Case No. 2015Murder (disappearance) · Co. Dublin · 26 Mar 1993

Two brothers under investigation in Annie McCarrick murder case, Dublin

Annie McCarrick, a 26-year-old American woman from New York, disappeared from her home in Sandymount, Dublin 4, on 26 March 1993 and was reported missing by a friend on 28 March. The case was upgraded from a missing person inquiry to a murder investigation on 24 March 2023, and two brothers were identified as suspects in May 2023, with one suspected of stalking and assaulting Annie in the weeks before she vanished. Neither man has been arrested, though officers are building a case against them. In February 2025, Gardaí travelled to France to interview a man from Dublin, a one-time friend of McCarrick, in a hospital.

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Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
  • Annie McCarrick, a 26-year-old American woman from New York, disappeared from her home in Sandymount, Dublin 4, on 26 March 1993.
  • Her last confirmed activity was purchasing groceries at Quinnsworth, Sandymount Road, at 11:02am on 26 March 1993.
When
She was reported missing by a friend on 28 March 1993 at Irishtown Garda Station.
Investigation
  • The case was upgraded from a missing person inquiry to a murder investigation on 24 March 2023.
  • Two brothers are being treated as suspects, with one suspected of stalking and assaulting Annie in the weeks before she vanished.
  • Neither suspected brother has been arrested, though officers are building a case against them.
  • In February 2025, Gardaí travelled to France to interview a man from Dublin, a one-time friend of McCarrick, in a hospital.
  • The investigation team was reduced to one full-time detective in August 2023.
Other details
  • Annie was believed to be in possession of a large brown leather bag when she disappeared.
  • The widely used AIB bank CCTV footage was actually captured on 15 March 1993, not 26 March as previously believed.
  • Retired cold case detective Alan Bailey identified Larry Murphy as a person of interest who should be spoken to by investigators.
202 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatA source told Gardaí the man panicked after revealing things about his life in the IRA, apparently trying to impress the American student. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThe man then decided to murder her and had help disposing of her remains. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatAnnie McCarrick was 26 years old when she went missing on 26 March 1993. (dublinlive.ie)
  • whatIt is believed Annie was in possession of a large brown leather bag when she went missing. (dublinlive.ie)
  • whatAnnie McCarrick was born on 21 March 1967 and was 26 years old at the time of her disappearance (garda.ie)
  • whatShe was the only child of her father John (deceased) and mother Nancy, originally from New York (garda.ie)
  • whatShe worked as a waitress at the Courtyard Restaurant Donnybrook and Café Java Leeson Street (garda.ie)
  • whatGroceries purchased on 26 March 1993 in Quinnsworth, Sandymount Road, were left unpacked, with a receipt confirming 26/03/1993 11:02am (garda.ie)
  • whatShe was reported missing by a friend on the evening of 28 March 1993 at Irishtown Garda Station (garda.ie)
  • whatAnnie is described as 5'8" in height, 10 stone, long brown hair, with a soft Irish-American accent (garda.ie)
  • whatShe was believed to be in possession of a large brown leather bag when she disappeared (garda.ie, rte.ie)
  • whatThe Garda investigation into Annie McCarrick's disappearance was upgraded to a murder inquiry (rte.ie)
  • whatThe last confirmed sighting was on CCTV at the AIB bank on Sandymount Road shortly before 11am on 26 March 1993 (rte.ie)
  • whatShe was reported missing by a friend on 28 March 1993 (rte.ie)
  • whatShe worked as a waitress at the Courtyard Restaurant in Donnybrook and Café Java on Leeson Street (rte.ie)
  • whatNo trace of her has ever been found despite reported sightings and extensive searches (rte.ie)
  • whatDetective Superintendent Eddie Carroll said gardaí are satisfied it is more likely Annie came to a foul demise (rte.ie)
  • whatGardaí renewed their appeal for information to coincide with the 30th anniversary of her disappearance (rte.ie)
  • whatAnnie McCarrick is described as 5'8" in height, 10 stone, with long brown hair (rte.ie)
  • whatShe spoke with a soft Irish-American accent (rte.ie)
  • whatMinister for Justice Simon Harris said there are people with information who have yet to speak to gardaí (rte.ie)
  • whatThe 30-year-old missing person case was upgraded to a murder inquiry (dublinlive.ie)
  • whatAnnie McCarrick was 26 when she vanished (dublinlive.ie)
  • whatThe retired detective believes the killer may have kept Annie's handbag as a souvenir. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatAn appeal was issued in relation to a brown bag Annie had when she vanished. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatA man who lived in Sandymount, Dublin 4 has been identified as a suspect in Annie McCarrick's killing (irishmirror.ie, dublinlive.ie)
  • whatAnnie McCarrick was 27 when she disappeared (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatAnnie told friends she was heading for a walk in Enniskerry, Co Wicklow (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatThe case was upgraded from a missing persons case to a murder following significant new information. (dublinlive.ie)
