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The Trevor Deely search site has been cleared
Gardaí stopped searching at the site yesterday.
THE SITE OF a search in the investigation into missing Trevor Deely has been cleared.
Gardaí in Dublin yesterday ended the search at the site in Chapelizod after a number of weeks, saying they had not found anything that would assist them in locating Trevor.
Trevor went missing after attending a Christmas party on 8 December 2000, and was last spotted on CCTV footage which showed him crossing Baggot Street Bridge and walking towards Haddington Road in the city centre.
A cold-case review was begun by gardaí in December, which included swathes of evidence being gathered and witnesses re-interviewed.
A fresh appeal was issued in April, with gardaí releasing digitally enhanced VHS footage taken on the night of Trevor’s disappearance.
Gardaí began a search at a site in Chapelizod in August.
Tarpaulins that had been over railings were taken down today, with cameras and security lighting also gone and no Garda presence seen.
The covers had stretched around 100 metres and a temporary entrance for gardai had, until today, been covered with boarding. CCTV cameras and a floodlight that had been lit up every night have also been taken down.
A large swathe of treeline and undergrowth has been removed during the search.
With reporting from Daragh Brophy
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