Mother misled Garda initially

THE mother of three-year-old Daniel Aruebose - who went missing over four years ago in north County Dublin - did not initially tell gardai her little boy was secretly buried by her and her then partner, we can exclusively reveal.

- EXCLUSIVE BY NICOLA DONNELLY

Instead, the little boy's mum told gardai he was dead - but that she didn't know where his body was - and “to ask" her then partner, the child's dad.

However, in a turn of events, Daniel's mum later admitted to gardai they both buried him in the marshy land along the Portrane Road in Donabate - about 4km from the apartment they lived in at The Gallery in the seaside town in north Co Dublin.

And on Wednesday, sources say she was “visibly relieved" when skeletal remains were discovered on the marshy wasteland days after she showed gardai the location where she was "adamant” they buried him.

Once the admission was made she and Daniel's dad secretly buried his body, she went to the burial location, accompanied by her solicitor Martin O'Donnell of Morgan Redmond Solicitors in Swords, and investigators, last Monday week on September 1.