  • whatAnnie McCarrick, a 27-year-old Long Island native, vanished on 26 March 1993 after telling friends she was heading for a walk in Enniskerry, Co Wicklow. (dublinlive.ie)
  • whatA new documentary claims Annie McCarrick was assaulted in the weeks before her disappearance. (extra.ie)
  • whatMcCarrick had been stalked and assaulted just weeks before she vanished. (dublinlive.ie)
  • whatClaims that Annie McCarrick was seen in Enniskerry on the day she disappeared are no longer treated as reliable. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatGardaí are re-examining the actions and movements of two men in the McCarrick inquiry. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThe investigation concerns the murder of Annie McCarrick. (extra.ie)
  • whatOne brother is suspected of attacking Annie shortly before she vanished. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatOne brother is suspected of stalking and assaulting Annie shortly before she vanished from south Dublin in March. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatThe article refers to the murder and disappearance of Annie McCarrick. (garda.ie)
  • whatThe man interviewed by investigators is originally from Dublin (irishtimes.com)
  • whereAnnie was originally from Long Island in New York. (dublinlive.ie)
  • whereAnnie McCarrick lived at St Cathryn's Court, Sandymount, Dublin (rte.ie)
  • whereThe last images of Annie were on CCTV at a bank in Sandymount, Co Dublin, on 26 March 1993 (dublinlive.ie)
  • whereThere were reported sightings of Annie boarding a bus for Enniskerry, Co Wicklow (dublinlive.ie)
  • whereAnnie was seen getting off a bus at Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, at around 1.30pm on 26 March 1993. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whereHer last confirmed sighting was on CCTV at the AIB on Sandymount Road in South Dublin. (dublinlive.ie)
  • whereGardaí are treating Sandymount as the last place Annie McCarrick was seen alive. (irishtimes.com)
  • whereThe Garda investigation is now focused on McCarrick's life in Sandymount, Dublin 4. (irishtimes.com)
  • whereAnnie was last confirmed on CCTV in a bank in the Sandymount area of Dublin on 26 March. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whereHer last confirmed sighting was on CCTV at the AIB on Sandymount Road. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whereAnnie McCarrick was living in Sandymount, Dublin 4, at the time she disappeared. (irishtimes.com)
  • whereAnnie McCarrick was last seen in a coffee shop in the Sandymount area of south Dublin. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whereAnnie McCarrick went missing from her home in Sandymount. (dublinlive.ie)
  • whereAnnie McCarrick disappeared from her flat at St Cathryn’s Court in Sandymount, Dublin 4. (irishtimes.com)
  • whereAnnie McCarrick settled in Sandymount, Dublin 4, in January 1993. (garda.ie)
  • whenShe was last seen on a bus to Enniskerry on Friday, March 26th, 1993. (irishtimes.com)
  • whenShe was officially declared a missing person on March 30th when her mother travelled to Ireland. (irishtimes.com)
  • whenShortly before 11am on 26 March 1993, Annie visited the AIB on Sandymount Road, which was her last confirmed sighting on CCTV. (dublinlive.ie)
  • whenAnnie was reported missing by a friend on the evening of 28 March 1993 at Irishtown Garda Station. (dublinlive.ie)
  • whenIn January 1993, Annie moved to Ireland permanently. (dublinlive.ie)
  • whenOn 26 March 1993, shortly before 11am, she visited AIB on Sandymount Road, the last confirmed sighting captured on CCTV (garda.ie)
  • whenAnnie McCarrick went missing on 26 March 1993 at age 26 (rte.ie)
  • whenAnnie McCarrick moved to Ireland to live permanently on 4 January 1993 (rte.ie)
  • whenAnnie was reported missing by a friend on 28 March 1993 at Irishtown Garda station (dublinlive.ie)
  • whenNancy arrived in Dublin on 30 March 1993 and filed a missing person concern (dublinlive.ie)
  • whenAnnie McCarrick disappeared on 26 March 1993 (irishmirror.ie)
  • whenThe 30th anniversary of her disappearance fell in March. (dublinlive.ie)
  • whenAnnie McCarrick vanished on Friday 26 March 1993. (irishtimes.com)
  • whenAnnie McCarrick went into the AIB bank in Sandymount late on the morning she vanished and was captured on CCTV. (irishtimes.com)
  • whenAnnie McCarrick vanished from her Dublin 4 home on Friday, 26 March 1993. (irishtimes.com)
  • whenMcCarrick vanished on 26 March 1993. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whenAnnie McCarrick was captured on CCTV shortly before 11am on Friday 26 March 1993, her last confirmed sighting. (irishtimes.com)
  • whenAnnie McCarrick was last seen on 26 March 1993. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whenAnnie McCarrick was last seen on March 26, 1993. (dublinlive.ie)
  • whenAnnie McCarrick disappeared on Friday, March 26th, 1993. (irishtimes.com)
  • whenAnnie McCarrick vanished on 26 March 1993. (garda.ie)
  • whenAnnie McCarrick bought groceries on the morning of 26 March 1993 at Quinnsworth, Sandymount Road. (garda.ie)
