A retired cold case detective has said that the body of Deirdre Jacob - who went missing in Kildare on this day 24 years ago - must be located before anyone can be convicted for her murder.
Ms Jacob, who was 18 at the time, disappeared as she was walking home in Newbridge on July 28, 1998 - and in 2018 her disappearance was upgraded to a murder investigation. Wicklow man Larry Murphy has long been a suspect in the case, although the Director of Public Prosecutions recently decided that gardai didn't have enough evidence to charge him.
Speaking to Newstalk, Alan Bailey - who was the lead detective in the Garda Cold Case Unit before his retirement - said that Murphy remains a person of interest in the case. Mr Bailey said: "That is based on his modus operandi when he was involved in the abduction, rape and attempted murder of another female in the year 2000."
