Ireland Crime

29th anniversary piece adding details on the M-Vac DNA examination of exhibits including the rock and concrete block used to kill the victim, the 330 witnesses interviewed by the serious crime review team since 2022, and the family's comments on the ongoing investigation.

Only the headline is usable; the article body is template code with no reporting. The headline concerns the Sophie Toscan du Plantier case, but it gives no details that clearly match one existing case, so case_id is null.

Feature on a historic murder case. Reports the death of the chief suspect, Ian Bailey, two weeks before the article, and the son's comments on the case. No new charge, arrest or court step is reported.

Reports a Garda search of Ian Bailey's home and car after his death, the planned examination of the seized items, and the cold case review. Bailey died of a heart attack, and his body was cremated in secret in Cork.

Reports Garda seizure of material from Bailey's flat and his death after collapsing; no charge against Bailey, who was described as the prime suspect.

The article body is unusable template code. Only the headline is available, which says gardaí searched Ian Bailey's former home in the Sophie investigation. Matched to case 6649, which covers items seized from Bailey's home; the match is inferred from the headline.

Feature on the case after Ian Bailey's death: outlines the early suspect list, Bailey's status as prime suspect, and that gardaí expect to send a file to the DPP. Describes earlier suspects who were ruled out or are now dead.

First report of the Garda search of Ian Bailey's flat in Bantry on 26 January 2024 in the Toscan du Plantier murder investigation; Bailey died on 21 January 2024 and was cremated.

Reports the 26 January 2024 search and seizure at Ian Bailey's Bantry flat, which he had been living in up to his death the previous Sunday. Adds the Serious Crime Review Team's role and the DNA-profile angle.

Reports a search of Ian Bailey's Bantry flat and seizure of items for a cold case review of the 1996 murder. Also reports Mr Bailey's death from a suspected heart attack in Bantry the previous Sunday. No existing case in the list matches this 1996 murder.

Reports that gardaí have begun examining 16 Hi8 tapes of 1993 to 1995 west Cork events, handed over by Stephen Bean, to see if they show Sophie Toscan du Plantier with Ian Bailey. Adds the witness statement of Mark McCarthy and the background of Bailey's conviction in absentia in Paris in 2019. The article gives the date the body was found (23 December 1996), not the date of the murder.

Feature with comment from a retired detective inspector on the handling of the 1996 murder. Adds that the scene was not properly secured, that Garda sources say a file will go to the DPP, and that Ian Bailey, the chief suspect, collapsed and died. Mentions other cases only in passing.

Retrospective feature on the 1996 case. Covers the body's discovery, the 26-hour delay before the post-mortem, the body remaining at the scene, the Marie Farrell identification, the 2001 DPP review, the 2012 Gsoc complaint, the 2015 High Court action, the 2018 Gsoc report, and Bailey's death.

Reports that Ian Bailey, the suspect in the 1996 murder, died; that gardaí are still preparing a file for the DPP, which is expected to close the case; that the DPP twice refused to prosecute him; and that a French court convicted him in his absence in 2019.

Reports the death of Ian Bailey, the chief suspect, on Sunday 21 January 2024 and that the Garda cold case review continues. Adds his 2019 French conviction in absentia and the failed extradition.

Only the headline is present. The body text is template code with no article content. The headline reports Bailey's account of two heart attacks, which fits existing case 7548.

Mainly about the suspect's health and his statements; the article also gives background on the 1996 murder cold case review.

New lead: Sophie was followed in the afternoon before her death by a man identified from a photofit as a European national living in Paris with a link to her late ex-husband Daniel. Sheridan, who made the Sky series on the case, does not believe Ian Bailey killed her and says the French side was never fully investigated. Gardaí have a team in Bantry and Interpol has been drafted in.