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Monday 29 May 2023 Dublin: 14°C
Garda Press Office
# Drogheda
Man (40s) arrested in relation to murder of Keane Mulready-Woods
The teenager was killed and dismembered in January.

A MAN IN his 40s has been arrested in relation to the murder of teenager Keane Mulready-Woods earlier this year.

The man was arrested by gardaí this morning, and is currently being detained at Drogheda garda station.

17-year-old Mulready-Woods, from Drogheda, was last seen alive in the town on 12 January.

The following day, some of the teenager’s dismembered body parts were found in a holdall bag in the Moatview area of Coolock in Dublin.

Two days later, his head, hands and feet were found in a burning car in the Drumcondra area of the capital.

In October, a 50-year-old man was sent forward for trial charged with impeding the investigation into the murder of the teenager.

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