A burning car was found in a country lane, just outside of Wexford Town in 2009. When emergency services examined it's remaining shell, the body of a woman was found. It was local woman, 30 year old mother of two Rebecca French.

But would there be any justice for Rebecca?

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Music:

Kevin McLeod, Quinns Song : The Dance Begins. (incompetech.com)

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Sources:

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“Four men charged with murder” in The New Ross Standard https://www.independent.ie/regionals/newrossstandard/news/four-men-charged-two-with-murder-27491835.html(15 October 2009)

“Horror of killing at a family estate” in The New Ross Standard https://www.independent.ie/regionals/newrossstandard/news/horror-of-killing-at-a-family-estate-27491754.html(15 October 2009)

Maria Pepper, “A death almost too terrible to picture” in The New Ross Standard https://www.independent.ie/regionals/newrossstandard/news/a-death-almost-too-terrible-to-picture-27491795.html(15 October 2009)

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Conor Cullen and Maria Pepper, “Shock at brutal murder” in The New Ross Standard https://www.independent.ie/regionals/newrossstandard/news/shock-at-brutal-murder-27491837.html(15 October 2009)

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Conor Cullen and Maria Pepper, “Savagery” in The Wexford People https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexfordpeople/news/savagery-27708617.html(14 Ocotober 2009)

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