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Ireland's Missing - The Disappearance of Annie McCarrick
Ireland Ireland - Annie McCarrick, 26, US citizen, Dublin, 23 March 1993
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A few new details since this morning....
The man, who is 62, was detained in Dublin by detectives from Irishtown after being arrested at his home in Co Meath this morning.
The businessman is being held at a Dublin garda station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act and can be questioned for up to 24 hours.
Gardaí say the man knew Ms Mc Carrick in the 1990s and described him as an associate who moved in her circle.
His period of detention was extended by a Superintendent for a second six hours of questioning this afternoon.
Gardaí are also searching a house and garden in Monastery Walk in Clondalkin in west Dublin as part of the investigation.
Heavy equipment including a digger, a consaw, power tools and a skip have been brought in and forensic specialists are examining parts of the house and garden, which is over 30m long.
The search is expected to last a number of days.
The home has been sealed off and a temporary restricted airspace has been put in place.
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The man, who is 62, was detained in Dublin by detectives from Irishtown after being arrested at his home in Co Meath this morning.
The businessman is being held at a Dublin garda station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act and can be questioned for up to 24 hours.
Gardaí say the man knew Ms Mc Carrick in the 1990s and described him as an associate who moved in her circle.
His period of detention was extended by a Superintendent for a second six hours of questioning this afternoon.
Gardaí are also searching a house and garden in Monastery Walk in Clondalkin in west Dublin as part of the investigation.
Heavy equipment including a digger, a consaw, power tools and a skip have been brought in and forensic specialists are examining parts of the house and garden, which is over 30m long.
The search is expected to last a number of days.
The home has been sealed off and a temporary restricted airspace has been put in place.
Man, 60s, arrested on suspicion of Annie McCarrick murder
A man has been arrested in Dublin on suspicion of the murder of Annie McCarrick, the 26-year-old American woman who went missing more than 32 years ago.
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I was surprised when I saw he's 62, because Larry Murphy is 59 and I genuinely always felt he could've been responsible. I'm definitely not among those who think he's responsible for every missing girl from that time period, but I did think he could've been responsible for Annie's disappearance.
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Man suspected of Annie McCarrick murder is alleged to have harassed US student before disappearance 32 years ago
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For years, garda inquiries focused on the belief that she later travelled to Enniskerry that day, but these reports have effectively been discounted, with detectives now believing she came to harm in or around her home.
The case was upgraded to a murder investigation in 2023, with gardaí following a significant number of lines of inquiry since then.
These included speaking with a man living abroad who is known to the chief suspect, and taking statements from Ms McCarrick’s friends.
They are also probing allegations that a man known to Ms McCarrick had harassed her before her disappearance, which sources said related to the chief suspect.
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He had previously spoken to gardaí investigating Ms McCarrick’s disappearance but was formally categorised as a suspect only in recent years.
The investigation team based at Irishtown garda station in Dublin 4 has also been reviewing the statements given by the man to the original garda investigation teams and probing suspected inconsistencies in his accounts.
“The belief is that this individual didn’t give an at all true reflection of his movements on March 26, 1993, or indeed the days after,” a source said.
“He now has a partner and children, and has lived a normal life ever since, without coming to adverse garda attention, but he is very much the main suspect for Annie McCarrick’s murder.”
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Sources said that “solid” new information was given to the investigation team after a public appeal in 2023 relating to the [Clondalkin] property when the suspect lived there.
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For years, garda inquiries focused on the belief that she later travelled to Enniskerry that day, but these reports have effectively been discounted, with detectives now believing she came to harm in or around her home.
The case was upgraded to a murder investigation in 2023, with gardaí following a significant number of lines of inquiry since then.
These included speaking with a man living abroad who is known to the chief suspect, and taking statements from Ms McCarrick’s friends.
They are also probing allegations that a man known to Ms McCarrick had harassed her before her disappearance, which sources said related to the chief suspect.
[...]
He had previously spoken to gardaí investigating Ms McCarrick’s disappearance but was formally categorised as a suspect only in recent years.
The investigation team based at Irishtown garda station in Dublin 4 has also been reviewing the statements given by the man to the original garda investigation teams and probing suspected inconsistencies in his accounts.
“The belief is that this individual didn’t give an at all true reflection of his movements on March 26, 1993, or indeed the days after,” a source said.
“He now has a partner and children, and has lived a normal life ever since, without coming to adverse garda attention, but he is very much the main suspect for Annie McCarrick’s murder.”
