Jamie Weldon from Butlerstown in Co Waterford would have been 57 on the day his body was found, August 19th 2023. Instead, he had lain alone in his apartment for about three weeks after taking his own life.
The grief of their brother’s lonely death was compounded for his family by the knowledge that, after being found, he had spent almost a week in Dublin City Morgue before his family were notified despite evidence of his identity in his home in the Iveagh Gardens sheltered housing facility.
Jamie’s body had to be formally identified through matching his DNA with a sample provided by one of his brothers and his remains were in the morgue for 27 days in total before they were released to his family.
His inquest concluded last week with a verdict of suicide, but the Weldon family still have questions. Jamie’s sister Fiona Weldon is the guest on this week’s Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast.
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