IRELAND
Irish Independent
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A leading consultant forensic scientist says an examination of the skeletal remains of almost 800 babies found in Tuam could determine how they died.
The bodies of the infants were located in a sceptic tank on the site of a former Mother and Babies home in Tuam, Co Galway.
The site was first located in 1972.
In recent days, a local historian has suggested the babies’ bodies were placed there between 1921 to 1965.
Speaking on RTE’s Morning Ireland programme earlier today, Geoff Knuper, who works in major crime in Ireland and the UK as well cases of The Disappeared, said cause of death could be determined despite the passing of more than four decades.
“It’s clearly very disturbing,” he said.
“I think in the first instance this should, or could, be a matter for the Garda Siochana, the coroner and of course the State Pathologist would play a key role in any such investigation.”
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