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Sources said that “solid” new information was given to the investigation team after a public appeal in 2023 relating to the [Clondalkin] property when the suspect lived there.
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Man suspected of Annie McCarrick murder is alleged to have harassed US student before disappearance 32 years ago
The suspect in the murder of Annie McCarrick was alleged to have harassed the American woman before she went missing.
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I thought he was a possible candidate when the thinking was that Annie had been in Enniskerry, too. Although Enniskerry was a bit out of his area. Once the investigation shifted to Sandymount, I felt it was unlikely that he was responsible.
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I must've missed the part where it shifted to Sandymount! I had only heard that they thought she was last seen in Enniskerry, though now that they've arrested the individual who gave that info, I'm assuming it's considered false.
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Gardaí investigating the murder of Annie McCarrick, who went missing in Dublin over 32 years ago, have begun searching for human remains.
A cadaver dog has been brought in to search a house in Clondalkin which has been sealed off for the past two days.
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The specialist dog, which is on loan from the PSNI, has been introduced as part of the search of the house, the front driveway and the 100ft back garden.
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A cadaver dog has been brought in to search a house in Clondalkin which has been sealed off for the past two days.
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The specialist dog, which is on loan from the PSNI, has been introduced as part of the search of the house, the front driveway and the 100ft back garden.
Man held over McCarrick murder released without charge
A 62-year-old man arrested on suspicion of the murder of 26-year-old Annie McCarrick has been released without charge.
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Cops question millionaire over murder of student who went missing 32 years ago
Annie McCarrick disappeared in Dublin more than three decades ago. But this week, police arrested a respected businessman aged in his 60s in connection to her murder
' Sources have since revealed that the suspect is a businessman who owns several properties, with a combined value of £850,920.00.'
'They claimed that the man is in his 60s and was obsessed with the American student. He has been interviewed by gardai at least twice. But that was as a witness – and now he is being questioned as a murder suspect.'
'They have been building a case against the suspect – and even went to France to interview a key associate.'
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A 62-year-old man arrested on suspicion of the murder of 26-year-old Annie McCarrick has been released without charge.
The businessman was questioned for 24 hours over the past two days.
Gardaí are continuing to search for human remains.
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The businessman was questioned for 24 hours over the past two days.
Gardaí are continuing to search for human remains.
Man held over McCarrick murder released without charge
A 62-year-old man arrested on suspicion of the murder of 26-year-old Annie McCarrick has been released without charge.
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Man (60s) who was arrested on suspicion of murder released without charge
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The suspect, who is originally from Dublin, was arrested on Thursday morning. He was detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, on suspicion of murder, and could be questioned for up to 24 hours, though questioning was paused to allow breaks for rest.
Gardaí yesterday extended his period of detention to the maximum 24 hours of interviews permitted under law.
The man has become a successful businessman and now lives outside Dublin. As well as being arrested on Thursday morning, his current home was searched.
The Clondalkin property has been renovated by the current occupants, who bought the house over a decade ago. Gardaí have stressed the current occupants are completely unconnected to Ms McCarrick or the murder inquiry now under way.
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Ms McCarrick knew the man arrested on Thursday, and was very close to him for a period. However, while her friends told gardaí about that man in 1993 – including Ms McCarrick saying he had harassed her and struck her – they felt their information was not actioned by detectives at the time.
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In recent years, after a cold case review and fresh investigation, detectives have come to focus on the arrested man as the main suspect in the case.
They also have a particular interest in a close associate of his, who they went abroad to interview earlier this year. They believe the suspect and his close associate were together on the weekend Ms McCarrick vanished and detectives have sought to recheck their accounts of their movements, comparing statements taken in recent years.
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The suspect, who is originally from Dublin, was arrested on Thursday morning. He was detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, on suspicion of murder, and could be questioned for up to 24 hours, though questioning was paused to allow breaks for rest.
Gardaí yesterday extended his period of detention to the maximum 24 hours of interviews permitted under law.
The man has become a successful businessman and now lives outside Dublin. As well as being arrested on Thursday morning, his current home was searched.
The Clondalkin property has been renovated by the current occupants, who bought the house over a decade ago. Gardaí have stressed the current occupants are completely unconnected to Ms McCarrick or the murder inquiry now under way.
[...]
Ms McCarrick knew the man arrested on Thursday, and was very close to him for a period. However, while her friends told gardaí about that man in 1993 – including Ms McCarrick saying he had harassed her and struck her – they felt their information was not actioned by detectives at the time.
