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Ireland Crime

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Case No. 4202Murder (suspected) · Co. Kildare · 9 Nov 1995

Jo Jo Dullard's sister appeals for information 30 years on from suspected murder

Kathleen Bergin, sister of Jo Jo Dullard, 21, who was last seen in Moone, Co. Kildare, in November 1995, has appealed to the public for information in the ongoing murder investigation, which was upgraded from a missing person case in October 2020.

  1. Reported2 Jan
  2. Arrested
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
reportedhappened, not reportedlatest stagenot yet

Key facts

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12 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatShe had missed the last direct bus back to Kilkenny and had been hitching lifts from Naas, Co. Kildare. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatShe was using a public phone in Moone when she told a friend a car had stopped and she was going to get a lift. (irishtimes.com)
  • whereShe was attempting to make her way home to Callan, Co. Kilkenny. (irishtimes.com)
  • whenJo Jo Dullard was last seen shortly before midnight on 9 November 1995 in Moone, Co. Kildare. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationIn October 2020, gardaí upgraded the investigation into her disappearance to a murder inquiry. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationFor three weeks in November and December 2024, a Garda excavation of land near Grangecon in Co. Wicklow was searched to locate her body or evidence. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationA man in his 50s was the first person arrested on suspicion of her murder 14 months ago but was released without charge. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationA three-week search of the Usk Little woodland area on the Kildare/Wicklow boundary was carried out four years ago after fresh information came to light. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThat was the last known sighting of her. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherShe was the youngest of five siblings. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherHer father John died before she was born and her mother Nora died in 1983 from cancer. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherHer sister Mary Phelan died in 2018. (irishtimes.com)

The reporting

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  1. 2 Jan2026
    Reportedirishtimes.com, follow-up
    Jo Jo Dullard’s sister appeals for information 30 years on from suspected murder

    Sister Kathleen Bergin issues a new public appeal for information 30 years after the disappearance; article details prior investigation steps including the 2020 upgrade to a murder inquiry, a 2024 excavation near Grangecon, Co. Wicklow, and the arrest and release without charge of a man in his 50s.

    victim, Jo Jo Dullard, 21, female, irish (judged from name)Jo Jo Dullardsuspect, 50s, male