Month: Dec 2025
In a significant development for the unsolved Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder, US forensic experts from M-Vac Systems, led by Jared Bradley, collaborated with Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) in July/August 2025 using advanced wet vacuum DNA technology to re-test old evidence from the 1996 crime scene (rocks, concrete block). The aim was to recover new DNA, potentially the killer’s, from hard-to-reach spots, leading to hopes for a breakthrough in the nearly 30-year-old case, with results eagerly awaited by Gardai.
:US Experts: Jared Bradley’s M-Vac Systems (Utah, USA) brought their specialized DNA collection tech.FSI Collaboration: They worked alongside Forensic Science Ireland (FSI)
The Irish Independent’s View: Justice for Sophie Toscan du Plantier remains as distant as ever, 29 years on. The Murder still Haunts West Cork.
Editorial Yesterday at 05:30 ‘Ireland did not do right by Sophie Toscan du Plantier. On Christmas Day in 1996, her
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