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In recent years, after a cold case review and fresh investigation, detectives have come to focus on the arrested man as the main suspect in the case.
They also have a particular interest in a close associate of his, who they went abroad to interview earlier this year. They believe the suspect and his close associate were together on the weekend Ms McCarrick vanished and detectives have sought to recheck their accounts of their movements, comparing statements taken in recent years.
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Annie McCarrick case: Man (60s) who was arrested on suspicion of murder released without charge
Friends of missing woman outlined their concerns about the man (60s) in information sent to Garda
Last updated June 13, 2025; details of disappearance updated.
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Annie McCarrick ‘killed in jealous rage over new love’
Gardaí are investigating if Annie McCarrick was murdered after a man became “obsessed” with her and flew into a rage over whether she was embarking on a potential new romance.
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Ms McCarrick’s mother, Nancy McCarrick, said this weekend: “I am hopeful. That’s exactly how I feel — hopeful.” She praised gardaí as “wonderful” and said she has been informed that the excavation will continue for several days in the renewed search for her daughter, who was an only child.
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He [the suspect arrested on suspicion of murder last week] was interviewed after she disappeared and has been spoken to a number of times since.
This man was always a “person of interest” in the case, but his status was only upgraded to official suspect in the last two years.
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It was described as “harassment, obsession and jealousy”, and gardaí were told he hit Ms McCarrick on one occasion.
It has also been claimed that he became fixated on the belief that Ms McCarrick was involved with a man who was well-known to him.
Gardaí are now focusing on challenging the credibility of the suspect’s alibi on the weekend Ms McCarrick disappeared.
It is understood at least one man known to the arrested man, who is not in any way linked to the crime, was spoken to at length in recent days.
Gardaí also intend to track down people, some perhaps overseas, who might shed light on the suspect’s interactions with Ms McCarrick in the months leading up to and around the time she disappeared.
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‘Those missing four hours were always a red flag for me’ – retired detective explains how the Annie McCarrick case went awry
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The arrest and release of the Co Meath-based businessman — now aged in his 60s but well known to the young American in 1993 — caught many by surprise, including former gardaí long acquainted with the case.
Retired Detective Sergeant Alan Bailey previously reviewed Ms McCarrick’s disappearance as part of Operation Trace, the garda initiative set up in 1998 to investigate the disappearance of women in Leinster in the 1990s in what infamously became known as the “Vanishing Triangle”.
“The person who was just arrested and released without charge, he was also a person of interest at the time of the initial investigation and during our review five years later. But there were a number of persons of interest.”
Mr Bailey said the reason the Operation Trace team concluded that the case should be upgraded to murder was because of the absence of “push/pull factors”, which might have suggested Ms McCarrick had a reason to deliberately disappear, or was potentially suicidal.
She was excited about her mother’s upcoming visit to Ireland and was making plans for her arrival; she did not use her bank account after she was reported missing.
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“Those missing four hours were always the issue for me. It was the first thing that would shout at me every time I would open the garda file.
“My view was that it was too long a time for her to be walking around. But all the witnesses who gave statements, they did so in good faith. It would be much simpler nowadays. Gardaí could simply get the CCTV from Johnnie Fox’s and rule out that she had been there at all.”
It is now widely accepted by An Garda Síochána that Ms McCarrick appears to have been murdered close to her home and never went to Enniskerry that day
[...]
m.independent.ie
Gardaí are investigating if Annie McCarrick was murdered after a man became “obsessed” with her and flew into a rage over whether she was embarking on a potential new romance.
[...]
Ms McCarrick’s mother, Nancy McCarrick, said this weekend: “I am hopeful. That’s exactly how I feel — hopeful.” She praised gardaí as “wonderful” and said she has been informed that the excavation will continue for several days in the renewed search for her daughter, who was an only child.
[...]
He [the suspect arrested on suspicion of murder last week] was interviewed after she disappeared and has been spoken to a number of times since.
This man was always a “person of interest” in the case, but his status was only upgraded to official suspect in the last two years.
[...]
It was described as “harassment, obsession and jealousy”, and gardaí were told he hit Ms McCarrick on one occasion.
It has also been claimed that he became fixated on the belief that Ms McCarrick was involved with a man who was well-known to him.
Gardaí are now focusing on challenging the credibility of the suspect’s alibi on the weekend Ms McCarrick disappeared.
