Detectives
may be forced to seek the government's permission to exhume further as
part of the investigation into the suspected murder of Margaret 'Margot'
Seery, the Irish Independent has learned.
If this turns out to be the case, medical sources say gardai may have no choice but to seek further exhumations in a move that would cause untold distress to those families affected.
The Irish Independent understands that a number of bodies, including that of Ms Seery's, were examined by a Dublin pathology team within a few hours of each other.
It is during this crucial window when her organs may have become mixed up and placed in different remains which were sealed and returned to their families.
The authorities are understood to be in regular contact with Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald in relation to the case given the highly serious consequences of Ms Seery's organs being misplaced.
As revealed by this newspaper, forensic experts discovered that the woman's body parts were missing during a post mortem examination in Limerick last month following the exhumation of her body.
The extraordinary discovery has baffled members of the Serious Crime Review team, as well as Dublin Coroner Dr Brian Farrell, Limerick Coroner Dr Brendan Nix and Deputy State Pathologist Dr Michael Curtis.
Gardai now believe that Ms Seery was murdered in October 1994 as a result of a confession by a man who claims to have strangled her following a night out in South Dublin.
He has told members of the Cold Case Unit that he strangled the woman in her apartment in Terenure after the pair had sex. The alleged offender waited 20 years before telling gardai that he killed Ms Seery.
The alleged offender, who has psychiatric issues, was arrested last week and questioned for several hours in the company of his solicitor.
He has been released without charge and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Family
But a murder conviction in this case may hinge of whether the victim's organs can be located. It's understood that gardai will now interview members of the pathology team that examined Ms Seery's body following her death.
The woman's family are adamant that her organs were never donated. Crucial to the murder probe is the examination of Ms Seery's hyoid bone.
The bone, located in the neck, would likely be broken or severely damaged if Ms Seery was strangled as claimed by her alleged offender. However, like the organs, the bone is missing.
Irish Independen
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http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/further-bodies-may-be-exhumed-in-margot-murder-probe-30637400.html#sthash.Tp6iDH0W.dpufFears are now growing that Ms Seery's vital organs may have been inadvertently placed inside the remains of another deceased person who died around the same time as the 42-year-old Limerick woman in October 1994.
If this turns out to be the case, medical sources say gardai may have no choice but to seek further exhumations in a move that would cause untold distress to those families affected.
The Irish Independent understands that a number of bodies, including that of Ms Seery's, were examined by a Dublin pathology team within a few hours of each other.
It is during this crucial window when her organs may have become mixed up and placed in different remains which were sealed and returned to their families.
The authorities are understood to be in regular contact with Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald in relation to the case given the highly serious consequences of Ms Seery's organs being misplaced.
As revealed by this newspaper, forensic experts discovered that the woman's body parts were missing during a post mortem examination in Limerick last month following the exhumation of her body.
The extraordinary discovery has baffled members of the Serious Crime Review team, as well as Dublin Coroner Dr Brian Farrell, Limerick Coroner Dr Brendan Nix and Deputy State Pathologist Dr Michael Curtis.
Gardai now believe that Ms Seery was murdered in October 1994 as a result of a confession by a man who claims to have strangled her following a night out in South Dublin.
He has told members of the Cold Case Unit that he strangled the woman in her apartment in Terenure after the pair had sex. The alleged offender waited 20 years before telling gardai that he killed Ms Seery.
The alleged offender, who has psychiatric issues, was arrested last week and questioned for several hours in the company of his solicitor.
He has been released without charge and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Family
But a murder conviction in this case may hinge of whether the victim's organs can be located. It's understood that gardai will now interview members of the pathology team that examined Ms Seery's body following her death.
The woman's family are adamant that her organs were never donated. Crucial to the murder probe is the examination of Ms Seery's hyoid bone.
The bone, located in the neck, would likely be broken or severely damaged if Ms Seery was strangled as claimed by her alleged offender. However, like the organs, the bone is missing.
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Detectives may be forced to seek the
government's permission to exhume further as part of the investigation
into the suspected murder of Margaret 'Margot' Seery, the Irish
Independent has learned.
If this turns out to be the case, medical sources say gardai may have no choice but to seek further exhumations in a move that would cause untold distress to those families affected.
The Irish Independent understands that a number of bodies, including that of Ms Seery's, were examined by a Dublin pathology team within a few hours of each other.
It is during this crucial window when her organs may have become mixed up and placed in different remains which were sealed and returned to their families.
The authorities are understood to be in regular contact with Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald in relation to the case given the highly serious consequences of Ms Seery's organs being misplaced.
As revealed by this newspaper, forensic experts discovered that the woman's body parts were missing during a post mortem examination in Limerick last month following the exhumation of her body.
