Gardai close to finding murderer

Hitchens

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/gardai-liaising-with-foreign-police-after-suspect-in-fiona-pender-disappearance-arrested-30653847.html

Hopefully they will finally nail the murdering swine!

wazky

Hitchens wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/gardai-liaising-with-foreign-police-after-suspect-in-fiona-pender-disappearance-arrested-30653847.html

Hopefully they will finally nail the murdering swine!

Do they take turns or is it a group thing?

Sir Arthur Daley

Are they next door to the murderer or sitting beside him, like how close are they?

realweirdo

This thread has the potential to be a legal minefield, trial by media and all that...

Penny Tration

Hope to god that this arrest yields some information and sheds light on her whereabouts, for the mother's sake.

Fr_Dougal

So it wasn't Larry Murphy...

Hitchens

TheZohan wrote: »

So it wasn't Larry Murphy...

the Gardai know who it is

realweirdo

The person arrested today was arrested abroad.

Either way, innocent until proven guilty, lets not all jeopardise a trial by commenting too much.

Ash.J.Williams

TheZohan wrote: »

So it wasn't Larry Murphy...

Nobody ever said it was

Karl Stein

Gardai closing in on suspect who has made confession?

Fr_Dougal

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

Nobody ever said it was

O RYL?

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Murphy_(criminal)

listermint

realweirdo wrote: »

The person arrested today was arrested abroad.

Either way, innocent until proven guilty, lets not all jeopardise a trial by commenting too much.

What is your fascination with a trial? The person hasn't been named here or on the article. Your losing the run of yourself

LillySV

reading some of the above posts, i cant get over the fact that some stupid litttle bastards on this site try to be funny and clever putting stupid smart ass comments up on a thread that refers to a poor girl who was murdered along with her unborn child, destroyin her family and driving her father to suicide!

i hope ye fukin retards think about what ye are sayin and doin and wise up

moxin

To some of the young wans posting, i'm old enough to remember this case. Show some fecking empathy will ya's? This case occurred in a period of years around the other cases of young women disappearing as well in the 90's, lets hope there will be closure.

wazky

LillySV wrote: »

reading some of the above posts, i cant get over the fact that some stupid litttle bastards on this site try to be funny and clever putting stupid smart ass comments up on a thread that refers to a poor girl who was murdered along with her unborn child, destroyin her family and driving her father to suicide!

i hope ye fukin retards think about what ye are sayin and doin and wise up

Harsh words there, are you angry?, maybe a touch outraged?

ben.schlomo

LillySV wrote: »

reading some of the above posts, i cant get over the fact that some stupid litttle bastards on this site try to be funny and clever putting stupid smart ass comments up on a thread that refers to a poor girl who was murdered along with her unborn child, destroyin her family and driving her father to suicide!

i hope ye fukin retards think about what ye are sayin and doin and wise up

AH isnt a place for this sort of thread or for outrage.

Tail Docker

wazky wrote: »

Harsh words there, are you angry?, maybe a touch outraged?

It was the "little" reference that got you, right?

LillySV

wazky wrote: »

Harsh words there, are you angry?, maybe a touch outraged?

i was referrin to you and the guy above you... your clearly still tryin to be cool....trying to be provocative now though....very sad.... well remember what goes around....

wazky

LillySV wrote: »

i was referrin to you and the guy above you... your clearly still tryin to be cool....trying to be provocative now though....very sad.... well remember what goes around....

I am cool, thanks.

Is that a threat?, I've a black belt in Karaoke, don't fcuk with me.

LillySV

ben.schlomo wrote: »

AH isnt a place for this sort of thread or for outrage.

your right, im no better than him to get into it so goin to leave it by sayin i hope they solve this case for that poor family...theyve had a harsh life and i hope they get justice

Tail Docker

wazky wrote: »

I am cool, thanks.

Is that a threat?, I've a black belt in Karaoke, don't fcuk with me.

Pfft. You can't even hit the high notes. Spoofer.

Summer wind

That poor family what they have gone through words can't describe. I hope they will finally find out what happened to their daughter and sister and will be able to bring her and her little baby home for a decent burial.

cometogether

2008: A small wooden cross bearing the name “Fiona Pender” is found on Slieve Bloom at the border between Laois and Offaly

Absolutely chilling

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Her mom is such a lovely lady and that poor family have been destroyed, with her brother then her and then her dad. I have no idea how that poor woman keeps going but no matter when you meet her, she's always sweet and friendly.

I don't know if they'll ever get the body tbh, I guess everybody has their own theories on what happened, and I don't think anyone will ever know for sure.

Wouldn't be getting my hopes up over this anyway, although I really hope that the guards are correct and she gets to be finally laid to rest.

It's absolutely chilling to think she could be snatched from her own apartment, in the middle of a town though.

Mod

Wazky banned for being a dick.

Cop on folks.

