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Suspect; American Arrested/Released in Michael Gaine Probe Says He's Being Framed
Missing Farmer Michael Gaine Investigation Intensifying as Gardai Trawl Phone Records
Gardai are now focusing their primary efforts on solving the case on communications devices, including laptops and phones.
IrishCentral 4 MAY 2025
Gardai have now shifted focus to trawling through phone records in a bid to solve the mystery which has gripped the small town of Kenmare.
CCTV footage of Michael Gaine in Centra in Kenmare town on Thursday, March 20.
As tourists began to swarm the picturesque town for the May Bank Holiday, locals were still in shock about the ongoing mystery of a well known member of their tight knit community.
With Gardai now focusing their primary efforts on solving the case on communications devices, including laptops and phones, Mr Gaines farm was eerily quiet.
Garda? have officially upgraded Mr Gaines disappearance to homicide after two months of searches resulted in no leads.
Items, such as laptops and mobile phones, and designated areas are now subject to forensic examination.
Up until this week, the disappearance had been treated as a missing persons case, but the Gardai escalated it on Tuesday by upgrading it to a homicide investigation.
This now gives Gardai extra powers in terms of what they can do and the records they can access.
During the past six weeks, Gardai, with assistance from the army and helicopters and drones, searched the 1000 acres of Carrig East which is on the road between Kenmare and Molls Gap and runs all the way down to the famous lakes of Killarney.
All of the land has been searched over the last number of weeks, and a huge amount of resources expended, but yielded no results. The army had been involved, as had the sub Aqua team, search and rescue dogs, and drone mapping of the area.
The investigation team has also trawled through a huge amount of CCTV, hours of footage, and dash cam footage, and they've taken MORE statements.
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