Millionaire arrested over Annie McCarrick murder released without charge
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A millionaire businessman who was arrested in connection with the disappearance and murder of Annie McCarrick in March 1993 has been released without charge.
The man, in his 60s, was arrested on Thursday June 12 and was detained under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.
Sources told The Irish Mirror that the man, who is now a respectable businessman and owns several properties with combined values of more than €1 million, has long been a suspect in the case of American student Annie McCarrick, who disappeared from south Dublin in March 1993.
It was the first arrest in the long running probe into her disappearance – and comes two years after the case was upgraded from a missing person's case to a full blown murder inquiry. Sources have also told us that the man had an infatuation with Ms McCarrick. 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. Officers from Irishtown Garda Station in south central Dublin – where the Annie McCarrick investigation is based – early yesterday morning sealed off a house in Clondalkin in south west Dublin that they suspect may be connected to the American woman's murder.
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A gardai spokesperson said on Friday afternoon: "Gardaí continue to investigate the disappearance and murder of Annie McCarrick in March 1993.
"The male aged in his 60s who was arrested on the morning of 12th June, 2025 and detained under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 has been released without charge.
"The searches in relation to this investigation remain ongoing and are being supported by a cadaver dog from an external agency.
"Searches will continue over the weekend."
Officers began using specialist search equipment at the house yesterday afternoon – but gardai were keen to stress that the current occupants of the property were not connected in any way with Ms McCarrick – or the investigation. "The current residents of this home are not connected in any way with Annie McCarrick or her disappearance," gardai said in a statement.
We have also established that gardai have spent much of the last two years interviewing dozens of people who worked with Ms McCarrick – or knew her personally. They have been building a case against the suspect – and even went to France to interview a key associate.
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