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Irish Times
a day ago
- Irish Times
‘We we're full of hope': Aunt of Annie McCarrick says family disappointed after murder suspect released
Annie McCarrick's mother Nancy is used to waiting. She has been waiting for 32 years to find out where her only daughter's remains may be buried. When she received a 3am phone call on Thursday from the Garda team investigating her daughter's murder, it brought a new level of emotional intensity to the family's wait for answers. A man who knew Annie McCarrick had been arrested on suspicion of her murder . Fortunately, Nancy McCarrick's younger sister, Maureen Covell, was staying with her when the gardaí called. She has supported Ms McCarrick since 1993. READ MORE Annie McCarrick was nine years younger than Ms Covell, who is now 67. Both women were like best friends and spent lots of time together. From early on Thursday morning until the suspect was released without charge on Friday afternoon, an extended Irish-American family living in the Long Island area of New York had their fingers crossed. After all, this was the first arrest in a case whose narrative has changed completely since a new team of Garda investigators were appointed. 'Naturally, we were full of hope,' said Ms Covell. 'At last, it seemed there would be answers. There have been so many attempts over the decades to solve this case but there had never been any conclusive or definitive answers.' It was a case of disappointment once again for the family on Friday, as the man was released without charge . A search and excavation at a house in Clondalkin, Dublin, which was linked to him, is ongoing. Speaking to The Irish Times from her home in Long Island, Ms Covell said: 'All of us are quite disappointed as we were hopeful that some results would come of this arrest and interrogation. It is important to say that we haven't given up all hope as it seems the gardaí are getting close. We cautiously look forward to hearing if there are any findings with regards to the excavation. 'We appreciate the continued efforts of the gardaí as they follow some very recent leads.' She added that the family continues to hope for 'closure and answers along with a possible conviction to this 32-year- old nightmare'. Ms Covell said the family had been left deeply frustrated by elements of the original Garda team's approach to the investigation. 'Unlike my dear sister, who has remained so graceful and stoic throughout this ordeal, I still find it very frustrating that all the faxes our family and friends sent to the gardaí after Annie's disappearance about significant issues in her personal life were ignored at the time,' she said.
Irish Times
3 days ago
- Irish Times
Annie McCarrick timeline: 32 years of false leads and setbacks in search for American woman presumed murdered
A man in his 60s was arrested on Thursday morning in connection with the disappearance and murder of American woman Annie McCarrick (26). She disappeared in March 1993. A search of a property in Clondalkin was also under way. Timeline of the case: March 26th, 1993: Annie McCarrick, an American student living in Ireland since 1987, spoke to her flatmates in St Catherine's Court, Sandycove, before they travelled home for the weekend. March 27th, 1993: A couple were worried when they turned up to Ms McCarrick's apartment for a dinner she planned to hosting and she wasn't there. She did not turn up for work that day in Cava Java on Leeson Street nor on Sunday. READ MORE March 28th, 1993: Her flatmates return and find bags of unpacked shopping on the floor of the apartment. A receipt confirmed that the shopping was purchased on 11.02am on March 26th at the Quinnsworth on Sandymount Road. That evening she was reported missing to the gardaí. March 30th, 1993: Ms McCarrick's mother Nancy, who was due to visit Ireland anyway, confirms the missing person's report. April 7th, 1993: Gardaí state Ms McCarrick was last seen at Johnnie Fox's pub in Glencullen, Co Dublin, in the company of a man who was of medium height and athletic looking. They believe she travelled alone on a bus to Enniskerry on March 26th, 1993. These leads would later be dismissed. [ Annie McCarrick's best friend from childhood: 'I believe she knew the person responsible for her death' Opens in new window ] March 26th, 1994: A year after Ms McCarrick's disappearance, her father, John McCarrick, offers a reward of $150,000 for any 'serious information leading to her whereabouts or to her location'. He died in 2009. June 1997: A search of a pet cemetery in Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, is carried out following a tip-off, but her body is not found. October 2008: A cold-case review sees gardaí interview two suspects who were living in Co Wicklow at the time of Ms McCarrick's disappearance. They were released without charge. Nancy McCarrick, mother of Annie McCarrick. Photograph: RTÉ April 2nd, 2016: Ms McCarrick's mother Nancy makes an appeal on RTÉ's Crimecall programme for any information related to her daughter's disappearance. Mrs McCarrick concedes that she is most likely dead. July 7th, 2020: New York based lawyer Michael Griffith says he has a 'very, very promising lead'. March 24th, 2023: Gardaí upgrade the disappearance of Ms McCarrick to murder 30 years after her death. At a press conference Det Supt Eddie Carroll said there was now sufficient evidence to suggest Ms McCarrick had been murdered. He believed modern forensic techniques may help to solve her disappearance. May 11th, 2023: Gardaí confirm they are re-examining the actions and movements of two men, including rechecking accounts and statements they gave in 1993. March 26th, 2024: Gardaí confirm that two lines of inquiry, that Ms McCarrick had taken a bus to Enniskerry on her own and was last seen in Johnnie Fox's, were both ruled out. The CCTV photograph of her in the Sandymount branch of the AIB was also ruled out as evidence. It had been taken 11 days before her disappearance. June 12th, 2025: A man was arrested in connection with the disappearance and murder of Annie McCarrick who disappeared while living in South Dublin in 1993. The detention of the man in his 60s is the first arrest ever made in the inquiry.
