The monster who snatched and murdered Jastine Valdez was infatuated with her and had rehearsed the abduction beforehand, the detective who hunted him believes.
Speaking publicly for the first time about the frantic search for Jastine, retired detective superintendent Frank Keenaghan also says he believes Mark Hennessy sexually assaulted the student before murdering her – and dumping her lifeless corpse in heavy gorse in south County Dublin.
And, in an exclusive interview with the Irish Mirror for our special podcast Shattered Lives which is available this morning, Mr Keenaghan also reveals how emergency workers begged Hennessy to tell them where he had hidden Jastine – as they fought to save his life after a Garda detective shot him at the end of a 24-hour manhunt.
