On the night of the 3rd of September 1999, Raonaid Murray was walking home through Dun Laoghaire and Glenageary in South Dublin.

As she took a short cut through a quiet laneway, she was attacked.

Her murder has never been solved.

Research Assistance for this episode by Eileen MacFarlene

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Sources:

Rainy in Glenageary Dir. Graham Jones (2019) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2kjsm11_t4&t=1282s

"Is this the man who stabbed teenager Raonaid to death?; Photofit clue in hunt for murderer.." The Free Library. 1999 MGN LTD 12 Nov. 2020 https://www.thefreelibrary.com/IS+THIS+THE+MAN+WHO+STABBED+TEENAGER+RAONAID+TO+DEATH%3f%3b+Photofit+clue...-a060407424

Paul Williams, “Dwyer not involved in Raonaid's murder” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/dwyer-not-involved-in-raonaids-murder-31101257.html(28 March 2015)

Mick McCaffrey, “Litany of mistakes made in Raonaid Murray case” in The Sunday Tribune http://www.tribune.ie/news/article/2009/aug/09/litany-of-mistakes-made-in-raonaid-murray-case/ (9 August 2009)

Jack Quann, “Raonaid Murray's family appeal for information on 21st anniversary of her murder” from Newstalk.ie https://www.newstalk.com/news/raonaid-murrays-family-appeal-information-21st-anniversary-murder-1071012(4 September 2020)

Emma McMenamy, “Former detective 'convinced' Raonaid Murray knew her killer and t may have been a female” from DublinLive.ie https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/former-detective-convinced-raonaid-murray-18850967(30 August 2020)

Ronan McGreevy, “Gardai renew appeal to find killer of Dublin teenager Raonaid Murray” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/garda%C3%AD-renew-appeal-to-find-killer-of-dublin-teenager-raonaid-murray-1.4346174 (3 September 2020)

“Inquest: Raonaid fatal wounds” in The Evening Herald(3 November 1999) p. 7.

“Inquest is adjourned” in The Evening Herald (2 November 2000) p. 20

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Raonaid_Murray

With thanks to Eileen MacFarlene from Crimelapse for research assistance for this episode!

Sources – Raonaid Murray:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2kjsm11_t4 - Rainy in Glenageary

https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/772512693588819971

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBDXVTNJ4ek

https://www.todayfm.com/news/gardai-renew-appeal-information-murder-raonaid-murray-20th-anniversary-900893?fbclid=IwAR3Ep5def4gHCGxuJgWRNJSKSZnoMCM1JKwi8lBYUmVK_Mjgh1fLcNJ_DPQ

Irish Times Newspaper articles

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/garda%C3%AD-renew-appeal-to-find-killer-of-dublin-teenager-raonaid-murray-1.4346174

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/20-years-on-parents-of-raonaid-murray-appeal-for-help-to-catch-her-killer-1.4007558

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/come-out-from-the-shadows-raonaid-murray-family-addresses-killer-20-years-after-murder-1.4007415

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/the-last-hours-of-jastine-valdez-and-her-killer-mark-hennessy-1.3508349

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/garda%C3%AD-appeal-for-information-on-raonaid-murray-murder-1.2778668

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/dwyer-case-garda%C3%AD-may-question-killer-on-serious-crimes-1.2157835

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/inquest-finds-teenager-unlawfully-killed-1.1251501

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/teen-murder-in-1999-still-being-investigated-inquest-told-1.669695

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/letter-from-raonaid-suspect-yields-crucial-break-26225070.html https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/brutal-murder-has-mystified-gardai-and-terrified-people-in-seaside-town-1.226249

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/net-begins-to-close-on-raonaids-killer-as-photofit-man-is-named-26260869.html

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/did-a-jealous-love-rival-kill-raonaid-34907183.html https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/just-like-a-normal-teenager-she-raved-about-george-michaels-music-kept-her-favourite-teddy-bear-on-her-bed-talked-of-seeing-the-world-and-was-frequently-five-minutes-late-turning-up-for-her-shift-at-the-shop-26138107.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Raonaid_Murray#Cold_case_investigation

https://www.broadsheet.ie/2016/02/04/an-overlooked-suspect/

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/did-a-jealous-love-rival-kill-raonaid-34907183.html

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/raonaid-s-friends-grieve-for-promise-brutally-terminated-1.224919

https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/raonaid-murray-knew-killer-says-12059574

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/DID+KILLER+WRECK+RAONAID%27S+GRAVE%3F%3B+Mum+seeks+probe+into+theft+of...-a086118751 https://www.thefreelibrary.com/End+our+misery%3B+Raonaid+Murray%27s+parents+new+plea+to+catch+killer...-a0206812908