The extraordinary discovery has baffled members of the Serious Crime Review team, as well as Dublin Coroner Dr Brian Farrell, Limerick Coroner Dr Brendan Nix and Deputy State Pathologist Dr Michael Curtis.
Gardai now believe that Ms Seery was murdered in October 1994 as a result of a confession by a man who claims to have strangled her following a night out in South Dublin.
He has told members of the Cold Case Unit that he strangled the woman in her apartment in Terenure after the pair had sex. The alleged offender waited 20 years before telling gardai that he killed Ms Seery.
The alleged offender, who has psychiatric issues, was arrested last week and questioned for several hours in the company of his solicitor.
He has been released without charge and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Family
But a murder conviction in this case may hinge of whether the victim's organs can be located. It's understood that gardai will now interview members of the pathology team that examined Ms Seery's body following her death.
The woman's family are adamant that her organs were never donated. Crucial to the murder probe is the examination of Ms Seery's hyoid bone.
The bone, located in the neck, would likely be broken or severely damaged if Ms Seery was strangled as claimed by her alleged offender. However, like the organs, the bone is missing.
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Detectives may be forced to seek the
government's permission to exhume further as part of the investigation
into the suspected murder of Margaret 'Margot' Seery, the Irish
Independent has learned.
If this turns out to be the case, medical sources say gardai may have no choice but to seek further exhumations in a move that would cause untold distress to those families affected.
The Irish Independent understands that a number of bodies, including that of Ms Seery's, were examined by a Dublin pathology team within a few hours of each other.
It is during this crucial window when her organs may have become mixed up and placed in different remains which were sealed and returned to their families.
The authorities are understood to be in regular contact with Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald in relation to the case given the highly serious consequences of Ms Seery's organs being misplaced.
As revealed by this newspaper, forensic experts discovered that the woman's body parts were missing during a post mortem examination in Limerick last month following the exhumation of her body.
The extraordinary discovery has baffled members of the Serious Crime Review team, as well as Dublin Coroner Dr Brian Farrell, Limerick Coroner Dr Brendan Nix and Deputy State Pathologist Dr Michael Curtis.
Gardai now believe that Ms Seery was murdered in October 1994 as a result of a confession by a man who claims to have strangled her following a night out in South Dublin.
He has told members of the Cold Case Unit that he strangled the woman in her apartment in Terenure after the pair had sex. The alleged offender waited 20 years before telling gardai that he killed Ms Seery.
The alleged offender, who has psychiatric issues, was arrested last week and questioned for several hours in the company of his solicitor.
He has been released without charge and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Family
But a murder conviction in this case may hinge of whether the victim's organs can be located. It's understood that gardai will now interview members of the pathology team that examined Ms Seery's body following her death.
The woman's family are adamant that her organs were never donated. Crucial to the murder probe is the examination of Ms Seery's hyoid bone.
The bone, located in the neck, would likely be broken or severely damaged if Ms Seery was strangled as claimed by her alleged offender. However, like the organs, the bone is missing.
Irish Independent
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Related Content
- Medics set to be quizzed over organ mystery case
- Murder mystery grows as organs missing from exhumed body
- Mum exhumed after 20 years in new inquiry
- Woman's remains exhumed as man claims 1994 killing
- Remains of woman whose body was exhumed is reinterred
HOLDDetectives
may be forced to seek the government's permission to exhume further as
part of the investigation into the suspected murder of Margaret 'Margot'
Seery, the Irish Independent has learned.
If this turns out to be the case, medical sources say gardai may have no choice but to seek further exhumations in a move that would cause untold distress to those families affected.
The Irish Independent understands that a number of bodies, including that of Ms Seery's, were examined by a Dublin pathology team within a few hours of each other.
It is during this crucial window when her organs may have become mixed up and placed in different remains which were sealed and returned to their families.
The authorities are understood to be in regular contact with Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald in relation to the case given the highly serious consequences of Ms Seery's organs being misplaced.
As revealed by this newspaper, forensic experts discovered that the woman's body parts were missing during a post mortem examination in Limerick last month following the exhumation of her body.
The extraordinary discovery has baffled members of the Serious Crime Review team, as well as Dublin Coroner Dr Brian Farrell, Limerick Coroner Dr Brendan Nix and Deputy State Pathologist Dr Michael Curtis.
Gardai now believe that Ms Seery was murdered in October 1994 as a result of a confession by a man who claims to have strangled her following a night out in South Dublin.
He has told members of the Cold Case Unit that he strangled the woman in her apartment in Terenure after the pair had sex. The alleged offender waited 20 years before telling gardai that he killed Ms Seery.
The alleged offender, who has psychiatric issues, was arrested last week and questioned for several hours in the company of his solicitor.
