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Jury Finds Unlawful Killing in 2005 Death of Emer O'Loughlin

The ruling follows a two-decade campaign by her family for state recognition of a homicide.

Overview

  • A coroner's jury in Kilrush returned the unlawful killing verdict today for the 23-year-old whose body was found in a burnt-out mobile home near Tubber, Co Clare.
  • A 2010 exhumation and forensic anthropology review concluded she died violently before the fire destroyed the mobile home.
  • Gardaí have named neighbour John "Fozzie" Griffin as the chief suspect and continue to appeal for information on his location.
  • Griffin has been missing since shortly after the death, with his last confirmed sighting on Inis Mór and his clothes found at a cliff edge.
  • Investigators believe he may still be alive and that the clothing on the cliff may have been intended to mislead the investigation.