An inquest verdict at last - but many mysteries remain about Noah Donohoe's death

By Kevin Sharkey BBC News NI , Reporting from at Belfast's Coroner's Court Published 16 minutes ago It's been more than six years since teenager Noah Donohoe was found dead 600m into a freezing underground water tunnel in Belfast.
His death – and the speculation over what happened to him in the week between his daylight disappearance and the discovery of his body – became a huge news story that provoked countless unanswered questions.
Now, after an inquest and months of exhaustive hearings and long deliberations by a jury, there is a verdict – but much is still unknown about what happened to Noah.
Why, the night before he disappeared, did he leave his home in the middle of the rain-soaked night? Where did he go? Why did he come back 34 minutes later, as documented by CCTV, barefoot?
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