It started as a turf war between rival drug gangs. But now the feud in Drogheda has taken a sinister and sickening turn after the dismembered head of a 17-year-old boy was found in a burning car. Keane Mulready-Woods remains were found in a sports bag on an estate in Dublin on Monday. Then, two days later, his head was recovered from a burning car, marking a new low in an escalating gangland war. Police now believe he was tortured and had his fingers cut off before being butchered by a gang operating in the town on the outskirts of Dublin. Speculation is swirling that his head was due to be delivered to a crime lord as a chilling warning. He is the bitter rival of the 35-year-old chief suspect in Keane's murder, a hitman linked to 39-year-old Richard Carberry, who was shot dead in November. Irish Gardai consider the suspect a 'psychopath' and a serial killer. Keane was thought to have been playing both sides and had got in "way over his head". His death may have been in retaliation for Carberry's murder as Keane was associated with someone blamed for the killing. Additionally, police suspect threats made to children known to the suspect may have led him to target a youngster himself in this brutal fashion. Keane is believed to have been caught in the middle between associates of a traveller gang in Drogheda and other fledgling gangs trying to muscle their way in. The crime lord is an associate of the traveller gang. The teenager himself was given a suspended four-month jail sentence last year for a campaign of intimidation and harassment against a local family. Police say he was also known for minor drugs offences. He is the latest victim in the war on the streets of Ireland that started with small scale violence but is now spiralling out of control. Fears of a bigger war People fear this latest killing could see feuds in Drogheda combine with the gang battles in Dublin, sparking a major bloodletting that engulfs the country. Three killings have been linked to a bloody feud between two Drogheda gangs. But police say at least 26 people have been killed in Ireland's drugs wars since 2015. One feud alone is said to have claimed 18 lives. The two main suspects in Keane's murder are involved in bloody war with the rival gangs in Drogheda and another outfit run by a Mr Big in Coolock, a large suburb of Dublin's Northside. On Monday, the killers were on the way to the rival’s house in Coolock to dump the body parts in his garden but panicked when gardai probing a robbery arrived. They instead dumped the limbs on a street where kids found them. A source said: ”They were also planning on keeping the head and torso to place on a pillar or pole also near their rivals but panicked once again and disposed of them in a burning car.” A senior source said: “This was nothing short of barbaric. A completely depraved act. “Keane’s body parts were dumped in Coolock as a message to their enemies. It’s like something out of the Netflix sh
Inside brutal gang murder of teen whose severed body parts were dumped in bag
It started as a turf war between rival drug gangs. But now the feud in Drogheda has taken a sinister and sickening turn after the dismembered head of a 17-year-old boy was found in a burning car. Keane Mulready-Woods remains were found in a sports bag on an estate in Dublin on Monday. Then, two days later, his head was recovered from a burning car, marking a new low in an escalating gangland war. Police now believe he was tortured and had his fingers cut off before being butchered by a gang operating in the town on the outskirts of Dublin. Speculation is swirling that his head was due to be delivered to a crime lord as a chilling warning. He is the bitter rival of the 35-year-old chief suspect in Keane's murder, a hitman linked to 39-year-old Richard Carberry, who was shot dead in November. Irish Gardai consider the suspect a 'psychopath' and a serial killer. Keane was thought to have been playing both sides and had got in "way over his head". His death may have been in retaliation for Carberry's murder as Keane was associated with someone blamed for the killing. Additionally, police suspect threats made to children known to the suspect may have led him to target a youngster himself in this brutal fashion. Keane is believed to have been caught in the middle between associates of a traveller gang in Drogheda and other fledgling gangs trying to muscle their way in. The crime lord is an associate of the traveller gang. The teenager himself was given a suspended four-month jail sentence last year for a campaign of intimidation and harassment against a local family. Police say he was also known for minor drugs offences. He is the latest victim in the war on the streets of Ireland that started with small scale violence but is now spiralling out of control. Fears of a bigger war People fear this latest killing could see feuds in Drogheda combine with the gang battles in Dublin, sparking a major bloodletting that engulfs the country. Three killings have been linked to a bloody feud between two Drogheda gangs. But police say at least 26 people have been killed in Ireland's drugs wars since 2015. One feud alone is said to have claimed 18 lives. The two main suspects in Keane's murder are involved in bloody war with the rival gangs in Drogheda and another outfit run by a Mr Big in Coolock, a large suburb of Dublin's Northside. On Monday, the killers were on the way to the rival’s house in Coolock to dump the body parts in his garden but panicked when gardai probing a robbery arrived. They instead dumped the limbs on a street where kids found them. A source said: ”They were also planning on keeping the head and torso to place on a pillar or pole also near their rivals but panicked once again and disposed of them in a burning car.” A senior source said: “This was nothing short of barbaric. A completely depraved act. “Keane’s body parts were dumped in Coolock as a message to their enemies. It’s like something out of the Netflix sh
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