It still haunts me garda sean o loughlin was part of a massive manhunt to find missing john horgan who vanished from his home in palmerstown dublin in june 1973.
Boy in the attic palmerstown.
Angst ridden over her new mundane small town life a teenage girl discovers a mysterious boy living in her attic and befriends him.
No one knew or would even have dreamed of suspecting that that the older boy was a satanist.
Ireland 1973 a very different world.
Tied to the attic rafters the little boy s body was left in the form of a crucifix.
But the tiny village of palmerstown was about to lose its innocence forever the author writes on his website.
On a bright sunny june afternoon a seven year old only child was left in the care of a teenage neighbour.
The 16 year old who was never named as he was a juvenile was.
The body of the child john horgan of hollyville lucan road palmerstown dublin was found in an attic of another house in hollyville on june 14th 1973 following a search having been reported.
But the tiny village of palmerstown was about to lose its innocence forever.
Ireland 1973 a very different world.
Ireland 1973 a very different world.
How the youngster was lured to his death how the teenager came to delve so deeply into the.
His body was found the next day in the attic of the home of a 16 year old near the horgan family home in hollyville lucan road.
A book entitled the boy in the attic by david malone due is to shed further light on the grim tragedy it s author says.
But the tiny village of palmerstown was about to lose its innocence forever the author writes on his website.
The body had been found in the attic of the teenager s home and the story quoted garda sources as stating that the dead boy s hands were nailed to the attic rafters in a crude form of.
The horrified garda who found a naked seven year old boy crucified upside down in an attic yesterday said.
For the first time in the boy in the attic david malone reveals the exact events of that summer day.
When asked by his worried and nervous granny if he had seen the missing child bale replied that the boy was probably playing in one of the further fields.