  • investigationThe inquiry into the disappearance was upgraded to a murder investigation. (dublinlive.ie)
  • investigationOver 30 years the investigation team discovered and collated in excess of 5,000 documents and took in excess of 300 statements of evidence (garda.ie)
  • investigationOn 24 March 2023 the missing person investigation was reclassified as a murder investigation (garda.ie)
  • investigationA Senior Investigating Officer has been formally appointed to lead the investigation (garda.ie)
  • investigationDetective Superintendent Carroll and the Senior Investigating Officer visited Nancy McCarrick in New York (garda.ie)
  • investigationDet Supt Eddie Carroll said it is more likely Annie came to a foul demise (dublinlive.ie)
  • investigationA senior investigating officer was appointed to lead the probe (dublinlive.ie)
  • investigationThe upgrade involved forensic techniques not available 30 years ago (dublinlive.ie)
  • investigationBailey said he told his superiors at the outset that Annie had been murdered (dublinlive.ie)
  • investigationA line of inquiry was linked to an IRA member who killed Annie and fled to America (dublinlive.ie)
  • investigationOfficers collated more than 5,000 documents, reports and exhibits (dublinlive.ie)
  • investigationMore than 300 statements were recorded (dublinlive.ie)
  • investigationThe suspicion was the IRA man said things he should not have, mentioned names, panicked, and killed Annie to silence her (dublinlive.ie)
  • investigationDet Supt Carroll appealed for information about a large brown handbag Annie was believed to be in possession of (dublinlive.ie)
  • investigationA major breakthrough was reported in the Annie McCarrick case. (extra.ie)
  • investigationAn arrest was described as imminent in the Annie McCarrick case. (extra.ie)
  • investigationBailey and colleagues went to Arbour Hill prison to interview Murphy but he refused to speak to them. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationGardaí could never establish where Annie went during the missing hours between 1pm and 7.30pm. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationBailey had been asking for the investigation to be upgraded to a murder probe for more than 20 years. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationNew searches and digs are likely to begin in a matter of days or weeks (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationThe case was upgraded from a missing persons case to a murder (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationGardaí have already earmarked certain areas of interest they want to look at (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationNew searches and digs are likely to begin within days or weeks. (dublinlive.ie)
  • investigationCarroll appealed for any person who met or interacted with Annie on 26 March 1993 to come forward. (dublinlive.ie)
  • investigationGardaí have upgraded the case to a murder inquiry, even though her remains have never been found. (dublinlive.ie)
  • investigationGardaí involved in the original investigation say the information was not brought to their attention at the time. (dublinlive.ie)
  • investigationA former garda detective said the investigation team never received the faxes. (dublinlive.ie)
  • investigationGardaí are believed to be focusing on a suspect who lived close to Sandymount. (dublinlive.ie, irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationThe murder inquiry is now focused on Annie McCarrick's life in Sandymount and her movements in Dublin 4 on the day she vanished. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationA new report concerns a man who was known to gardaí since 1993 and is not a new suspect. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationThe man, who is Irish and known to Annie McCarrick, was examined as a person of interest in 1993. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationThe man was never arrested, and initial checks into him did not lead to his upgrade to suspect. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationGardaí treat the Johnnie Fox's pub sighting in Glencullen and the bus sighting as a case of mistaken identity. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationLinda Ringhouse says she was one of five people who faxed gardaí about Annie McCarrick's difficulties before she vanished and was never contacted by detectives. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationThe two men are now being treated as suspects. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationThe examination covers the men's accounts of their movements on the day she vanished and the day after, including alibis. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationThe upgrade to a murder inquiry was recommended by the Garda serious crime review team. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationTwo men are being investigated in the Annie McCarrick murder investigation. (extra.ie)
