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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Vinny Fanneran & Cian O'Broin

Garda mystery deepens after skull of man found in sleeping bag buried at derelict house

The search continues for one of Galway's biggest mysteries to identify and contact the family of man whose remains were discovered at a derelict property in Salthill.

On April 17, 2002, a property developer found the skull of a man wrapped in sleeping bag with a nylon rope, which was buried at a derelict house in Upper Salthill. The sleeping bag also had clothes, hair ties, boots and jewellery.

Digging further into the matter, gardai uncovered the still-unknown man's body in a small grave close by, as a 20 year mystery began, Galway Beo reported.

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