It is understood at least one man known to the arrested man, who is not in any way linked to the crime, was spoken to at length in recent days.
Gardaí also intend to track down people, some perhaps overseas, who might shed light on the suspect’s interactions with Ms McCarrick in the months leading up to and around the time she disappeared.
[...]
Annie McCarrick ‘killed in jealous rage over new love’
Gardaí are investigating if Annie McCarrick was murdered after a man became “obsessed” with her and flew into a rage over whether she was embarking on a potential new romance.
m.independent.ie
‘Those missing four hours were always a red flag for me’ – retired detective explains how the Annie McCarrick case went awry
[...]
The arrest and release of the Co Meath-based businessman — now aged in his 60s but well known to the young American in 1993 — caught many by surprise, including former gardaí long acquainted with the case.
Retired Detective Sergeant Alan Bailey previously reviewed Ms McCarrick’s disappearance as part of Operation Trace, the garda initiative set up in 1998 to investigate the disappearance of women in Leinster in the 1990s in what infamously became known as the “Vanishing Triangle”.
“The person who was just arrested and released without charge, he was also a person of interest at the time of the initial investigation and during our review five years later. But there were a number of persons of interest.”
Mr Bailey said the reason the Operation Trace team concluded that the case should be upgraded to murder was because of the absence of “push/pull factors”, which might have suggested Ms McCarrick had a reason to deliberately disappear, or was potentially suicidal.
She was excited about her mother’s upcoming visit to Ireland and was making plans for her arrival; she did not use her bank account after she was reported missing.
[...]
“Those missing four hours were always the issue for me. It was the first thing that would shout at me every time I would open the garda file.
“My view was that it was too long a time for her to be walking around. But all the witnesses who gave statements, they did so in good faith. It would be much simpler nowadays. Gardaí could simply get the CCTV from Johnnie Fox’s and rule out that she had been there at all.”
It is now widely accepted by An Garda Síochána that Ms McCarrick appears to have been murdered close to her home and never went to Enniskerry that day
[...]
‘Those missing four hours were always a red flag for me’ – retired detective explains how the Annie McCarrick case went awry
After 32 years of examining every possibility of who might have murdered American woman Annie McCarrick, gardaí have set their sights on one chief suspect.
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Amazing news! I hope the Garde can produce enough evidence to arrest the man again and convict him, even if her remains are not found (I pray they find Annie) and make up for all the years they messed up this investigation, by dismissing info that was already known.
Some articles about the case posted above confuse and annoy me. Why is this stated en not written with a ? Annie McCarrick ‘killed in jealous rage over new love’
Some articles about the case posted above confuse and annoy me. Why is this stated en not written with a ? Annie McCarrick ‘killed in jealous rage over new love’
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My thoughts are with Annie's mother. Even after all those years waiting in pain she is so full of grace.
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Mother of murdered student Annie McCarrick ‘hopeful’ searches may recover daughter’s remains
The mother of murdered American student Annie McCarrick said she is hopeful Garda searches at a residence in Clondalkin, Dublin, may result in the recovery of her daughter’s remains.
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Annie McCarrick suspect 'arrested after brother gave vital tip to gardai'
Detectives decided to make arrest last week after speaking to the suspect's sibling
''Sources tell us the information weakened that alibi – and was one of the main reasons for the arrest. "The brother did not rat him out, but what he said was important," a source said.
"When it was analysed, it was decided that there was now a basis for the arrest."
Radio Espial: Episode 23: Missing - The Annie McCarrick Case
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Mother of Annie McCarrick says she is 'not interested' in justice
Exclusive: Speaking from her home in the US, Nancy McCarrick told the Irish Mirror of her hopes for answers, as gardai set to search former home of the chief suspect throughout this week.
I wonder if this case will be resolved. I read about this case about a month ago, and I am using Websleuths as a therapy thing here, as i am so perturbed by a particular aspect of it. When I started reading about it it was so weird because the idea of her going to Enniskerry was pushed so hard, and yet it didn't make sense because of the bags of shopping. I'm a terrible person for putting down bags of shopping and not putting them away for ages but I would NEVER leave the stuff that needed to be refrigerated in the bag. So I kept looking at this part of the story and thinking "even I wouldn't do that" so something must have happened to her at her home, because there was this 4 hour gap between her leaving the shop and being seen at the bus stop. How did that shopping not get in the fridge? There seem to be two brothers involved, one a friend, the other who she had a relationship with, that a newspaper today says was a secret one, because he had a girlfriend, and he is the suspect, and the other brother in hospital abroad gave some information just recently. I just can't imagine what their relationship must have been like all this time. Part of me wonders if that was part of the reason Enniskerry was pushed so hard, it was in the interests of at least one person to do that, but the others who knew her may well have been driven by a sort of denial to push it as a way that allowed them to avoid contemplating the thought that one of them might have murdered her. They preferred the idea of an unknown monster out in the mountains, rather than one in their midst. It's just awful. Hopefully we will have a resolution though.
