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Case No. 2290Missing person (suspected abduction and murder) · Co. Dublin · 23 Feb 2011

Family of missing Esra Uyrun plead for access to unseen CCTV footage

The family of Esra Uyrun, a 38-year-old mother last seen leaving her Clondalkin home on 23 February 2011, have pleaded with Gardaí to allow them to examine unseen CCTV footage near her home that they believe could be key to solving her disappearance. Her older sister Berna Fidan is arriving in Ireland to make an annual appeal and demand all remaining video footage be scrutinised.

  1. Reported19 Feb
  2. Arrested
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
reportedhappened, not reportedlatest stagenot yet

Key facts

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9 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatHer coin purse containing her driving licence and a €50 note was discovered in the boot of the vehicle. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whereHer car, a silver Renault Twingo, was found in a car park in Bray, Co. Wicklow. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whenEsra Uyrun was last seen leaving her home in Clondalkin, west Dublin, on the morning of 23 February 2011. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationA review of the blurry CCTV footage by specialists in London was unsuccessful in identifying the driver. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationThe family believes there is further CCTV footage near Esra's Clondalkin home that has not been examined by investigators. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherBerna Fidan, Esra's older sister, is arriving in Ireland to make an annual appeal for information. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe 14th anniversary of Esra's disappearance falls on 23 February 2025. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherBerna Fidan is 59 years old, a grandmother of one, who lives in London. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe family believes the driver in the CCTV footage is responsible for Esra's abduction and probable murder. (irishmirror.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 19 Feb2025
    Reportedirishmirror.ie, follow-up
    Family of missing mum plead to access CCTV they think may be key to solving case

    The family is pleading for access to unseen CCTV footage near Esra's Clondalkin home and at the DART crossing in Bray, which they believe has not yet been examined by investigators. A recent review of the Bray car park footage by specialists in London was unsuccessful in identifying the driver.

    victim, Esra Uyrun, 38, female, non-irish (judged from name)Esra Uyrun