I’m so confused – how did he get in the boot? Did he lock himself in there?
Jesus fucking Christ that’s horrific.
What a strange case, he was declared missing, but the media was somehow aware he was travelling between counties, only for him to show up dead some days later, in a rental car…of all places.
Aren’t the companies supposed to check and clean rental cars immediately after use?
Weird.
Given that it’s a GoCar the Gardaí should be able to build a timeline of exactly where the car has been since it was last rented. Might be useful.
But also, what the actual fuck?
The amount of incompetence that led to this situation would be comical if it wasn’t so tragic.
I mean, ring the Gards to report a missing person. Gards then check last known whereabouts, check credit card/bank account activity, right?
“I see that he had rented a GoCar and it was dropped in Kilkenny. We should probably take a gander.”
“Arra Jaysus, no Mick! Sher, why would we be looking at the literal last known connection to the man that we have. No point at all in doing that sort of stuff. Mark my words, he’ll turn up somewhere eventually.”
“Garda probe”!!
It’s a murder inquiry
For those who don’t know:
In the overwhelming majority of missing persons cases, the people are not actually missing. (They either don’t want to be found or just aren’t aware anyone thinks they’re missing)
In the small percentage where the person IS actually missing, it’s usually a suicide.
In the extremely small percentage where it’s not a suicide, it’s a fatal accident. (Falling into a river drunk is a popular one).
In the tiny tiny tiny tiny percentage of cases where someone has been abducted….. Well, it’s usually a parent with custody issues “kidnapping” their own child.
In the EXTREMELY rare cases where someone is actually abducted, by an honest to God Larry Murphy type, there’s not much the police/gardai can do unless there is reason to believe you’ve been abducted.
In America, they’ll put out a BOLO (Be on the lookout) – I don’t know what the gardai call it. “Launching an appeal” maybe. “Have you seen Willy McBollocks, 20 years old, physical description etc). They’ll drive around, keeping an eye out for you and release a bad photo of you, selected by your mammy.
In cases where there is an indication that an abduction has taken place, or if a child is missing, or a vulnerable person (elderly/mentally ill) is missing, the search for you will be much more active.
I would assume, just based on probability, that the man in this case was suicidal (or having a mental health crisis), was reported missing in relation to that, killed himself in the boot of the car and the lad whose job it is to check/clean the car didn’t bother his arse. The lad who didn’t check the car will of course tell everyone that it was the ONE AND ONLY TIME he failed to check the car boot. “What’re the odds, like!!!!”
Armchair detectives will claim that “nobody would kill themselves in the boot of a car! It doesn’t make sense! It has to be a murder!!!! It’s a coverup wrapped in a conspiracy!!!”. But they’re wrong.
How come this story isn’t on real news websites?
Fuckin hell
Spoke to someone high up in GoCar about this.
It was a rental van, not a rental car, and the Gardai said that wouldn’t be making any public statements or appeals out of respect for the deceased’s family.
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I’m so confused – how did he get in the boot? Did he lock himself in there?
Jesus fucking Christ that’s horrific.
What a strange case, he was declared missing, but the media was somehow aware he was travelling between counties, only for him to show up dead some days later, in a rental car…of all places.
Aren’t the companies supposed to check and clean rental cars immediately after use?
Weird.
Given that it’s a GoCar the Gardaí should be able to build a timeline of exactly where the car has been since it was last rented. Might be useful.
But also, what the actual fuck?
The amount of incompetence that led to this situation would be comical if it wasn’t so tragic.
I mean, ring the Gards to report a missing person. Gards then check last known whereabouts, check credit card/bank account activity, right?
“I see that he had rented a GoCar and it was dropped in Kilkenny. We should probably take a gander.”
“Arra Jaysus, no Mick! Sher, why would we be looking at the literal last known connection to the man that we have. No point at all in doing that sort of stuff. Mark my words, he’ll turn up somewhere eventually.”
“Garda probe”!!
It’s a murder inquiry
For those who don’t know:
In the overwhelming majority of missing persons cases, the people are not actually missing. (They either don’t want to be found or just aren’t aware anyone thinks they’re missing)
In the small percentage where the person IS actually missing, it’s usually a suicide.
In the extremely small percentage where it’s not a suicide, it’s a fatal accident. (Falling into a river drunk is a popular one).
In the tiny tiny tiny tiny percentage of cases where someone has been abducted….. Well, it’s usually a parent with custody issues “kidnapping” their own child.
In the EXTREMELY rare cases where someone is actually abducted, by an honest to God Larry Murphy type, there’s not much the police/gardai can do unless there is reason to believe you’ve been abducted.
In America, they’ll put out a BOLO (Be on the lookout) – I don’t know what the gardai call it. “Launching an appeal” maybe. “Have you seen Willy McBollocks, 20 years old, physical description etc). They’ll drive around, keeping an eye out for you and release a bad photo of you, selected by your mammy.
In cases where there is an indication that an abduction has taken place, or if a child is missing, or a vulnerable person (elderly/mentally ill) is missing, the search for you will be much more active.
I would assume, just based on probability, that the man in this case was suicidal (or having a mental health crisis), was reported missing in relation to that, killed himself in the boot of the car and the lad whose job it is to check/clean the car didn’t bother his arse. The lad who didn’t check the car will of course tell everyone that it was the ONE AND ONLY TIME he failed to check the car boot. “What’re the odds, like!!!!”
Armchair detectives will claim that “nobody would kill themselves in the boot of a car! It doesn’t make sense! It has to be a murder!!!! It’s a coverup wrapped in a conspiracy!!!”. But they’re wrong.
How come this story isn’t on real news websites?
Fuckin hell
Spoke to someone high up in GoCar about this.
It was a rental van, not a rental car, and the Gardai said that wouldn’t be making any public statements or appeals out of respect for the deceased’s family.
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