Bloodstains and cuts found on O'Hara mattress

Written By Unknown on Rabu, 28 Januari 2015 | 22.40

A garda who examined Elaine O'Hara's apartment after her remains had been found said he found bloodstains and cuts on the mattress in her bedroom.

Garda Brian Barry said he was involved in a search of Ms O'Hara's apartment in Stepaside on 19 September 2013.

He said he found a number of puncture cuts on the mattress and found a number of plastic tie wraps on the floor of the bedroom. He said there were bloodstains on the mattress.

Inspector Brian O'Keeffe gave evidence that he had been given a set of keys, which were found during the investigation.

He said there were three loyalty cards on the keys for Dunnes Stores, Superquinn and Apple Green service station. He told the court he made inquiries in relation to them.

Inspector O'Keeffe said nine keys were found. One related to a Fiat car that was previously owned by Ms O'Hara. He was present when the key started that car.

He also said there were three keys that opened doors at Belarmine Plaza where she lived.

One of the keys opened the door to number 97. Another opened the door to the post box for number 97 and one was for the outside block.

There were also keys that opened doors at the O'Hara family home in Killiney and a further key that opened a door at the school where Ms O'Hara worked.

The gardaí were giving evidence in the murder trial of Graham Dwyer.

Mr Dwyer denies murdering Ms O'Hara on 22 August 2012.

No evidence of trauma found on O'Hara's bones

A forensic anthropologist who examined the remains of Ms O'Hara in September 2013 said she found no evidence of any trauma to her bones either before Ms O'Hara's death or at the time of her death.

Laureen Buckley said 60-65% of Ms O'Hara's skeleton was recovered.

She concluded that Ms O'Hara had been dead for about a year, but no more than two years.

Ms Buckley said the bones were almost fully skeletonised and hardly any of the soft tissue remained.

But she said the bones were in a very good state of preservation and she was satisfied the bones were those of a female in her 30s.

Ms Buckley said there was no evidence of any "scorching" to the bones.   

This had been noticed by one of the gardaí at the scene, but she said decomposition of the body would sometimes give that appearance.

The trial earlier heard from gardaí who went to Kilakee Mountain in Co Dublin on 13 September 2013, after the owner of land there contacted gardaí to say that a woman had found human remains.

Garda Alan Young said the land owner, Frank Doyle, and the woman, Magali Vergnet, brought gardaí to the wooded area where she had found the remains.

He said he noticed what appeared to be a lower jaw bone, part of a rib cage, tracksuit bottoms and a runner.

Garda Young contacted his senior officers and cordoned off the area.

He said he did not recall anyone pointing out the rusty blade of a knife at the scene to gardaí. He added that he was not aware of any knife.

The court was told a doctor was brought to the scene on 14 September 2013.

In a statement read to the court, Dr James Moloney said he identified the remains as human and pronounced death at 8.10am.

He subsequently learned the remains were those of Elaine O'Hara.

The court heard the lower jaw bone found at the scene was sent from the City Morgue to the Dublin Dental Hospital on 17 September 2013.

The court heard the jaw bone was examined by oral surgeon Dr Mary Clarke at the morgue on 16 September and in the dental hospital the following day.

The jaw bone was examined and compared to Ms O'Hara's dental records.

Dr Clarke identified the bone as belonging to Ms O'Hara, the court heard.


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