Womans body found in Galway

DonJose · 10-10-2007 12:11am #1

I was watching the news tonight about the womans body found in Galway.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/1009/galway.html

What are the chances that this scumbag is the same scumbag responsible for the 3 attacks in Athlone, the distance is roughly 50-60 miles. The Guards are swarming Athlone at the moment so most likely this scumbag has moved on. Are we looking at a serial killer/rapist here.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/1004/athlone.html

Kess73 · 10-10-2007 10:45am

What came to my mind was the woman that was murdered in Ennis a year or two ago. She was heading home from a Chrimbo party and somewhere along the way was napped by someone. She was left strangled on a patch of wasteland. As far as I know there was nobody caught for it. Maybe a local could say whether there was ever anybody caught.

Zzippy · 10-10-2007 11:09am

There was a sexual assault on a woman in the same area less than 2 weeks ago. Was in the local papers. Its a dodgy enough walk at night I believe...

mikemac · 10-10-2007 11:30am

The body was discovered in undergrowth between Lakeshore Drive and Ceannt Railway Station at around 9.30am this morning by a man out walking a dog.

I'm not sure where Lakeshore Drive is, can anyone give a description?

Is this along the railway path that goes to Renmore?

leninbenjamin · 10-10-2007 11:32am

walking the railway line these days is suicide these days. it was dodgy enough back in the 70s... i wonder was she actually walking it or was she just taken there? if she was whoever told her about it was an utter eidjit.

it's horrible to hear.

Edit:

micmclo wrote:

I'm not sure where Lakeshore Drive is, can anyone give a description?

Is this along the railway path that goes to Renmore?

think so. Lakeshore drive is where the barracks is isn't it? have a look at Yahoo maps here. just zoom in a bit

mikemac · 10-10-2007 11:46am

leninbenjamin wrote:

walking the railway line these days is suicide these days. it was dodgy enough back in the 70s... i wonder was she actually walking it or was she just taken there? if she was whoever told her about it was an utter eidjit.

it's horrible to hear.

Edit:

think so. Lakeshore drive is where the barracks is isn't it? have a look at Yahoo maps here. just zoom in a bit

Bit OTT. What are you basing that on?

I used to live in Remore and worked as night porter in a city-centre hotel in 2004.
Walked the railway line every night and the only hassle you’d ever get was kids knacker drinking on the Radisson helipad and asking for cigarettes.

So I’m basing this post from experience of walking it 5-6 nights a week on my own for six months and never any serious hassle. Only scary part was there is no lighting so you walk along in the pitch black.

All the same, I agree that a girl should not walk down there alone.

Edit: Thanks for the directions

leninbenjamin · 10-10-2007 11:58am

micmclo wrote:

Bit OTT.

well, it's of course OTT, but then this is AH :rolleyes:

it's always had more than it's fair share of sexual assaults though hasn't it? probably should have added for young unaccompanied women. meh, a lot of the info i have on it is second hand anyway seeing as i'm on the other side. none of my mates in Renmore would ever walk it on their own though i'm pretty sure on that.

JIZZLORD · 10-10-2007 12:02pm

I'd never walk that path outside of daylight hours, it's uber dodgy vibe is kinda scary.

MooseJam · 10-10-2007 12:03pm

It was an 18 year old Swiss student, only over here a few weeks, very sad

Ninja_scrotum · 10-10-2007 12:13pm

Don't know what a student is doing over in that area. I doubt she was walking to her house because foreign students usually get accom in the villages.

Poor parents sending the girl off to lovely green Ireland, 3 weeks later there's a phonecall from the gardai. It's tragic.

I hope they find the fcuker. If they do he'll probably get only 8 years for manslaughter or something stupid like that. I think his legs should be cut off and fed to his arse.

