Six-year-old Irish boy Kyran Durnin rose to national and international attention in August 2024 when he and his mother Dayla were both reported formally missing by a concerned family member. In reality, Kyran had been missing for almost two years when his mother left a note with family that she was leaving to take time out and get herself sorted. By September 2024 a slow and complex unravelling of a double missing persons case became public knowledge with widespread national appeals in Ireland. Irish police finally tracked Kyran’s mother down in the UK. During interviews, she could provide no information whatsoever to the whereabouts of her (then) eight-year-old son (if still alive). The investigation team quickly became suspicious and upgraded the missing case of Kyran Durnin to murder.