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Hotel alibi for suspect in Annie McCarrick murder investigation has been withdrawn
Move sparked new inquiries as garda property dig continues
An alibi for a man arrested over the murder of Annie McCarrick on the night she disappeared has been withdrawn from the garda investigation.
The Sunday Independent understands a man well-known to a Co Meath-based businessman who was arrested and released without charge told gardaí many years ago that the suspect stayed in a Dublin hotel on the night Ms McCarrick went missing.
However, in recent months he has withdrawn this alibi for the suspect. This led to this man’s arrest a fortnight ago.
It is understood the person who provided the alibi for the suspect did so some time after Ms McCarrick was reported missing.
It was accepted as an alibi for the man, who was a “person of interest” from the very beginning, among several other people.
Meanwhile, a major excavation at a house in Clondalkin, previously linked to the chief suspect, is set to continue into a third week.
Gardaí are attempting to definitively rule out a Dublin property as a possible burial site for the American woman, who disappeared in south Dublin in 1993.
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Move sparked new inquiries as garda property dig continues
An alibi for a man arrested over the murder of Annie McCarrick on the night she disappeared has been withdrawn from the garda investigation.
The Sunday Independent understands a man well-known to a Co Meath-based businessman who was arrested and released without charge told gardaí many years ago that the suspect stayed in a Dublin hotel on the night Ms McCarrick went missing.
However, in recent months he has withdrawn this alibi for the suspect. This led to this man’s arrest a fortnight ago.
It is understood the person who provided the alibi for the suspect did so some time after Ms McCarrick was reported missing.
It was accepted as an alibi for the man, who was a “person of interest” from the very beginning, among several other people.
Meanwhile, a major excavation at a house in Clondalkin, previously linked to the chief suspect, is set to continue into a third week.
Gardaí are attempting to definitively rule out a Dublin property as a possible burial site for the American woman, who disappeared in south Dublin in 1993.
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Hotel alibi for suspect in Annie McCarrick murder investigation has been withdrawn
An alibi for a man arrested over the murder of Annie McCarrick on the night she disappeared has been withdrawn from the garda investigation.
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Speculation and totally guessing here but it would appear this may have been what the suspects brother informed the gardai of .Hotel alibi for suspect in Annie McCarrick murder investigation has been withdrawn
Move sparked new inquiries as garda property dig continues
An alibi for a man arrested over the murder of Annie McCarrick on the night she disappeared has been withdrawn from the garda investigation.
The Sunday Independent understands a man well-known to a Co Meath-based businessman who was arrested and released without charge told gardaí many years ago that the suspect stayed in a Dublin hotel on the night Ms McCarrick went missing.
However, in recent months he has withdrawn this alibi for the suspect. This led to this man’s arrest a fortnight ago.
It is understood the person who provided the alibi for the suspect did so some time after Ms McCarrick was reported missing.
It was accepted as an alibi for the man, who was a “person of interest” from the very beginning, among several other people.
Meanwhile, a major excavation at a house in Clondalkin, previously linked to the chief suspect, is set to continue into a third week.
Gardaí are attempting to definitively rule out a Dublin property as a possible burial site for the American woman, who disappeared in south Dublin in 1993.
[...]
Hotel alibi for suspect in Annie McCarrick murder investigation has been withdrawn
An alibi for a man arrested over the murder of Annie McCarrick on the night she disappeared has been withdrawn from the garda investigation.
As you state for years he may have felt better to believe the monster was out there rather than in his own home
Annie McCarrick's family blast cops' failure to probe 'guilty' person from start
ANNIE McCarrick’s family have hit out at the previous Garda investigation into her disappearance and murder saying: “They botched it.” A man in his 60s was arrested earlier this month on suspicion …
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Annie McCarrick 'wanted to end secret relationship' with murder suspect
Exclusive: It can be revealed today that Annie McCarrick – who complained of being stalked even assaulted by the suspect – tried to end the relationship
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