Gran Hermano · 10-10-2007 12:17pm

Isn't there a Galway forum for these region specific posts? :rolleyes:

DonJose · 10-10-2007 12:17pm

MooseJam wrote:

It was an 18 year old Swiss student, only over here a few weeks, very sad

The news reported she arrived on Saturday, for a 2 week English course. My heart goes out to her parents who thought they were sending her to a safe country.

DonJose · 10-10-2007 12:18pm

Gran Hermano wrote:

Isn't there a Galway forum for these region specific posts? :rolleyes:

Every post in after hours could fit into a specific forum.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 10-10-2007 12:22pm

micmclo wrote:

Bit OTT. What are you basing that on?

I used to live in Remore and worked as night porter in a city-centre hotel in 2004.
Walked the railway line every night and the only hassle you’d ever get was kids knacker drinking on the Radisson helipad and asking for cigarettes.

So I’m basing this post from experience of walking it 5-6 nights a week on my own for six months and never any serious hassle. Only scary part was there is no lighting so you walk along in the pitch black.

All the same, I agree that a girl should not walk down there alone.

Edit: Thanks for the directions

I'm not saying your wrong. But I'll just add this.

I've been going to Renmore Bks for over twenty year's now and always walked the line into town and back. But in the last few year's the advice from the lads on the gate (leaving the Bks) is to get a taxi there and back and avoid walking the line totally.

Sorry I know thats not adding to the discussion.

Maybe we need to bring back 'the murder squad' !!.

Seriously, a dedicated section of the Guards whose soul job is to investigate murder and nothing else. Instead of the situation we have now where the local dick investigate a murder when already their files are full of drug busts, robberies from Spar shops, muggings etc.

Ninja_scrotum · 10-10-2007 12:26pm

Gran Hermano wrote:

Isn't there a Galway forum for these region specific posts? :rolleyes:

Shut your mouth nit-picker, do you have anything else to do?

A womans body was found in galway. Do you think the news should be kept in galway or something?

JIZZLORD · 10-10-2007 12:26pm

DonJose wrote:

My heart goes out to her parents who thought they were sending her to a safe country.

Ireland (and Galway for that matter) are relatively safe. I've walked home after all but 5 or 6 nights out in galway over the last 2 years and have never had trouble apart from someone scabbing fags, The route where she was found is known to be dodgy, but it knocks up to 2km off a walk from the city centre to renmore. She prob hadnt been told of the dangers of that path. there's no lighting etc.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 10-10-2007 12:29pm

JIZZLORD wrote:

Ireland (and Galway for that matter) are relatively safe. I've walked home after all but 5 or 6 nights out in galway over the last 2 years and have never had trouble apart from someone scabbing fags, The route where she was found is known to be dodgy, but it knocks about 2km off a walk from the city centre to renmore. She prob hadnt been told of the dangers of that path. there's no lighting etc.

Not much point in bumming a fag if ya can't get a light:p

leninbenjamin · 10-10-2007 12:40pm

Ninja_scrotum wrote:

Don't know what a student is doing over in that area. I doubt she was walking to her house because foreign students usually get accom in the villages.

she was a private student going to one of the language schools. Mill Street i believe? she'd have nought to do with the Uni and GMIT to get into one of their villages. anyways she was actually living in Renmore.

marco_polo · 10-10-2007 12:47pm

Kess73 wrote:

What came to my mind was the woman that was murdered in Ennis a year or two ago. She was heading home from a Chrimbo party and somewhere along the way was napped by someone. She was left strangled on a patch of wasteland. As far as I know there was nobody caught for it. Maybe a local could say whether there was ever anybody caught.

Perhaps you are thinking of the woman who died coming home from a Christmas party in Ennis last year or the year before, but that was from exposure as she got lost and fell asleep on her way home. Either that or it was a different town? The only recent case involving a female murder in Ennis was about 5 years ago, but her boyfriend was caught and convicted.