  • investigationTwo brothers are reported to be the suspects in the murder of Annie McCarrick. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationThe two brothers are the focus of the recently upgraded murder investigation. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationBoth men had previously been spoken to by gardaí. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationNeither man has been arrested, but officers are building a case against them. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationGardaí upgraded the disappearance to a murder probe around the 30th anniversary of Annie's last sighting. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationDetective Superintendent Eddie Carroll appealed for anyone with information to come forward. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationThe case was upgraded to a murder probe in March 2023. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationGardaí have collected more than 5,000 documents and taken over 300 statements. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationGardaí have launched an internal review to establish whether Annie McCarrick's handbag was handed in to a Garda station after she vanished. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationGardaí contacted a member of the public who said a man on social media claimed to have found the bag and passed it to gardaí. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationIt appears no bag was ever brought to the attention of the investigation team. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationThe case was upgraded to a murder investigation earlier in the year. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationInvestigators are focused on two men, who are being treated as suspects. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationSources stressed that no conclusions had been reached. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationGardaí upgraded the case to murder shortly before the article's events. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationTwo officers were taken off the McCarrick investigation, leaving one full-time detective. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationOne brother is suspected of stalking and assaulting Annie McCarrick shortly before she vanished. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationNeither suspected brother has been arrested, but officers are building a case against them. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationGardaí now doubt that Annie McCarrick was in the Enniskerry area. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationDetectives believe the answer to her disappearance and murder lies in an area of south central Dublin, including Sandymount. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationThe case was upgraded to murder months before this report. (dublinlive.ie)
  • investigationTwo officers seconded to the incident room at Irishtown Garda Station were ordered back to regular policing duties. (dublinlive.ie)
  • investigationOnly one detective is now working on the investigation full time. (dublinlive.ie)
  • investigationGardaí say the investigation remains active and is resourced appropriately. (dublinlive.ie)
  • investigationTwo brothers are reported as prime suspects for the murder. (dublinlive.ie)
  • investigationGarda Commissioner Drew Harris upgraded the disappearance to a murder inquiry on the recommendation of the serious crime review team. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationInterviews of students on the upper deck of the Number 44 bus concluded that Annie did not board it. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationInterviews with French tourists at a gig in Johnny Fox’s pub dispelled the veracity of an alleged sighting by a security man. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationGardaí planned to renew their public appeal for information on the 31st anniversary of the disappearance. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationGardaí made an appeal for information on the 31st anniversary of Annie McCarrick's disappearance. (extra.ie)
  • investigationGardaí are renewing their appeal for any information about Annie McCarrick's disappearance and murder. (garda.ie)
  • investigationAnyone who interacted with Annie McCarrick on or after 26 March 1993 is urged to come forward. (garda.ie)
  • investigationInformation can be given to the investigation team at Irishtown Garda Station. (garda.ie)
  • investigationGardaí travelled to France in February 2025 to interview a one-time friend of Annie McCarrick (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationTwo interviews were carried out in a hospital due to the man's long-time ill-health (irishtimes.com)
  • courtThe investigation team at Irishtown Garda Station reclassified the inquiry as a murder investigation (rte.ie)
  • otherThe IRA man's identity is known to gardaí. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe IRA man is believed to have fled to the United States in the 1990s. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherMcCarrick travelled from her home in New York to Ireland to study. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherAnnie worked as a waitress at the Courtyard Restaurant Donnybrook and at Café Java Leeson Street. (dublinlive.ie)
  • otherGroceries purchased by Annie at Quinnsworth, Sandymount Road, on the morning of 26 March 1993 were found unpacked, with a receipt confirming 26/03/1993 11:02am. (dublinlive.ie)
  • otherAnnie is described as 5'8" in height, 10 stone, with long brown hair and a soft Irish-American accent. (dublinlive.ie)