BBC News
3 days ago
- BBC News
Annie McCarrick: Man arrested on suspicion of US woman's murder
A man in his 60s has been arrested in connection with the disappearance and murder of an American woman in the Republic of Ireland more than 30 years McCarrick, who was 26 at the time, had been living in Dublin when she went missing on 26 March case was treated as a missing persons inquiry for more than 30 years until it was upgraded by gardaí (Irish police) to a murder inquiry in man was arrested on suspicion of Ms McCarrick's murder on Thursday morning and a search operation is also underway at a house in the Clondalkin area of Dublin. Gardaí have said that part of the house and garden will be searched and forensic examinations carried search operation will be supported by other agencies, if required, according to Gardaí.It is being directed by a senior investigating officer, with the assistance of the serious crime review team from the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation. The family of Annie McCarrick are being kept fully updated on the latest developments in the are also appealing to anyone who may have previously come forward, but who felt they could not provide all the relevant information they had at the time, to contact them again. With the passage of time, according to a spokesperson, these individuals may now be willing to speak again with the investigation team. Groceries had been left unpacked Annie McCarrick was the only child of her father, John, who is deceased, and her mother, Nancy, and was originally from New a teenager, she visited Ireland on a school parents had previously described how she fell in love with Ireland and the way of life and how, upon her return to New York, she indicated her intention to return to Ireland to the late 1980s, she completed her third level studies at St Patrick's College, Drumcondra in Dublin and at St Patrick's College, Maynooth, before returning to New York in 1991 to complete her studies at Stoney Brook January 1993, she moved to Ireland to live permanently and settled into rental accommodation at Sandymount in Dublin with two other March, Annie spoke to both her flatmates before they left separately to travel home for the also made arrangements with friends, inviting them to her apartment for dinner the following day, 27 March was also said to be excited and making plans for her mother Nancy's impending visit to Ireland the following 28 March 1993, friends of Annie McCarrick became concerned for her welfare after she was not at home when they called for the prearranged had been left unpacked in shopping bags and a receipt in the shopping bags was the last confirmed activity of Annie McCarrick.
The Independent
3 days ago
- The Independent
Man aged in his 60s arrested on suspicion of murder of Annie McCarrick
A man aged in his 60s has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Annie McCarrick, who went missing in Dublin more than 30 years ago. The man is being detained at a Dublin Garda station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984. A house and garden in Clondalkin, in west Dublin, is to be technically and forensically examined as part of the investigation. Gardai said the current residents of the home are not connected with Ms McCarrick or her disappearance. Ms McCarrick was 26 when she went missing on March 26 1993. Originally from Long Island in New York, she had moved to Ireland to live permanently in January 1993 and was staying in rental accommodation at St Catherine's Court in Sandymount with two other tenants when she went missing two months later. On the day she went missing, Ms McCarrick spoke to both her flatmates before they left separately to travel home for the weekend. She had made arrangements with friends to have dinner in the apartment the following day, and was making plans for her mother Nancy's visit to Ireland in the following days. Ms McCarrick was not at home on March 27 when her friends called for dinner as invited, and had not turned up for work on Saturday or Sunday morning. A friend called to her apartment that Sunday evening and spoke with Annie's two flatmates. Groceries that had been purchased by Ms McCarrick in Quinnsworth on Sandymount Road on Friday morning had been left unpacked in shopping bags. A receipt in the shopping bags confirmed the date and time of purchase as March 26 1993 at 11.02am, which is the last confirmed activity of Ms McCarrick. Ms McCarrick was reported missing by a friend at Irishtown Garda Station on the Sunday evening, which was confirmed by her mother Nancy when she arrived in Dublin on March 30, 1993. In March 2023, gardai announced the missing person inquiry has been upgraded to a murder investigation and made a public appeal for information. This is the first arrest made in the case. The family of Ms McCarrick are being fully updated in relation to this investigation, gardai said.
