The inquest detailed the brutal murder of the young boy who was found tied to rafters in the attic of a neighbour s house surrounded by religious objects.
Boy in the attic palmerstown.
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.
A very different world.
John was found in a house adjacent to his family s home at hollyville lucan road palmerstown in dublin on june 14 1973.
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.
Tied to the attic rafters the little boy s body was left in the form of a crucifix.
The untold details of the horrific murder of little john will shock the nation later this year when a book entitled the boy in the attic by david malone sheds further light on the grim tragedy.
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.
But the tiny village of palmerstown was about to lose its innocence forever the author writes on his website.
Ireland 1973 a very different world.
Ireland 1973 a very different world.
The murdered seven year old boy found in an attic in dublin in 1973 was tied to rafters in the attic in a cruciform the author of a forthcoming book on the killing has said.
Bale made a show of getting involved in the frantic search for john but not before having a cup of tea.
But a tiny village in county dublin was about to lose its innocence for ever.
Angst ridden over her new mundane small town life a teenage girl discovers a mysterious boy living in her attic and befriends him.
But the tiny village of palmerstown was about to lose its innocence forever.
On a bright and sunny june afternoon a seven year old boy was left in the care of his teenage neighbour.
The two went out to the fields to look for rabbits.
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No one knew or would even have dreamed of suspecting that the teenager was a satanist.
No one knew or would even have dreamed of suspecting that that the older boy was a satanist.
The horrified garda who found a naked seven year old boy crucified upside down in an attic yesterday said.