  • otherAnnie's mother Nancy was waiting 30 years for answers about what happened to her daughter. (dublinlive.ie)
  • otherThe last sighting of Annie McCarrick was revealed. (extra.ie)
  • otherThe case was upgraded to a murder investigation. (extra.ie)
  • otherAnnie McCarrick was from Long Island, New York (rte.ie, irishmirror.ie)
  • otherAnnie McCarrick was an only child and her father John passed away in 2009 (rte.ie)
  • otherSenior officers visited her mother Nancy in New York to update her on the investigation (rte.ie)
  • otherAnnie McCarrick visited Ireland as a teenager on a school trip and fell in love with Ireland (rte.ie)
  • otherShe returned to New York in 1991 and completed her studies at Stoney Brook University (rte.ie)
  • otherAnnie McCarrick was from New York (dublinlive.ie)
  • otherThe same forensic techniques were used in the reopening of the 1984 Kerry babies case (dublinlive.ie)
  • otherAlan Bailey was the liaison officer to the family in the original case (dublinlive.ie)
  • otherAlan Bailey retired in 2011 (dublinlive.ie)
  • otherBailey believes Larry Murphy needs to be spoken to by the detectives investigating Annie's murder. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherBailey described Murphy's modus operandi as taking a girl off the side of a road. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe doorman who claims he saw Annie at Johnnie Fox's has never changed his story. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherNancy said she had hope for a very long time but not after 30 years. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherIn 2018 the case of Deirdre Jacob was upgraded to murder and searches of land took place in October 2021 (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherRetired cold case detective Alan Bailey, who helped search for Ireland's missing women for 13 years as part of Operation Trace, said he was hopeful the case could be solved. (dublinlive.ie)
  • otherThe claims are revealed in an RTÉ true crime documentary about her disappearance and other missing women. (dublinlive.ie)
  • otherFamily and friends had raised concerns that someone she knew had struck her before she went missing. (dublinlive.ie)
  • otherHer mother said the family learned from friends that she had been having difficulty with someone she knew. (dublinlive.ie)
  • otherAn RTÉ documentary includes a new claim that Annie McCarrick was seen with a square-jawed man in an Enniskerry cafe. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherFriends said Annie McCarrick told them she was struck by a man known to her in Ireland. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherNancy McCarrick's request was not the reason the investigation was upgraded. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe two men are middle-aged and have built business and property interests since 1993. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe two men no longer live in the same region. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherFriends and family claim she was assaulted by someone she knew before she disappeared. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherFriends and family say she was being harassed by a man who was physically violent to her shortly before she went missing. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe RTE documentary says McCarrick was seen with a man in Poppie's cafe in Enniskerry on the day she disappeared. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherGardaí involved in the original investigation say the information about an assault was not brought to them at the time. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe man on social media claimed he found the bag at the back of Kiely's pub in Donnybrook. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherA Garda spokesman said the investigation remains active. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherNeither suspected brother has been arrested, though officers are building a case against them. (dublinlive.ie)
  • otherThe widely used CCTV footage of Annie in the Sandymount AIB queue was taken 11 days before she disappeared, not on the day. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherAnnie McCarrick was 26 years old at the time of her disappearance. (garda.ie)
  • otherAnnie McCarrick was originally from New York. (garda.ie)
  • otherAnnie McCarrick worked as a waitress at two restaurants in Dublin. (garda.ie)
  • otherThe unpacked groceries, with a receipt showing 11:02am on 26/03/1993, were found in her apartment. (garda.ie)
  • otherThe grocery purchase is the last confirmed activity by Annie McCarrick. (garda.ie)
  • otherAnnie McCarrick was described as 5'8" tall, 10 stone, with long brown hair. (garda.ie)
  • otherAnnie McCarrick spoke with a soft Irish-American accent. (garda.ie)
  • otherShe may have been carrying a large brown leather bag when she disappeared. (garda.ie)
  • otherThe McCarrick case was upgraded to a murder investigation in 2023 (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe AIB bank photograph was captured on 15 March 1993, not 26 March 1993 as previously believed (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe McCarrick family has deep roots in Roscommon and Louth (irishtimes.com)
  • otherAnnie McCarrick was an American woman (irishtimes.com)

