GARDAÍ INVESTIGATING the death of a man whose remains were found in the boot of his car in Dublin are awaiting toxicology reports to determine the cause of death. A postmortem on the body of the 30-year-old bank worker from the Czech Republic proved inconclusive yesterday.
After he was reported missing on Saturday, gardaí were able to trace his car to Island Street in Dublin’s south inner city via an electronic device in the vehicle.
When gardaí opened the boot of the blue 98 CW hatchback Octavia they found the man’s remains in the boot.
Garda sources said the man had no visible injuries and that nothing to suggest a cause of death has been established. The results of toxicology tests are awaited to determine if he died from consuming a substance.
However, sources said the dead man, who lived in Navan, Co Meath, was not known to them and had no history of drug use.
“The whole thing is a bit of a mystery to us at this stage,” said one Garda source.
“He either for some reason climbed into the boot himself or obviously somebody put him there after he had died, we just don’t know at the moment.”
The deceased finished work at First Active on Friday evening and went home to a house he shared with his partner in Navan. He left home in his car on Saturday morning to go to Naas, Co Kildare.
Gardaí believe he was meeting a friend who lived in Naas and was also planning to get some work done on his car. When he did not arrive home on Saturday night his girlfriend reported him missing and a Garda investigation was launched.
The man’s girlfriend was concerned for his safety because his failure to return home was “completely out of character”, said a Garda source.
The Garda Technical Bureau carried out a preliminary examination of the car yesterday morning while the remains were still inside.
The body was briefly examined at the scene by the Deputy State Pathologist Dr Michael Curtis. The remains were then taken to Dublin city morgue for a full postmortem examination, which proved inconclusive.
Gardaí in Kevin Street are conducting house to house inquiries in the area where the man’s remains were found.
They are hopeful somebody may have seen him getting into the car or may have seen somebody else park the car there and walk away, leaving the remains in the boot.
CCTV footage recorded in the area around Island Street is also being checked. The dead man’s car has been removed for technical examination.
