shallow grave were discovered, the man was arrested and taken to Bray Garda Station.
‘We were tasked with conducting numerous enquiries in the Blackwater and Kilmuckridge areas while a forensic examination was carried out in the area where the shallow grave was found.
‘We carried out a detailed search of the field, with the assistance of the military from the army barracks in Kilkenny, that search is still continuing,’ said the superintendent.
He said there were 30 soldiers in the seach team along with members of the garda divisional search team.
Supt Roche would not be drawn on whether any firm information had been discovered during the house to house investigations which were continuing.
He said a number of items of interest had been found in the seach of the shallow grave, which had been taken away for further examination by the garda technical bureau for further examination to confirm there were human remains.