The reporting

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  1. 25 Mar2025
    Annie McCarrick’s best friend from childhood: ‘I believe she knew the person responsible for her death’

    Reports that Gardaí interviewed a Dublin-origin man in a French hospital in February 2025, and details about errors in the original investigation including the misdated AIB bank photograph and the refocusing of the investigation from Johnnie Fox's pub in Glencullen to Sandymount.

    victim, Annie McCarrick, 27, female, American, non-irishAnnie McCarrick
  2. 26 Mar2024
    An Garda Síochána Appeals for Information on the 31st Anniversary of the Murder and Disappearacne of Annie McCarrick– 26th March 2024

    Garda appeal issued on the 31st anniversary of the disappearance. It gives her background, her last confirmed activity and a physical description, and asks anyone who interacted with her to come forward. No suspect, arrest or charge is mentioned.

    victim, Annie McCarrick, 26, non-irish (judged from name)Annie McCarrick
  3. 25 Mar2024
    Gardai Appeal For Information On 31st Anniversary Of Annie McCarrick Disappearance

    The article body is empty apart from the headline and template code. It is an anniversary appeal for information about the disappearance of Annie McCarrick, which matches existing case 6219. The article gives no location or date beyond the anniversary.

    victim, Annie McCarrick, irish (judged from name)Annie McCarrick
  4. 23 Mar2024
    The murder inquiry into the 1993 disappearance of Annie McCarrick - is it making progress a year on?

    No suspects or charges are reported. The article covers the murder inquiry's progress, the discounting of a bus sighting and a Johnny Fox's pub sighting, and a CCTV date correction.

    victim, Annie McCarrick, 26, female, American, non-irishAnnie McCarrick
  5. 27 Aug2023
    Annie McCarrick murder investigation team is reduced to one detective

    Reports that the investigation team has been cut to one full-time detective, that two brothers are prime suspects, and that neither has been arrested. The case was upgraded to murder in 2023.

    victim, Annie McCarrick, 27, female, American, non-irishAnnie McCarricksuspectsuspect
  6. 27 Aug2023
    Annie McCarrick murder probe blow as gardai slash team to 1 full-time detective

