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WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Keane’s severed limbs were dumped from a car in a sports bag onto a pavement as his mum Elizabeth later said she could still hear him calling ‘Mam, Mam’<\/h2>\n <\/p>\n\n
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\nKeane Mulready-Woods left one last message<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n
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A 17-year-old who was abducted and horrifically dismembered sent a chilling final text to his mother before his brutal gangland murder.<\/p>\n
The shocking killing of Keane Mulready-Woods in 2020 sent shockwaves throughout Ireland, leaving the nation stunned. The teenager, caught up in a drugs turf war in Drogheda, was lured to a property on January 12 where he suffered horrific torture before being decapitated.<\/p>\n
His severed limbs were discarded from a vehicle in a sports bag onto a pavement in Moatview. Several days later, his head, hands and feet were found in a burnt-out car in Dublin.<\/p>\n
Keane’s murder sparked a series of retaliatory attacks, eventually resulting in the killing of prime suspect Robbie Lawlor, who was gunned down while chasing a drugs debt.<\/p>\n
Before his disappearance, Keane contacted his mother, telling her he would be home late and asking her to leave taxi money out for him.<\/p>\n
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\nKeane Mulready-Woods was just 17 when he died(Image: PA)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/button><\/div>\n
Keane, who had got involved in working as a drugs courier for a local criminal gang, was under firm instructions to be back before dark and had been following tothese rules, according to the Irish Independent.<\/p>\n
At the time of his death, he was out on licence after a conviction for intimidating a local mother over her child’s drugs debts owed to the gang.<\/p>\n
It is believed that Lawlor murdered Keane because he suspected the teenager was involved in the fatal shooting of his brother-in-law Richie Carberry at his home in November 2019.<\/p>\n
Garda\u00ed believe that Lawlor escalated to torturing the teenager, despite initially claiming he would simply administer a “punishment beating” over a minor drugs debt.<\/p>\n
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\nLawlor was obsessed with Keane(Image: Handout)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/button><\/div>\n
A source told the Irish Sun: “Lawlor was obsessed with Mulready-Woods and was determined to take his life because he was convinced he played a major role in Carberry’s death.<\/p>\n
“He took his propensity for violence to another level when he dismembered the teenager’s remains and then taunted his enemies about it.”<\/p>\n
The ruthless 36-year-old had been linked to numerous killings and amassed hundreds of criminal convictions before his fatal shooting.<\/p>\n
Last December, he walked free from court after being cleared of attempting to murder the mother of his former partner’s new boyfriend.<\/p>\n
Just weeks after his acquittal on the attempted murder charge, he was assaulted outside a gym by someone connected to one of his alleged murder victims.<\/p>\n
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\nKeane’s body parts were discovered<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n
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Lawlor’s gym possessions were taken and his rivals shared photographs of themselves wearing his flip-flops.<\/p>\n
It’s widely believed that Keane was present during the attack \u2013 and a furious Lawlor allegedly vowed revenge.<\/p>\n
Among the images shared following Keane’s murder was one featuring the chilling caption: “Won’t be robbing a man’s flip-flops again.”<\/p>\n
In February 2023, local criminal Paul Crosby was handed a 10-year prison sentence for his role in Keane’s murder, while his associate Gerard “Rocky” Cruise received seven years behind bars. A third man, Gerard ‘Ged’ McKenna, admitted to cleaning up and disposing of evidence from the scene.<\/p>\n
In a devastating victim impact statement delivered on behalf of Keane’s heartbroken mother Elizabeth, she said: “No one could imagine the darkness and sadistic evil in our country I can hear him calling ‘Mam, Mam’ – and the haunting nightmares live forever with us. To lose my child, my son, my baby in a most inhumane, barbaric death is shocking,” adding that a piece of her died as well. “I couldn’t protect him.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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