Sources have confirmed the woman was additionally questioned about suspected social welfare fraud, which is understood to form part of the wider inquiries surrounding the circumstances of Daniel’s death.
Daniel Aruebose(Image: collinsphotos.com)
The woman arrested on suspicion of murdering Daniel Aruebose was also quizzed by gardai as part of a separate investigation into social welfare fraud, we can exclusively reveal.
The woman, who is in her 20s, was arrested on Monday, December 22, and detained at Swords Garda Station, where she was questioned for up to 24 hours in connection with the murder of the young child.
Daniel’s skeletal remains were discovered on wasteland in Donabate, north Dublin following an intensive three-week search. The discovery of the skeletal remains prompted a major garda investigation.
Sources have confirmed the woman was additionally questioned about suspected social welfare fraud, which is understood to form part of the wider inquiries surrounding the circumstances of Daniel’s death.
On Tuesday, December 23, the woman was released without charge, and gardaí said a file has been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The inquiries are understood to be ongoing, with no charges announced, and gardai stressing that all matters remain under investigation.
Daniel Aruebose
This comes after we reported that a man, believed to have been known to little Daniel, has been apprehended in Brazil and is set to be extradited back to Ireland.
Gardai suspect this individual is connected to the death of the young boy. The arrest was executed by Brazil’s federal police in Maranhão.
Brazilian authorities have confirmed that the individual will be deported to Ireland.
Tragic Daniel, who was born in December 2017, went missing at around age three and officers have believed he was secretly buried in a shallow grave on the wasteland off the Portrane Road in Donabate in 2021. He was around three and a half years old at that time. He would have turned eight on December 12.
His disappearance was only discovered when officials from the Department of Social Protection made checks on a social welfare payment related to Daniel and were unable to determine his location earlier this year.
The issue was flagged to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, who in turn raised it with gardai.
Gardai recently upgraded the investigation into missing Daniel to homicide after the skeletal remains were discovered following the near three-week search on the wasteland in September.
The remains were formally identified as those of little Daniel Aruebose via DNA testing.
Following the woman’s release from being quizzed by detectives, gardai said “A file will now be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
“Investigations are ongoing,” the Garda spokesperson added.
When gardai launched the murder investigation earlier in December gardai said: “Members of the public are urged not to assume that gardai already possess information they may hold, or that any detail is too small or insignificant.
“The investigation team will determine the relevance of any information provided.
“All contact will be welcome and treated in the strictest confidence.”
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Swords Garda Station on 01-6664700, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any Garda Station.
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