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Irish Times
2 days ago
- Irish Times
Annie McCarrick's best friend is ‘overwhelmed with emotion, crying over coffee' after developments in case
For over 30 years Annie McCarrick 's best friend from childhood has been steadfast in the campaign to uncover the truth about her fate, so when Linda Ringhouse woke up on Thursday morning to the news that a man had been arrested in connection with her disappearance, she broke down and cried. Ms McCarrick (26), a young American woman who was living in Ireland at the time, went missing on March 26th, 1993. Ms McCarrick was born in 1967 and grew up in Long Island, New York but fell in love with Ireland and wanted to settle here. Speaking to The Irish Times from her home on Long Island, New York, her best friend Linda Ringhouse said: 'Well, I'm in shock. I'm overwhelmed with emotion this morning and crying over my coffee.' She said she couldn't believe her eyes when she saw the breaking story on Irish news media. READ MORE [ Annie McCarrick's best friend from childhood: 'I believe she knew the person responsible for her death' Opens in new window ] 'I've seen this play out in my head, just like this, for 30 plus years. I knew when I met with the new detective team in charge, both here in Bayport and in Dublin, that they were really determined to get to the truth of what happened to Annie. Mrs McCarrick, her family and myself finally knew we were in good hands,' she said. Adding: 'I'm thinking of all the heartbreak and courage endured by Mrs McCarrick over all these years. So, let's just see what the coming days bring.' In an Irish Times news feature earlier this year, marking the 32nd anniversary of Annie's disappearance, Ringhouse reiterated 'the personal difficulties Ms McCarrick was experiencing at the time of her disappearance'. She observed that Annie was 'In a tumultuous situation' with a person she knew at the time. Annie McCarrick disappeared without a trace in 1993 'I believe Annie was met either at the door of her apartment or someone pulled up in a car as she came home from her shopping. She dropped everything, thinking she would be home shortly,' said Ms Ringhouse. The Garda cold case investigation into Annie McCarrick's disappearance from her flat in Sandymount on March 26th, 1993, has uncovered a litany of errors since the case was upgraded to murder in 2023. For almost three decades it led to a false narrative about her last movements. Linda Ringhouse and, indeed, her family, always challenged this narrative, including the fact that she was in Johnny Fox's pub in Enniskerry on the night of her disappearance. She maintained all along that 'there would have been a different outcome if concerns expressed by both the family and friends had been taken more seriously by gardaí from the outset'.
BreakingNews.ie
2 days ago
- BreakingNews.ie
Man (60s) arrested on suspicion of murder of Annie McCarrick
A man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Annie McCarrick in 1993. The man, in his 60s, was arrested on Thursday morning by an investigation team from the Serious Crime Unit based in Irishtown Garda Station. Advertisement He is being detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at a garda station in Dublin. This is the first arrest in the case. Ms McCarrick was born in New York in 1967 and was 26 years old at the time of her disappearance. Gardaí are also commencing a search operation at a residence in Clondalkin, Dublin 22, on Thursday morning as part of the investigation. Advertisement Elements of the house and garden will be searched and subject of both technical and forensic examinations, a garda statement said. Gardaí stressed, however, that the current residents of the home are not connected in any way with Ms MsCarrick or her disappearance. The search is being carried out by the Dublin Metropolitan Region's South Central divisional search team, supported by the Garda National Technical Bureau. This search operation has the support of other state and external expertise, if required, the garda statement said. Advertisement It added that An Garda Síochána has and will continue to keep Ms McCarrick's family fully updated in relation to the investigation, and that they have been fully apprised of Thursday's developments. Ms McCarrick lived in rental accommodation in Sandymount, Dublin 4, with two other tenants at the time of her disappearance on March 26th, 1993. Both her flatmates spoke to her on that day before leaving separately to travel home for the weekend, but by Sunday, March 28th, her friends became concerned for her welfare as Ms McCarrick was not at home on Saturday, March 27th, when they called for a dinner she had invited them to. She did not show up for work on March 27th or 28th either. Advertisement Groceries that had been purchased by Ms McCarrick on Friday morning, March 26th in Quinnsworth on Sandymount road had been left unpacked in shopping bags, and a receipt in the shopping bags confirmed the date and time of purchase as 11.02am on the Friday. That was her last confirmed activity. Ms McCarrick was reported missing by a friend at Irishtown Garda Station on the evening of Sunday, March 28th 1993, and the missing person report was confirmed by her mother, Nancy, when she arrived in Dublin for a pre-arranged visit on Tuesday, March 30th, 1993. Gardaí have appealed to anyone with information, no matter how small or insignificant they believe it might be, to contact the investigation team. Advertisement They have also appealed to anyone who has previously come forward but who felt they could not provide gardaí with all of the relevant information they had about the matter to contact them again, as with time, they may now be in a position to speak further with the investigation team. Any information will be welcomed by the investigation team and treated with the strictest confidence, they said. The investigation team can be contacted at Irishtown Garda Station on 01 666 9600, or anyone who wishes to provide information confidentially should contact the Garda Confidential Line: 1800 666 111. The investigation is being led by the Dublin South Central Serious Crime Unit supported by the National Serious Crime Review Team.
