Posted by Its become synonymous with victims like Annie McCarrick, JoJo Dullard , Fiona Pender, Ciara Breen and Fiona Sinnott. The remains of some of the women associated with the Vanishing Triangle were never found.
In total, at least 8 women are commonly associated with the triangle. Theories include a serial killer, or killers with a similar modus operandi. committing their disgusting crimes and disposing of their victims remains in the same geographic cluster.
The awful truth is in the Dublin Metropolitan area, two of the most succesful likely locations for getting rid of a body unobserved and for the remains to be undetected would be Dublin Bay or the mountains.
By 1998, the pattern could no longer be ignored. Gardaí established a specialist task force called Operation Trace, to investigate whether a serial offender was operating in the region. This was big step because the Guards and TD`s didnt want the political hot potato of a potential serial killer on our island.
To aknowledge the potential meant that something must be done and results were required to satisfy the voters and also to ease the publics panic. Politics always factors in decisions like this regardless of ethics.
Soon enough a vile criminal appaeared to tie some cases together. Larry Murphy, the so called Beast of Baltinglass, a title which is too glamourous for a disgusting sub-human violent rapist, attempted murderer and suspected serial killer.
In 2000 he was caught in the Wicklow Mountains in the act of abducting and raping a woman. She survived only because two hunters heard her screams and intervened. That horrific nightmare exposed Murphys methods and how they might also apply to other women who went missing under similar circumstance.
He hunted in the same region where others had vanished. His predatory behaviour displayed planning, control, and violence. Murphy has never been charged with any of the Vanishing Triangle disappearances.
The possibility remains that more than one perpetrator was involved, or that coincidence has been given too much weight. In recent years, many of these cases have been reclassified as murder investigations allowing Gardaí to deploy modern forensic techniques, re-examine witness statements, and pursue lines of inquiry once thought exhausted.
Investigators continue to focus on parts of the Wicklow Mountains, including caves and souterrains, informed by new geo-profiling and delayed witness testimony. Souterrains are ancient underground storage areas, and although known ones have been checked its likely there are some still undiscovered.
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