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GARDAÍ HAVE COMPLETED their search of an area in Chapelizod for the remains of missing man Trevor Deely, but have not found anything that would assist them in locating Trevor.
In a statement, gardaí said: “Unfortunately nothing that furthers the search for Trevor was located during the search.”
The site remains closed to the public at the moment. Excavation work began there in mid-August.
Gardaí are still appealing for more information in relation to Trevor’s disappearance.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the incident room at Pearse Street Garda Station on 016669000 or the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111.
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. The three-acre woodland site is owned by South Dublin County Council and is situated behind the R112 road.
Gardaí began the search on 12 August. A large area of the woodland was cleared with a team of gardaí searching the area. The area runs down by the River Liffey and remains closed off to the public.
Detective Inspector Paul Costello said that gardaí had begun the search as a result of new information they obtained. He said that this information was not related to the appeal in April.
“We’re at the very early stages of the search,” he said at the time. “As it develops we’ll keep an open mind about what we find and don’t find.
“We believe there are still people out there who have information that we need and we’d appreciate contact,” he said.
With reporting from Paul Hosford, Cormac Fitzgerald
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Aw that’s sad
Terrible on the family they had a little glimmer of hope for closure
@Elaine McSweeney: I had been really hoping something would be found so the family could have peace.
Shocking hardship on the family
Don’t give up Deely family. Someone out there knows.
My deepest sympathy to the family, they must be devastated.
Drive past the site every day. I was really hoping they would find him to give that poor family a bit of peace.
Horrible the wait goes on for the poor family. Hope he is found in the lifetime of his parents.
Never ending for the family.so sad.
Poor Trev and his family this case will never leave my thoughts, every Christmas I think of them
So sad, I was hopefull that the family would be able to bury their loved one. My heart breaks for Trevor’s family. No-one should lose a loved one in this way, adds insult to injury that they can’t bury him. A family’s worst nightmare.
very sad.
Shame I had thought it was about to be solved.
All one could wish for is for someone to come forward. And if not then it’s in God hands . my thoughs are with the family at this very painful hard time .
Information of a very specific kind was given to Gardaí, who took it seriously enough to believe that it warranted further investigation. That doesn’t just happen. Somebody somewhere was seeking a very definite result. That in itself may offer a clue, or maybe not. It’s all very hard to fathom.
@Oscar Duggan:
Quite possible the body has been moved in the interim.
@Emmet Dillane: It’s far-out conjecture and I’m no Sherlock Holmes but did somebody want that gun to be found? Someone who knew it was there and that its discovery would implicate somebody else? Part of a grudge of some kind?
Even if something like this were going on, does any of it bear any relation to Trevor Deely’s disappearance, or did someone just look up the Gardaí’s missing person’s website and say, ‘He’ll do; he fits the bill’?
Until we know what actually happened, anything is possible.
Humans cause such suffering to each other. Shower of shites sometimes.
The poor Deely family, it must be constant torture for those poor souls.
I don’t think this is the end of it. The gun that was found had bound to throw up a few leads. The gards are saying nothing not to give anything away.
Another light of hope extinguished for this family very sad
It is very disappointing for the Deely family and I would imagine for the investigating garda team that they did not get the much hoped for result and recover the remains of Trevor from the dig site, but the fact this dig was instigated in the first place leaves open the hope that whoever brought forward the information might rethink the events of the night of Trevor’s disappearance and perhaps just a little more information might come to light which can bring an end to this families nightmare, coming up to Christmas again and another anniversary, we were all so hopeful for the right result.
Need a vigilante, police probably know who did this and they should be tortured every remaining day of their life
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