He has been released without charge and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Family
But a murder conviction in this case may hinge of whether the victim's organs can be located. It's understood that gardai will now interview members of the pathology team that examined Ms Seery's body following her death.
The woman's family are adamant that her organs were never donated. Crucial to the murder probe is the examination of Ms Seery's hyoid bone.
The bone, located in the neck, would likely be broken or severely damaged if Ms Seery was strangled as claimed by her alleged offender. However, like the organs, the bone is missing.
Irish Independen
- See more at:
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/further-bodies-may-be-exhumed-in-margot-murder-probe-30637400.html#sthash.Tp6iDH0W.dpuf
Detectives
may be forced to seek the government's permission to exhume further as
part of the investigation into the suspected murder of Margaret 'Margot'
Seery, the Irish Independent has learned.
If this turns out to be the case, medical sources say gardai may have no choice but to seek further exhumations in a move that would cause untold distress to those families affected.
The Irish Independent understands that a number of bodies, including that of Ms Seery's, were examined by a Dublin pathology team within a few hours of each other.
It is during this crucial window when her organs may have become mixed up and placed in different remains which were sealed and returned to their families.
The authorities are understood to be in regular contact with Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald in relation to the case given the highly serious consequences of Ms Seery's organs being misplaced.
As revealed by this newspaper, forensic experts discovered that the woman's body parts were missing during a post mortem examination in Limerick last month following the exhumation of her body.
The extraordinary discovery has baffled members of the Serious Crime Review team, as well as Dublin Coroner Dr Brian Farrell, Limerick Coroner Dr Brendan Nix and Deputy State Pathologist Dr Michael Curtis.
Gardai now believe that Ms Seery was murdered in October 1994 as a result of a confession by a man who claims to have strangled her following a night out in South Dublin.
He has told members of the Cold Case Unit that he strangled the woman in her apartment in Terenure after the pair had sex. The alleged offender waited 20 years before telling gardai that he killed Ms Seery.
The alleged offender, who has psychiatric issues, was arrested last week and questioned for several hours in the company of his solicitor.
He has been released without charge and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Family
But a murder conviction in this case may hinge of whether the victim's organs can be located. It's understood that gardai will now interview members of the pathology team that examined Ms Seery's body following her death.
The woman's family are adamant that her organs were never donated. Crucial to the murder probe is the examination of Ms Seery's hyoid bone.
The bone, located in the neck, would likely be broken or severely damaged if Ms Seery was strangled as claimed by her alleged offender. However, like the organs, the bone is missing.
Irish Independen
- See more at:
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/further-bodies-may-be-exhumed-in-margot-murder-probe-30637400.html#sthash.Tp6iDH0W.dpuf
Detectives
may be forced to seek the government's permission to exhume further as
part of the investigation into the suspected murder of Margaret 'Margot'
Seery, the Irish Independent has learned.
If this turns out to be the case, medical sources say gardai may have no choice but to seek further exhumations in a move that would cause untold distress to those families affected.
The Irish Independent understands that a number of bodies, including that of Ms Seery's, were examined by a Dublin pathology team within a few hours of each other.
It is during this crucial window when her organs may have become mixed up and placed in different remains which were sealed and returned to their families.
The authorities are understood to be in regular contact with Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald in relation to the case given the highly serious consequences of Ms Seery's organs being misplaced.
As revealed by this newspaper, forensic experts discovered that the woman's body parts were missing during a post mortem examination in Limerick last month following the exhumation of her body.
The extraordinary discovery has baffled members of the Serious Crime Review team, as well as Dublin Coroner Dr Brian Farrell, Limerick Coroner Dr Brendan Nix and Deputy State Pathologist Dr Michael Curtis.
Gardai now believe that Ms Seery was murdered in October 1994 as a result of a confession by a man who claims to have strangled her following a night out in South Dublin.
He has told members of the Cold Case Unit that he strangled the woman in her apartment in Terenure after the pair had sex. The alleged offender waited 20 years before telling gardai that he killed Ms Seery.
The alleged offender, who has psychiatric issues, was arrested last week and questioned for several hours in the company of his solicitor.
He has been released without charge and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Family
But a murder conviction in this case may hinge of whether the victim's organs can be located. It's understood that gardai will now interview members of the pathology team that examined Ms Seery's body following her death.
The woman's family are adamant that her organs were never donated. Crucial to the murder probe is the examination of Ms Seery's hyoid bone.
The bone, located in the neck, would likely be broken or severely damaged if Ms Seery was strangled as claimed by her alleged offender. However, like the organs, the bone is missing.
Irish Independen
- See more at:
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/further-bodies-may-be-exhumed-in-margot-murder-probe-30637400.html#sthash.Tp6iDH0W.dpuf
