Right : Deirdre's CATERPILLAR shoulder bag
Right : Deirdre's CATERPILLAR shoulder bag
Name: Deirdre Jacob
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: July 28, 1998
Location Last Seen: Newbridge, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Date of Birth: October 14, 1979
Age: 18 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'2" - 5'3" (157 cm)
Weight: Slim build
Hair Color: Black/brown, chin length
Eye Color: Grey/green
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: A navy NIKE V neck t-shirt with white trim on collar and sleeves, navy or black straight jeans and blue NIKE runners.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: A distinctive black satchel type bag with long shoulder straps and the word CAT (for the brand "CATERPILLAR") in large yellow capital letters was printed on the front of the bag.
Deirdre Jacob had just completed one year teacher training in St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill London. On Tuesday 28 July 1998, she left her home at about noon and walked into Newbridge to visit her Grandmother. At about 14.10 she went to AIB Bank in Newbridge and then to the Post Office and returned back to her Grandmother before setting out on the walk back home. It takes about twenty five minutes to walk to her house from Newbridge. She was last seen at approximately 15.30, at the gateway to her house, at Roseberry, Newbridge, Co. Kildare. She did not however make it to the doorway of her house and there have been no sightings of her since this.
As part of a 2017 review of the case, CCTV footage from the day of the disappearance was digitised, resulting in new witnesses. A prisoner who implicated Murphy in Deirdre's murder has also been re-interviewed. He maintains that Larry Murphy confessed to the murder while they got drunk together behind bars. Murphy initially became a person of interest to detectives after it emerged he had visited the shop owned by Deirdre's grandmother.
In 2018, her case was upgraded to a murder probe. The Garda cold case team, along with detectives and senior officers based in Kildare, have identified a number of areas of interest. The areas are based in Wicklow and Kildare – areas which would have been around a 30 minute drive from where Deirdre was last seen.
In 2021, the investigation is still ongoing.
Agency Name: Newbridge Garda Station
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: +35345431212 or 1800 666111 (Garda Confidential Line)
Agency E-Mail: https://www.garda.ie/en/contact-us/station-directory/newbridge.html
Agency Case Number: Unknown
Agency Name: Garda Missing Persons Unit
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: +353 1 666 9476
Agency E-Mail: missing_persons@garda.ie
Agency Case Number: Unknown
NamUs Case Number: Not listed
NCIC Case Number: Unknown
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Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 08-23-2021 - By: Htmlcnvtr
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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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