Old thread seems to be permanently locked. It will be interesting if anything can come of this at last.
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Even if they were able to rule out one or two prime suspects, that would be huge.
What's all this
Surely bailey could be eliminated if this is the case
It seems pretty clear to me that the Gardai have DNA evidence belonging to the killer that was extracted from the fingernails of the victim by Dr. John Harbison after he examined the body and kept in safe keeping since.
At the time the hairs could not definitively be proven to be from one particular person but with the passing of time and the inevitable advances in DNA technology it is now safer to proceed with a prosecution.
The i's will be dotted, the t's will be crossed and the killer will be brought to justice.
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And went to retrieve it 26 years later. Really now 😂😂
I think that's the assumption anyway
The whole investigation was piss poor
Are the gardai effectively confirming that the forensics done back then were piss poor if they think that searching the same area now will find something?
For the love of God please tell me you are joking about the medium. That's embarrassing
Reaching here... maybe they left something at the scene?
There’s plenty of crazies visiting the site by all accounts, then posting selfies on Instagram. I can’t imagine what they hope to unearth after a quarter of a century.
Or someone was seen at the site recently acting suspiciously... and they think returning to the scene of the crime?
Something buried?
Otherwise its baffling.
Ah now. I can’t imagine what they’d find 26 years later. This is bordering on ridiculous.
A couple of Gardai will spend tomorrow night until 10 am Fri at the scene hoping for some divine intervention. I believe a medium will also be in attendance.
Bailey claims to have useful information for the gardai
He doesn't seem to do anything with this 'information '
Was it bailey who came up with the French hitman theory?
The ultimate distraction the foreign hitman
Unless something buried?
Surely any forensics above ground would be long gone not to mention the scene has had god knows who over it.
In the name of sweet Jaysis..... What do they expect to gain from mapping the area??
Nearly three decades of rain, frost, wind, more rain....... This is a real head scratching exercise...
Looks like they're back at the scene, wonder what they hope to find after all this time?
Call me an old sceptic, but is it anything to do with the time of the year?
"It is understood gardaí hope to carry out some preliminary mapping work at the site over the coming days."
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thanks for that link. that's very interesting that they only moved to Schull a year earlier.
the way Sheridan posed the question to her in the car, it was definitely current tense - I think anyway. found the reference. Episode 4 @ 11:20 - "you know this is the turn to Sophies?" - Sheridan; "no I didn't know that" - Marie Farrell
it's all trivial anyway. unless someone confesses, I doubt there'll ever be enough evidence for a court case.
They moved to Schull in 1995 from Glanmire, prior to that they lived in England.
I believe they lived in a rented farm house down near Schull, Clew bay I think it was.
When she said "I didn't know that" about the Kealfada road, I thought she meant she didn't know at the time of the murder, rather than when she was talking to Sheridan 20 odd years later. It would be odd alright if she wasn't aware of where Sophie lived in relation to Kealfada bridge after all that time.
Barry Roche did a good timeline in the Times a few years ago;
Edit; 'Crewe Bay farm' I believe was their rented house near Schull
My opinion is that Marie Farrell is a fruitcake.
Can't believe a word out of her. I wouldn't even be convinced she was out in a car that night with an imaginary boyfriend.
Ya exactly. Maybe it is just attention seeking gone too far but she definitely acts like she's something to hide
My opinion from watching the Jim Sheridan documentary would be that Marie Farrell knows more than she's letting on. Her story changed too many times, her behaviour was extremely strange and she should be charged with obstructing the investigation, then charges dropped if she gives the actual story of what she knows.
That's what I mean sorry. Sheridan said, that's the road to Sophie's house from the bridge
She has to be lying when she said she wasnt aware that was the road to Sophies house. 25 years later and she still had'nt a clue where Sophies house was in relation to Kealfadda bridge sounds a bit far fetched. As chief witness ( as she was) you would at the very least think she would have had this information and have had knowledge of the location. More of Maries lies I think!
Sophies house at Kealfadda bridge,
Sophie's house is not at Kilfadda bridge.
It's in the general vicinity, but still it's a few miles from it.
Kilfadda bridge is on the main road between Schull and Goleen, with the road to Sophie's house a smaller road off it.
On the Sheridan thing - he makes the point regarding Sophies house at Kealfadda bridge, the place where Farrell said she saw Bailey. So I don't believe for a second that she didn't know one road from there led to Sophie's house. She knew the importance of siting Bailey in that location.
She had only been in Schull for about a year? I know she's from Longford originally but I was under the impression that she was there a lot longer considering they ran a shop etc
It’s possible she didn’t know Sophie’s road, she had only been in Schull for about a year and lived about 5/6 miles away, they’d have moved in different circles.
I think she was just gullible/ vulnerable and was manipulated. She got carried away by the whole circus.
She gave three different names for her companion and a feeble effort was made to trace them, so feeble that the police probably knew they were fictitious.
They sold up and moved away up the midlands, citing police harassment after she withdrew her earlier statements.
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