    Reports that two officers were taken off the McCarrick inquiry, leaving one full-time detective, and that two brothers are prime suspects who have not been arrested. Gardaí say the investigation remains active.

    victim, Annie McCarrick, 27, female, irish (judged from name)Annie McCarricksuspect, malesuspect, male
  7. 12 May2023
    Internal review will seek to establish if Annie McCarrick’s bag handed in to Garda station in 1993

    Adds the internal review into whether McCarrick's handbag was handed in to a Garda station, the social media claim about the bag, and that two men are being treated as suspects.

    victim, Annie McCarrick, 26, female, irish (judged from name)Annie McCarricksuspectsuspect
  8. 11 May2023
    Annie McCarrick true crime doc shocks with assault revelation before vanishing

    Reports the RTE documentary Missing: Beyond the Vanishing Triangle and its claims that McCarrick was assaulted and seen with a man in Enniskerry on the day she disappeared. Gardaí say the information was not brought to them at the time. Gives her age as 26 and 27.

    victim, Annie McCarrick, 26, female, American, non-irishAnnie McCarricksuspect, male
  9. 11 May2023
    Annie McCarrick murder probe twist as two brothers emerge as suspects

    Reports that two brothers are now the main suspects, that one is suspected of stalking and assaulting Annie before she vanished, and that neither has been arrested. Also reports the RTÉ documentary, that gardaí had spoken to both men earlier, and a renewed appeal by Detective Superintendent Eddie Carroll.

    victim, Annie McCarrick, 27, female, irish (judged from name)Annie McCarricksuspect, malesuspect, male
  10. 11 May2023
    'Two Men Being Investigated' In Annie McCarrick Murder Investigation

    The headline reports that two men are being investigated. The article body is empty apart from template code, so no other details are available.

    victim, Annie McCarrick, irish (judged from name)Annie McCarricksuspect, malesuspect, male
  11. 11 May2023
    Two men now being investigated as suspects in Annie McCarrick murder inquiry

    Reports that gardaí are re-examining the accounts of two men, now treated as suspects, including their alibis and the people who support them. It also says Nancy McCarrick's letter did not prompt the upgrade, which was recommended by the serious crime review team.

    victim, Annie McCarrick, 26, female, non-irish (judged from name)Annie McCarricksuspect, malesuspect, male
  12. 8 May2023
    Enniskerry ‘sightings’ of Annie McCarrick now deemed unreliable with gardaí focused on Dublin 4

    Gardaí now treat Sandymount as the last place she was seen alive and the Enniskerry and Glencullen sightings as mistaken identity. A reported new suspect is a man who was known to gardaí since 1993 and was not upgraded to suspect. An RTÉ documentary includes new claims, including a sighting in Poppies cafe in Enniskerry.

    victim, Annie McCarrick, 26, female, non-irish (judged from name)Annie McCarrick
  13. 8 May2023
    Murdered Annie McCarrick was 'stalked and assaulted weeks before disappearance'

    Adds details from an RTÉ documentary: reports that McCarrick was stalked and assaulted weeks before her disappearance, family concerns that someone she knew had struck her, faxes said to have never reached the investigation team, and gardaí focusing on a suspect who lived near Sandymount.

    victim, Annie McCarrick, 27, female, American, non-irishAnnie McCarricksuspect
  14. 7 May2023
    New Documentary Says Annie McCarrick Was 'Assaulted' In Weeks Before Disappearance

    Reports a documentary's claim that McCarrick was assaulted in the weeks before her disappearance. The article body is empty apart from the headline.

    victim, Annie McCarrick, irish (judged from name)Annie McCarrick
  15. 2 Apr2023
    Gardai probe new suspect in Annie McCarrick murder case as digs may begin

    Reports that a new unnamed male suspect from Sandymount has been identified, that the investigation is refocusing on Sandymount away from the Johnny Fox's pub theory, and that digs may begin soon. Also reports Detective Superintendent Eddie Carroll's visit to Annie's mother in New York and his appeal for information.

