Deceased/Not Found UK - Lisa Dorrian, 25, Bangor Northern Ireland, 28 Feb 2005

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'People can't imagine what this feels like' - sister of Lisa Dorrian makes emotional plea as searches continue


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Joanne Dorrian was speaking at a police press conference at Ballyhalbert Caravan Park as searches for her sister's body entered a second day.

Joanne said that her family could never have imagined Lisa may be buried in the area.

"When Lisa first went missing we walked these fields, we thought we were just looking for her because she had just ran out in the night and she'd fallen and maybe just passed away in the cold," she said

"Obviously we then knew that the police were looking at it as a murder investigation.

"To think that Lisa could be here where we are today, it's just so hard to imagine. We're grateful for everything the police are doing to find Lisa and to give her what she deserves."

Joanne described the impact Lisa's disappearance had on the Dorrian family and appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
"People can't imagine what this feels like, they can't imagine what it feels like not knowing where she is," she said.

"My mum passed away a few years ago and she never got the answers that she needed. It has ruined her life and it has ruined our lives, none of us have been the same ever since this has happened.

"This is for Lisa, this is not for us. The people that know where she is knew Lisa and knew the kind of person that she was. They knew the funny person that she was and I'd just ask them to remember that and if they can come forward and help us to get some sort of peace, that's all that we can ask for."

Detective Superintendent Murphy said that he believed the answers to Lisa's murder "remained in Ballyhalbert".

'People can't imagine what this feels like' - sister of Lisa Dorrian makes emotional plea as searches continue - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

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Sister of murdered Lisa Dorrian in tearful appeal for information at scene of P.S.N.I. search for her body
 
Lisa Dorrian search: Police 'using new technology'

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Police are using new technology to try to find the body of a County Down woman who went missing in 2005, the detective leading the investigation has said.

"The purpose of the search operation is two-fold: Firstly I want to recover Lisa's body and allow the Dorrian family to finally put Lisa to rest," he said.

"And secondly I am looking for evidence relating to her disappearance. Searches are also taking place at a number of other locations.

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"Lisa's family has also visited the scene of the search today to appeal to anyone with information to come forward."

Det Supt Murphy said police had received new information, but he did not want to discuss what this was.

He said the new searches were also taking place after months of planning involving the PSNI and National Crime Agency.

'New technology used' in Dorrian search

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Det Supt Murphy said there was nothing to suggest that Ms Dorrian's murder had been pre-planned, nor that the disposal of her body had been pre-planned.

As a result, he said police believed her body was still in Ballyhalbert.

The search also includes a disused airfield behind the caravan park, and will take in a number of other areas.

"The technology and the thinking has simply developed. What we're able to do in 2019 simply wasn't able to be done in 2005," Det Supt Murphy said.

"The searches I'm looking to conduct over the next few days on this site specifically relate to voids under the ground.

"As a result of this being a disused airfield from 1945 there may be voids under the ground into which Lisa's body may have been deposited which couldn't previously be found because the technology simply didn't exist."


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'New technology used' in Dorrian search

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Latest Lisa Dorrian searches in Ballyhalbert as a result of new information say PSNI

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And it has led them straight back to the spot near where the Bangor woman was last seen alive in 2005.

Today, a team of 40 PSNI specialist search officers are in Ballyhalbert on the Ards Peninsula along with military back-up and the latest underground search technology.

Det Superintendant Jason Murphy attended the site with Lisa’s family, sisters Joanne, Michelle and Ciara and their father, John.

He said: “We have received new information but at this stage I’m not prepared to discuss that any further.”

And urged the small number of people who hold information about the crime to come forward without fearing self-incrimination.

Officers searching for Lisa Dorrian have received new information
 
Police arrived at 9am and have spent the morning digging down to a warren of the tunnels and underground bunkers on a disused airfield behind the caravan park. And military personnel have been scouring the area to ensure there are no live armaments left from the time the airfield was used during WWII.

DS Murphy said: “Our determination to bring those who killed Lisa Dorrian to justice is as strong as it ever has been.I would like to be able to return Lisa’s body to her family and I am looking for evidence relating to Lisa’s disappearance.

“I know people will be asking, why here and why now.

“We have spent more than nine months conducting a very intensive review of the previous investigation and there was no evidence that Lisa’s murder was pre-planned and the desposition of Lisa’s body was equally unplanned.

“I’ve long held the view that the answers to Lisa’s murder are held in Ballyhalbert.“The act that previous searches have not found Lisa’s body have caused me to refocus more locally to the Ballyhalbert area.

“I’m focusing very clearly on the events of Sunday, February 27, 2005.

“Nationally our search thinking, methodology and technology has developed over time and the technology we’re using has only been in existence for the last five years.

“Today is about looking at areas that weren’t previous searched either because we weren’t able to search them because of technology or because those were areas that were not considered to be important at that stage.

Officers searching for Lisa Dorrian have received new information
 
“We have received new information but at this stage I’m not prepared to discuss that any further. The answers to Lisa’s disappearance are held by a very small number of individuals. Those people amy feel that they are in an impossible position because to tell the police that they know may incriminate themselves. I understand those concerns but as the investigation continues and the net tightens around those individuals. I would appeal to them to contact us now directly.

“I want to give those people my personal reassurance that those concerns about self-incrimination can be dealt with professionally and sensitively.

“It’s important that we bring the Dorrian family the answers every grieving family deserves.”

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Joanne Dorrian, sister of missing Co Down woman Lisa Dorrian, has made a poignant plea for help to find her sister as police run new searches at a disused airfield beside Ballyhalbert Caravan Park close to where Lisa was last seen alive.

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