Shakespeare's Sister

People are obsessed with going on about "outrage" - seriously in fashion at the moment. People can't express anger about something justifiable without the "o" word getting thrown at them as a pot-shot by such cool, edgy people.

Masala

That poor family has been thru so much..... they deserve to be respected on social media. All they want is closure.....and an honourable burial for their child. I pray that they get both someday soon.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

TheZohan wrote: »

So it wasn't Larry Murphy...

He was in Cork, Leeson Street, Bray, Westport, Belfast, The Hague and Bangkok when it happened.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

I can't post the link because I'm reading it from the Facebook app, but it's from the rte.ie website,

Apparently this guy that has been arrested was the main suspect in the case before. Don't know how much were allowed say on that but maybe it will be closure for the family after all

Ash.J.Williams

TheZohan wrote: »

O RYL?

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Murphy_(criminal)

That's not a source

Shiraz 4.99

Police always had a suspect, they never had any evidence, looks like that's about to change, good

indigo twist

On the other hand, if this woman broke up with the suspect on bad terms, and if she was aware he was a suspect in the case at the time (very likely), there's the possibility she's providing false information in order to frame her ex.

You would hope no one would be so heartless and cruel as to give the dead woman's family false expectations like that. But you just don't know.

Hopefully this isn't the case, and she will be able to help the Gardaí find the body.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

If its the same main suspect as I'm thinking of, it wouldn't have been the first time thinly veiled threats were made. If it is the same guy, he sent threatening letters to some company, informing them he was a very dangerous man and to ask tullamore gardai about his history.

Mr. Incognito

Isnt Larry murphy abroad atm?

Suspect arrested abroad?

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

I don't think larry murphy was ever a suspect with fiona pender. The guards and her mother think it was someone who she knew very well.

Shiraz 4.99

This isn't Larry Murphy.

Knine

According to Trace Missing Persons FB page a new location has been identified. I can't link from phone. It was just posted a few moments ago.

Shiraz 4.99

Knine wrote: »

According to Trace Missing Persons FB page a new location has been identified. I can't link from phone. It was just posted a few moments ago.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Trace-Missing-Persons-Ireland/143712565673714

Trace Missing Persons Ireland is happy to be informed that a woman has come forward in the investigation of missing Fiona Pender .A Trace Missing Persons Ireland search team, along with cadaver dogs have been scanning areas in the offaly area for the past two years.A location in a wooded area has been identified. Gardai have been notified.

Mam of 4

This is going to sound so wrong , but I genuinely hope they find Fionas remains and that her poor mother can finally have some peace of mind knowing that she has her back. The not knowing for any of the families of missing people must be horrific.

Laois6556

Hopefully this leads to a conclusion for the family. I was just thinking that it would be far less likely these days for women to go missing without a trace like those poor women in the 90's. I think mobile phones/technology are the main reasons for this. For example there was a woman killed in the midlands recently enough and technology helped find her and her killer in a short enough period. Obviously it's still horrible for the victims families but better than what the families of Fiona Pender and the other missing women.

Defiler Of The Coffin

Looks like the net is finally closing. Hopefully there will be a breakthrough and the family will finally get some closure.

Looking at the case I can't see why it was ever linked to Larry Murphy, sure there was plenty of hysteria around the time of his release but it's obvious that Fiona was harmed by someone who was close to her. The Gardai have always had their suspect, now at last they might be able to build a strong case against them.

Miss_Caprice

Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »

Looks like the net is finally closing. Hopefully there will be a breakthrough and the family will finally get some closure.

Looking at the case I can't see why it was ever linked to Larry Murphy, sure there was plenty of hysteria around the time of his release but it's obvious that Fiona was harmed by someone who was close to her. The Gardai have always had their suspect, now at last they might be able to build a strong case against them.

Every unsolved missing person/murder case involving a female victim in the 90s somehow gets linked back to poor oul Larry.

LillySV

the murderer was incredibly close to fiona, everyone in he area knows that..time to allow the guards to search the whole farm!

homerjay2005

LillySV wrote: »

the murderer was incredibly close to fiona, everyone in he area knows that..time to allow the guards to search the whole farm!

why has it taken this long though?

Scuid Mhór

homerjay2005 wrote: »

why has it taken this long though?

Not enough substantial evidence I'd assume. That's usually the case.

Yurt2

From the sounds of it he confessed to it via a threat to his current partner?

I wonder if that would be enough to secure a conviction. Especially without a body and post mortem evidence etc.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Missing+woman's+partner+in+'threat'.-a0179378612

Her partner at the time isn't a stranger to making threats.

testicle

LexieOnRale wrote: »

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Missing+woman's+partner+in+'threat'.-a0179378612

Her partner at the time isn't a stranger to making threats.

And emigrated to Canada.

Yurt2

Messy extradition process ahead so....

Shiraz 4.99

http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/crime/fiona-pender-suspect-pointed-out-4422938

This explains it without me getting into legal difficulty.

Shiraz 4.99

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