Crimes that have stayed with you for years

I have just come across this thread and there’s definitely a few cases that will always stay with me and I often think about.

One of the more recent cases is that of Aisling Murphy who was just out for a run. I think that will remain in the public conscious for a long time to come. Also, the murder of Sarah Everard in London. The details are haunting. I can’t imagine what she went through, especially as he was a police officer, you would automatically think you would be safe with someone in that position. Both cases happened within a short timeframe of each other and are not at all that long ago.

Similar cases that I often think of include Karen Buckley in Glasgow, Nicola Furlong in Japan, Jill Meagher and Michaela McAreavey. Being a young Irish woman who lives abroad they definitely had an impact on me. There was something about Karen Buckley that always made me feel like I knew her. Another extremely haunting case, I remember clearly her parents appeal and crying watching it.

I was the same age as Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2002 and can vividly remember the news reports and the newspapers. It was huge at the time. I still think of them every now and again.

Being from Kerry originally the Kerry Baby case. I wasn’t born when it happened but have heard of it throughout the years. I think it’s a story that’s always remained with my parents generation and older. Its quite chilling to think an innocent little baby boy met such a horrendous end and washed up on the beach in such a beautiful part of the country. How could anyone do that to a newborn baby. Poor little boy. Which also reminds me of the Lucy Letby case only a few months ago. What a complete psychopath. Truly evil.

It’s amazing how certain cases can resonate with you and remain with you for years to come for whatever reason. May all the innocent victims rest in peace and their families and loved ones find closure.

The child that washed up mutilated in the Lagan, believed to be a victim of John McKeag the beast of Kincora (and Red Hand Commander founder, and informer)

The UVF man who took pity on the kid they were about to torture he opened a window and said run for it kid. But being in a loyalist area he was lost and knocked on on a door, A woman brought him in and cleaned out his wounds, before calling her dsughter, who showed up with her UDA boyfriend. He didn't survive the night

Yes the full horror was not revealed by the wide angle news camera shots that were live on our tv’s at the time. And the guarded speculation avoiding commentary by the newscasters.

I have seen countless videos since that reveal the true horrifying human suffering of that day in graphic detail.

Nearly as many people killed in an hour and a half as the entire 25/30 years of the troubles in Northern Ireland.

it truly was the standout horrific event of our lifetimes.

He preaches in Belfast city centre now

James Bolger, I know it's been mentioned already more than likely. The CCtv image of the poor innocent toddler being led away like that. No words for it. Truly horrific.

Haunt the South Armagh Brigade?? Paul Quinn started trying to muscle in on Brigade turf thinking the Good Friday Agreement would protect him, he leaned over the backseat of a taxi and attacked the son of a well known psycho Provo, he sucker punched another well up guy and then startednputting it up to guys in the street , guys who killed people during the troubles , dangerous dangerous men who still had rackets to protect, Quinn tried to "muscle" in on those rackets. The reason you hear about Paul Quinn "standing up for himself, wouldn't back down from the bullies" it meant he was threatening some of the most dangerous people on the island in the middle of the street, and physically attacking some of them when they weren't looking.

These are the boys who murdered Eamon Collins by stabbing him 33 times in the face

He picked a fight with monsters and that's why his death was so monstrous, that's why the death was so savage and so personal, because it was personal, Paul Quinn was a small time gangster who messed with experienced terrorists, he wasn't abducted, he showed up thinking he was going to have a fight with the kid he punched. A sorry story but Paul Quinn's portrayal as anything more than the thug he was himself gets boring after a while, harsh but true

Quinn was threatening men who had committed murder before he was born, he was only 21,and it showed

I utterly despise these "only God can judge me" Born Again Christians, a lot of whom "find God" in jail.

Brendan O'Donnell killing a mother, a toddler and a priest back in 1994.

Christ that's knocking on 30yrs ago.

They stoned that poor child to death, and Venables, 10 years old, had the malignant foresight to drag James Bulgers body onto traintracks to make it look like an accident. That one made people e existentially questioning what is going on here? Some were saying Thompson and Venebles, two ten year olds, should be executed. It sparked serious introspection on the black and white view of "bad" and "good" , this was an evil act, but are you going to put the rope around that ten year old boys neck??

To commit your first murder when you havnnt hit puberty yet , and then the wherewithal to try to cover it by putting the body on train tracks... No emotion shown after...That's harder to explain away even with abuse and socioeconomic conditions being shite ., something was seriously seriously wrong with those two, Venables in particular. But they won't bother with addressing mental health.

It was a pretty shocking crime when you read the details of how they tortured and killed this poor kid like experienced murderers before trying to dispose of the body

The Green Tureen murder by Shang Mohangi - a South African. He became a South African MP later. It was at a time when udders were rare. . Also, the murder of Fr . Mulloy in the Midlands - around Roscommon , I think- on the night of a wedding which he had attended. Both gruesome for very different reasons

I for one definitely believe you.

I’ve been searching for the details of a murder in Leitrim that happened in the last 20 years, probably the last 15. Not getting any results on the papers as I don’t have enough details.

A man in his 70’s was murdered in his rural cottage by a young guy, late teens early 20’s. The young guy may have had ASD. The man was tortured and left to die. He wasn’t found for days. 

Does anyone remember that one?

Another one that stuck with me was the murder of Gavin O’Connor. Beaten to death and run over with his own car at 22 years old. No national media coverage of the trial. Only Prime Time did a small piece on it, I’d have never heard of it. 

The subsequent desecration of his and his brother’s graves multiple times is beyond disgusting. 

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/gamekeeper-killer-sent-back-to-jail/26380572.html

No it wouldn't actually, some prisoners prefer that, do you know that's the whole point of giving someone a sentence even if it's something ridiculously huge like 40 years, is to give you a time that you know you will be free, if you can do it or not is another thing. In America, sometimes they give guys "Letters not numbers" the letters being "Life" with no possibility of parole and you're here til you die

Telling Venables at 12 years old he's getting hanged in 6 years would probably have no effect on him, since murdering another child and showing absolutely no fear of consequences

he would be counting down the days, then it's just all over for him. James Bulger isn't brought back, and the mother I don't believe wants the death penalty, so who does this benefit but your own thirst for vengeance , it certainly isn't going to deter anyone , remember when they though t internment without trial would be a great deterrent up here?? Didn't work that way

Yes and I think the ones who managed to kill themselves before the trials (like Fred West) cheated justice in a way.

Terrible

You beat me to it with the last one there