    victim, Annie McCarrick, 27, female, American, non-irishAnnie McCarricksuspect, male
  16. 2 Apr2023
    New Annie McCarrick murder suspect 'lived in same Dublin neighbourhood'

    Identifies a new unnamed suspect in Sandymount, Dublin 4; investigation refocused from Glencullen to Sandymount; new searches and digs expected; Detective Superintendent Eddie Carroll visited Annie's mother in New York.

    victim, Annie McCarrick, 27, female, American, non-irishAnnie McCarricksuspect, male
  17. 29 Mar2023
    Annie McCarrick's handbag could solve mystery - but killer may still have it

    Feature by retired Cold Case Unit head Alan Bailey discussing the handbag as potential evidence, Larry Murphy as a person of interest, the timeline gap between Enniskerry and Johnnie Fox's, and a fresh appeal by Annie's mother Nancy.

    victim, Annie McCarrick, female, American, non-irishAnnie McCarricksuspect, Larry Murphy, male, named, irish (judged from name)Larry Murphysuspect, male
  18. 26 Mar2023
    Major Breakthrough In Annie McCarrick Case With Arrest Imminent

    Article reports a major breakthrough in the investigation with an arrest described as imminent, but the body text contains no further substantive detail beyond the headline.

    victim, Annie McCarrick, female, non-irish (judged from name)Annie McCarrick
  19. 25 Mar2023
    Annie McCarrick was murdered say detectives as they vow to resolve case

    Reports the formal upgrade of the case from a missing person inquiry to a murder investigation, quotes from Det Supt Eddie Carroll and Justice Minister Simon Harris, details on forensic techniques used, and a line of inquiry involving an IRA member at Johnnie Fox's Pub.

    victim, Annie McCarrick, 26, femaleAnnie McCarricksuspect, male
  20. 24 Mar2023
    Murder inquiry launched into McCarrick disappearance

    Announces the formal upgrade of the missing person inquiry to a murder investigation on 24 March 2023, provides a detailed timeline of McCarrick's final days in Dublin, includes statements from Detective Superintendent Eddie Carroll and Minister for Justice Simon Harris, and renews the public appeal for information ahead of the 30th anniversary.

    victim, Annie McCarrick, 26, female, American, non-irishAnnie McCarrick
  21. 24 Mar2023
    An Garda Síochána Public Appeal for Information and Media Briefing 24th March 2023, Murder of Annie McCarrick

    Provides a detailed timeline of McCarrick's final days, her background, and the reclassification of the case from missing person to murder on 24 March 2023, along with a public appeal by Detective Superintendent Carroll.

    victim, Annie McCarrick, 26, female, American, non-irishAnnie McCarrick
  22. 24 Mar2023
    Last sighting of Annie McCarrick revealed as case upgraded to murder

    Article reveals Annie McCarrick's last sighting and confirms the case has been upgraded to a murder investigation.

    victim, Annie McCarrick, irish (judged from name)Annie McCarrick
  23. 24 Mar2023
    Probe into 1993 disappearance of Annie McCarrick upgraded to murder inquiry

    Reports the formal upgrade of the case to a murder investigation and includes a statement from Detective Superintendent Eddie Carroll appealing for information 30 years later, including about a large brown handbag. Provides detailed background on Annie's life, work, and last confirmed sightings.

    victim, Annie McCarrick, 26, female, American, non-irishAnnie McCarrick
  24. 18 Mar2023
    Annie McCarrick disappearance could still be solved, says former garda

    Adds detail from a source about the suspected IRA killer's actions (panicked after revealing IRA life details, had help disposing of remains) and confirms his identity is known to gardaí and he is believed to have fled to the US in the 1990s; former cold-case detective Alan Bailey urges the line of inquiry be pursued and notes forensic developments may aid a breakthrough.

    victim, Annie McCarrick, 26, female, American, non-irishAnnie McCarricksuspect, male, irish (judged from name)