Body of Cork man who went missing in 1992 found in the UK

Patrick ‘Patsy’ O’Sullivan disappeared when he was 35-years-old.

Patrick ‘Patsy’ O’Sullivan disappeared when he was 35-years-old, with the last known contact with his family coming on Easter weekend of 1992.

O’Sullivan regularly worked away for weeks at a time, but stayed in contact with his family and returned home periodically. However, concern grew when he failed to return for a christening as expected.

It has now been revealed and confirmed by Gardaí that the man's body had been found and his family had been informed.

They thanked the media and the public for their assistance. 

Speaking on Cork’s 96fm’s Opinion Line programme, Jerry O'Sullivan, Patsy's brother, said he died on July 5, 2024, and added that the man, who had underlying health conditions, had contracted sepsis. 

“We’ve waited for so long for this… It’s a closure for us that we were looking for for so long,” he told host PJ Coogan.

“I never thought I’d see the day that we’d actually get a closure.

“The tough part of it, he was only living an hour away from my brother who had deceased last year.”

The O’Sullivan family found out that Patsy had changed his name to Patrick Aldridge in 1995, the surname of his partner, who passed away in 2022. 

“It must have been a big thing for him, what he done. He had to start off a new life by himself and leave everything behind him. And that mustn’t have been easy. He lived a life and seemed to have lived a good life," Jerry continued.

He further stated that the family have “a lot of unanswered questions”. 

“That will never go from our minds: why didn’t you just ring us once? We’d always hoped that one day that he’d turn up, let it be an event that we were having or whatever the case may be, or get a phone call. But yeah, it never happened, unfortunately, for us.”

Jerry praised An Garda Síochána, particularly Garda PJ Roche, who was “a breath of fresh air” since he took on the case in 2015. 

“He went above and beyond, and the team that came in with him then, they left no stone unturned until they had him found.”

Additionally, Jerry revealed that he will travel to the UK next month to meet people who knew his brother.

“We’re intrigued to find out and get some stories from what they know.”