Jastine Valdez found dead. No Ana discussion please. Mod warning post 1

Irish Times are reporting that he was up before the courts next month on serious drink driving charges,and had prior convictions for cannabis and being abusive in a public place.He was on bail for the drink driving charges

Trasna1 wrote: »

Risk of being overly speculative?! Bit of an understatement there. There has been nothing to suggest they even knew each other.

Apart from the fact that they lived and worked in relatively close proximity, that she was abducted a couple of minutes from her home and that a guy with absolutely no previous convictions or Garda issues abducted her in broad daylight?

The odds here are not in favour of "random abduction by a man who had lost his mind".

I'm not saying it's definite, but far more likely that they did know eachother.

Edit:
I stand corrected on the "no previous" bit, but certainly nothing major there. He had never been done for assault or other serious crimes.

5star02707 wrote: »

Video of the man, looks very disturbed

https://twitter.com/mulvey1980/status/998596977905586176?s=07

I'd look awkward having to do that too

seamus wrote: »

Apart from the fact that they lived and worked in relatively close proximity, that she was abducted a couple of minutes from her home and that a guy with absolutely no previous convictions or Garda issues abducted her in broad daylight?

The odds here are not in favour of "random abduction by a man who had lost his mind".

I'm not saying it's definite, but far more likely that they did know eachother.

I'm living in a small town over 30 years and there's plenty I've never even uttered a word to. Possible he was watching her without her even knowing him. Unless you know more than you're saying?

seamus wrote: »

Apart from the fact that they lived and worked in relatively close proximity, that she was abducted a couple of minutes from her home and that a guy with absolutely no previous convictions or Garda issues abducted her in broad daylight?

The odds here are not in favour of "random abduction by a man who had lost his mind".

I'm not saying it's definite, but far more likely that they did know eachother.

Edit:
I stand corrected on the "no previous" bit, but certainly nothing major there. He had never been done for assault or other serious crimes.

You are possibly right but their connection could be an innocent one. People will try find a reason why he targeted her. She's lost her life and possibly suffered sexual violence, I think speculation that she was involved romantically with him is a bit of an insult to the victim and her family.

Missix wrote: »

The Gardai don't seem to think they knew each other,that it was an opportunistic 'grab',and that it was sexually motivated.

His computer history will show where his preferences lay anyway most likely.

Yes his viewing history could tell us a lot the same with the scum that killed poor Ana in Lucan at this time last week.

seamus wrote: »

Apart from the fact that they lived and worked in relatively close proximity, that she was abducted a couple of minutes from her home and that a guy with absolutely no previous convictions or Garda issues abducted her in broad daylight?

The odds here are not in favour of "random abduction by a man who had lost his mind".

I'm not saying it's definite, but far more likely that they did know eachother.

I think the issue is you're suggesting they had some sort of romantic or sexual relationship and there is nothing to suggest this at all. It's disrespectful (at the very least) to suggest this about a girl who's just lost her life without having any evidence to back it up.



As you corrected yourself that he has no convictions, as we now know that is untrue. As we learn more about this guy we'll probably have some better insight into his motives.

Jumping to the conclusion of an affair is unfair, more information will come out about this guy in the coming days maybe we should hold off on suggesting something like that until there's more information to go on.


They could possibly have some connection we're not aware of but talking about some sort of relationship in that sense without anything to suggest it just doesn't seem right.

His poor family too. Surely better off he's dead, maybe he had the knife to do himself in, the police helped him out there in the end

ProudIRISHman wrote: »

Am I the only one pissed off at all the cars who rang into the Gardai to report seeing a woman in distress being driven down the motorway but never thought about following the car? I am not looking for heroics here but honestly is it too much to ask for the person to follow behind the car while on the phone to the guards??? A life could have been saved.

Too many people in this country never want to be inconvenienced. And following the car would only be that, an inconvenience. If he saw you following you could turn off the road or stop following you if that your that much of a coward but from the reports not one car even bothered following him and carried on with their route.

How many rang in ? I only read about one ?
And if I am totally honest if I had kids in my car or he was driving at speed there is no way I would speed down the N 11 after him .

iamwhoiam wrote: »

How many rang in ? I only read about one ?
And if I am totally honest if I had kids in my car or he was driving at speed there is no way I would speed down the N 11 after him .

Particularly if you were going the other way or he suddenly turned off the road, which may have been the case here.

This case makes me think of that woman Esra Uyrun who is still missing to this day, her car found in Bray 6/7 years ago, makes you wonder could this guy could be responsible?.. what a senseless act, I feel so bad for Jastines family.