Case No. 2138Missing person (suspected murder) · Co. Dublin · 9 Feb 2019
Family of missing Icelandic man Jón Jónsson push for criminal inquiry into 2019 Dublin disappearance
The family of 41-year-old Icelandic man Jón Jónsson, who went missing in Dublin in February 2019, have returned to Ireland to press gardaí to upgrade his case from a missing persons investigation to a criminal inquiry, citing new leads from a podcast and anonymous notes pointing to Santry Demesne.
- Reported7 Mar
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Key facts
consolidated from all reports16 statements extracted from the articles
- whatJón Jónsson is a 41-year-old Icelandic man who went missing on 9 February 2019. (irishtimes.com)
- whatHis partner Kristiana Guðjónsdóttir arrived on 9 February 2019. (irishtimes.com)
- whatHe left his passport, wallet and room key at the hotel before departing. (irishtimes.com)
- whatA source in Iceland told podcast producers that a man claimed to have killed Jón Jónsson, having intended to murder someone else. (irishtimes.com)
- whatThe suspected hitman is not from Ireland or Iceland and has serious convictions including for drugs and extreme violence. (irishtimes.com)
- whatThe suspected hitman is not believed to be in Ireland or Iceland. (irishtimes.com)
- whereThe poker festival was held at the Bonnington Hotel in Whitehall, north Dublin. (irishtimes.com)
- whenHe arrived in Ireland on 8 February 2019 to attend a poker festival. (irishtimes.com)
- whenHis last confirmed sighting was on CCTV at 11am, a few hundred metres from the hotel. (irishtimes.com)
- investigationGardaí searched a section of Santry Demesne in February 2024 and found nothing. (irishtimes.com)
- investigationDNA and fingerprint tests from the anonymous notes yielded nothing. (irishtimes.com)
- investigationNeither Irish nor Icelandic police have interviewed the suspected hitman and no arrest warrant has been issued. (irishtimes.com)
- investigationGarda cadaver dogs indicated the possible presence of human remains near the lake in Santry Demesne during the 2024 search. (irishtimes.com)
- investigationA digger was brought in to evacuate a small area but nothing was found. (irishtimes.com)
- investigationGarda divers were at the scene but were not deployed as the sniffer dog failed to alert. (irishtimes.com)
- investigationThe family is due to meet senior gardaí on Saturday to set out their case for upgrading the investigation. (irishtimes.com)
The reporting
newest first- 7 Mar2025‘I’m almost certain something happened’: Family fear missing Jón Jónsson was killed by hitman in case of mistaken identity
Family returned to Ireland to push for case upgrade to criminal inquiry; new leads from RTÉ/RÚV podcast; anonymous notes point to Santry Demesne; suspected hitman from eastern European criminal organisation allegedly killed him by mistaken identity; family due to meet senior gardaí.
victim, Jón Jónsson, 41, male, Icelandic, non-irishJón Jónssonsuspect, male, non-irish (judged from name)