A new website, which is intended to help collate evidence for unsolved cases, has been launched by the Garda Serious Crime Review Team.
Among the initial cases included on the website is that of Raonaid Murray who was murdered in Glenageary almost ten years ago.
Other cases include that of Eddie Fitzmaurice who was found dead in his home at Bellaghy, Charlestown, Co. Mayo, in May 1998 and Lorcan O'Byrne who was murdered at the Angler's Rest pub in Chapeliziod, Dublin20 in October 1981.
Speaking at the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation at Harcourt Square today, detective superintendent Christy Mangan, who is in charge of the Serious Crime Review Team said that while there are currently only five cases highlighted on the website, more will be added.
“This is an investigation tool widely used by a number of other police forces involved in reviews of unresolved serious crime. It is hoped that persons who may have significant information in relation to a particular unresolved crime, and who in the past have been unable and / or unwilling to contact gardaí will do so now through this innovative process.”
The Serious Crime Review Team was established iin August 2007. It is currently involved in the ongoing review of a number of unresolved homicides within the State dating back to 1980.
To date, charges have been laid against three people for their involvement in historical murders reviewed by the team.
