Found Deceased Ireland - Jastine Valdez, 24, Wicklow, 19 May 2018

[Spyder84]

Regarding The Vanishing Triangle case, I think there's a strong possibly that MH may have been involved in atleast 1 or 2 of those cases. There were newspaper reports last week that suggested MH had been in trouble with the police for low level crime during the same period (The 90's) with drug & alcohol use being contributing factors. We know he had recently been in trouble for low level crime in the last few weeks, again drink & drugs have been a factor. So there is a behavioral pattern emerging.

 

[tennison]

Everything about that case indicates suicide. She willingly drove herself from Clondalkim to Bray. Bray head is a common suicide spot. Her family have latched on to the fact that she didn't leave a note but most suicidal people don't leave one.

I'd guess MH has been involved in sex attacks in the past though.

RTE News are saying poor Justine died within 46 minutes of her abduction. At least it was quick.

Im afraid your info on esra is a little off. It was never confirmed it was her in the car, cctv is being kept by guards and family want it enhanced privately, the guards were pointed to bray by the person who saw her last, same person left the country a few months later and has not been involved with the ongoing appeals, also her car and house keys were found several months later outside the local shop in clondalkin, a lot of unanswered questions imo

 

[TatianaBarbie]

An update on the DNA check:

Trawl of DNA database fails to link killer Mark Hennessy to any unsolved murders or sexual assaults - Independent.ie

 

[Legally Bland]

Murder victim Jastine Valdez died of asphyxia, an inquest into her death has heard.

The 24-year-old student was abducted in Enniskerry, Co Wicklow on Saturday 19 May 2018 by Mark Hennessy.

Inquest hears Jastine Valdez died of asphyxia

 

[iulia]

Date set for inquest into Jastine Valdez death

The family of murdered student Jastine Valdez will hear details of events leading up to her death at an inquest later this year. Her parents Tess and Danny Valdez were present as a date for the hearing was scheduled at Dublin Coroner’s Court.
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Deputy Coroner Dr Crona Gallagher adjourned the inquest for a full hearing to take place on November 4 2019.

 

[HayLouise]

Witnesses at the inquest into the death of Jastine Valdez have described seeing her being pushed into the boot of a Nissan Qashqai in May 2018 and hearing screaming. @Dyaneconnor reports |

Witness saw Jastine being pushed into car, inquest told

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RTÉ News on Twitter

 

[HayLouise]

4 November 2019:

Witnesses at the inquest into the death of Jastine Valdez have described seeing her being pushed into the boot of a Nissan Qashqai in May 2018 and hearing screaming.

The 24-year-old student was abducted in Enniskerry, Co Wicklow on Saturday 19 May 2018 by Mark Hennessy.

She had taken the 5.40pm bus from Bray to Enniskerry and arrived in Enniskerry village around 6pm.

She was abducted at 6.20pm.

The Coroner's Court heard a statement from a woman who said she saw Ms Valdez being pushed into the boot of a dark coloured car that day.

Susan Forsyth said as she was overtaking the parked car she heard a woman screaming and a slapping sound.

She said she "felt something was terribly wrong" and pulled in to call 999.

Witness saw Jastine being pushed into car, inquest told

 

[HayLouise]

Garrett Thompson said he was driving home from Bray with his daughter that evening when an SUV pulled out in front of him.

He said he could see a girl in the back of the Nissan Qashqai with a concerned look on her face but he could not make out if she was waving or trying to get their attention.

He called 999 when he got home after speaking about it to his wife because he had a bad feeling in his gut.

Witness saw Jastine being pushed into car, inquest told

 

[HayLouise]

A statement was read on behalf of Nicola Hennessy, who said her husband Mark left the house at 5.25pm on 19 May saying he was going to get a bottle of wine, but never came home.

She said gardaí called to her house late that night to say the SUV, which was registered in her name, was wanted in relation to an incident but would not tell her what.

She failed to get in touch with Mark all evening but he did answer the phone at 8am the following morning and said he slept in his car at the seafront and would be home soon.

Witness saw Jastine being pushed into car, inquest told

 

[HayLouise]

Christine Connolly was driving home from work on 20 May after seeing a media appeal for Mark Hennessy and the SUV when she spotted the Qashqai and followed it until gardaí arrived at the Cherrywood Industrial Estate.

Witness saw Jastine being pushed into car, inquest told

 

[HayLouise]

Teresita and Demlio Valdez were in the Coroner's Court for today's hearing.

In a statement read to the court, Teresita Valdez said she last saw her daughter at 7.35am on the day she was abducted.

She said she exchanged 63 messages with her daughter during the day, the last was at 4.20pm when Jastine said she was at the gym and would go to Bray to buy bread afterwards.

A statement from Jastine's boyfriend, Joseph Squire, was read to the court in his absence.

In it he said they connected on the dating app Tinder in November 2017 and began dating.

He described her as always happy and "the most innocent person I've ever known".

He said she never did drugs and looked down on people who smoked.

Witness saw Jastine being pushed into car, inquest told

 

[HayLouise]

The inquest heard that Jastine died "not long after she was abducted".

Deputy State Pathologist Dr Linda Mulligan carried out the post-mortem examination and said the cause of death was asphyxia.

Dr Mulligan said a toxicology report showed low levels of cocaine had been ingested very recently.

Jastine's mother was visibly upset as the statements and evidence were being heard and the Coroner took a short break to allow them time to recover.

Witness saw Jastine being pushed into car, inquest told

 

[HayLouise]

A witness has told the Inquest of Jastine Valdez who was abducted and murdered by Mark Hennessy that he was driving behind a black SUV shortly after the abduction and saw what he thought was a girl waving her hands out the back window on N11, he said she looked concerned#VMNEWS

Sarah O'Connor on Twitter

The coroners court has heard that Mark Hennessy left his family home to get a bottle of wine at 5.25pm less than an hour before Jastine Valdez was abducted in May 2018, his wife spoke to him at 8 the nxt morning he said he had slept in his car in Bray and would be home soon#VMnews

Sarah O'Connor on Twitter

The coroner’s court has heard that Jastine Valdez died as a result of asphyxia “not long after she was abducted.” Dr Linda Mulligan said Jastine ingested cocaine shortly before her death”very low levels.” When asked she said she couldn’t say how it got into her system#Vmnews

Sarah O'Connor on Twitter

 

[HayLouise]

4 November 2019:

Witness 'saw Jastine Valdez being pushed into boot of car and heard screaming'

Jastine Valdez inquest: Witness saw man 'shouting angrily' and pushing woman into SUV on day she disappeared - Independent.ie

Jastine Valdez inquest: Witness says she heard woman screaming from boot of car

 

[Legally Bland]

Sarah O'Connor

@sarahoc3news
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The coroner’s court has heard that following extensive examinations of phone traffic and social media relating to Jastine Valdez and Mark Hennessy, Gardai could not establish any connection between them, there were “no prior links.” Jury has started deliberations #VMnews

 

[Legally Bland]

Sarah O'Connor

@sarahoc3news
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Jury returns verdict of unlawful killing in inquest into death of Jastine Valdez#VMnews

 

[Ironside]

the inquest for Jastines killer is currently happening. It doesn’t put the Gardai in a good light imo, it sounds like at the time of the shooting the suspect was not a threat to anyone but himself. I would imagine this must be highly distressing for his family.

Inquest told of moments before Jastine Valdez' killer Mark Hennessy was shot by gardai - Independent.ie