{"id":613940,"date":"2026-09-04T06:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T06:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/613940\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T06:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T06:16:09","slug":"renewed-appeal-to-help-find-raonaid-murrays-killer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/613940\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewed appeal to help find Raonaid Murray&#8217;s killer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Garda\u00ed have made a fresh appeal for information to help find the killer of teenager  <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/news\/arid-41468959.html\">Raonaid Murray<\/a> in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>Officers have particularly urged anyone who doubts the alibi that was given to garda\u00ed by a friend or relative to come forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The request has been made by detectives trying to solve the 17-year-old\u2019s murder after she was last seen alive at 11.20pm on September 3, 1999, when she made her way home from D\u00fan Laoghaire town centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Her body was found at Silchester Crescent, Glenageary, at 12.33am, on September 4, 1999, less than 500 yards from her home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Garda\u00ed say \u201cextensive lines of enquiries\u201d continue to be pursued by the investigation team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">However, a Garda spokesperson said: \u201cIn over 4,500 witness statements, there is not one word of enmity towards Raonaid, with no motive identified for her murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cMany who were Raonaid\u2019s age at the time are now parents themselves with children, some of whom would now be close to Raonaid\u2019s age.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The statement added: \u201cWe would ask them to reflect now with the benefit of maturity and hindsight on any information that may be of assistance to the investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIf anyone has any information which could assist in identifying a motive for the murder of Raonaid, and\/or if any individual has any doubts about the truth of an alibi already provided, we would appeal for your immediate assistance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cYou may be unknowingly shielding a killer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThe solving of this murder is of the utmost priority for An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na, and any information received will be treated with absolute confidentiality.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The spokesperson added: \u201cThe Garda investigation team wishes to again thank the public for their assistance in this ongoing investigation to date.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garda\u00ed have made a fresh appeal for information to help find the killer of teenager Raonaid Murray in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":613941,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1111,61,60,43,1112],"class_list":["post-613940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-court-and-crime","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-politics-and-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}