**Edit** I remember now it there was a murder in Kilrush about two years ago, where a woman was strangled in the yard of the local church. An ex-boyfriend was convicted of this crime.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0601/walsha.html?rss

Terry · 10-10-2007 12:52pm

Ninja_scrotum wrote:

Shut your mouth nit-picker, do you have anything else to do?

A womans body was found in galway. Do you think the news should be kept in galway or something?

How about you STFU or I'll ban you.

marco_polo · 10-10-2007 1:01pm

Galwayguy99 wrote:

There was a sexual assault on a woman in the same area less than 2 weeks ago. Was in the local papers. Its a dodgy enough walk at night I believe...

http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/national-news/gardai-prepare-file-for-dpp-on-sex-assault-in-galway-1087716.html

Sound like it was in the exact same area.:eek:. I also seem to remember a reconstruction of a case on crimeline a few years ago as well where a student was attacked just up the road close to the Huntsman. I never heard if anyone ever got convicted for this.

biko · 10-10-2007 1:16pm

There was also an attack on a woman on the river walk besides Jurys some months ago.

mikemac · 10-10-2007 1:33pm

marco_polo wrote:

I also seem to remember a reconstruction of a case on crimeline a few years ago as well where a student was attacked just up the road close to the Huntsman. I never heard if anyone ever got convicted for this.

May or June 2004 afaik
Nope, noone was ever caught for that crime

10-10-2007 1:34pm

And there was one down by the shortcut by the playground in Lough Atalia. Why they don't have proper lighting and cameras in these areas is beyond me.

prendy · 10-10-2007 1:48pm

theres proper lighting on the footpath on the road...its the shortcut thats badly lit.
they cant put light up on every little path or shortcut.
that area is known over the last few years for attacks/attempted attacks.
i realise the girl was new to the area and all but i still see others takin that route late at night....WTF????

Krieg · 10-10-2007 1:53pm

micmclo wrote:

I'm not sure where Lakeshore Drive is, can anyone give a description?

Is this along the railway path that goes to Renmore?

Yeah its the railway line
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/2431/loughus2.jpg
in the middle of the pic you can see 4 oil tanks and to the lower left you can see the tent where the body was found (Apologies for pic quality)

I used to walk down the line after school until some paedo followed me one day and started chatting to me. I have never walked it since and I will give out to friends who even think of walking it. Across from that is the 'Black path' which I always walk myself and where that student was attacked 3 years ago. No lights but its def safer then walking the line

micmclo wrote:

Nope, noone was ever caught for that crime

Actually that scumbag was fortuantly caught

Btw you had some balls walking it every night

10-10-2007 1:57pm

prendy wrote:

they cant put light up on every little path or shortcut.
that area is known over the last few years for attacks/attempted attacks.

They don't have to put lighting in every shortcut. Just the problem areas.

spideog7 · 10-10-2007 2:22pm

http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=53.273721&lon=-9.035697&z=16&l=0&m=a&v=2
Somwhere around there is it ??
I'm guessing from the pic somewhere between the area marked "The line" and Lough Atalia or further up in front of the DoD building ?

Where's the "blackpath", behind the Huntsman ??

cornbb · 10-10-2007 2:42pm

biko wrote:

There was also an attack on a woman on the river walk besides Jurys some months ago.

Jaysus, that spot is about as central as you can get

Krieg · 10-10-2007 2:44pm

spideog7 wrote:

http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=53.273721&lon=-9.035697&z=16&l=0&m=a&v=2
Somwhere around there is it ??
I'm guessing from the pic somewhere between the area marked "The line" and Lough Atalia or further up in front of the DoD building ?

Where's the "blackpath", behind the Huntsman ??

Aye thats it
and yes the Blackpath is behind the huntsman alright

padi89 · 10-10-2007 3:04pm

Deleted User wrote:

They don't have to put lighting in every shortcut. Just the problem areas.

Won't really make a difference,culprits will just move somewhere else, while people will continue to take dodgy shortcuts despite warnings and a bit of common sense.

Womans body found in Galway

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