The focus of the investigation would often begin with the idea she’d gone off with a man, and not consider that perhaps she’d been taken against her will, as police might in America or England. You would think, ‘Who’s she gone away with?’, is what Alan said. Judgement would start, and who knows what difference that makes to an investigation in those crucial early days? This attitude was confirmed by another retired Garda I spoke to, Pat Marry. Pat worked on many high-profile Irish murder cases, including that of Marilyn Rynn, and is now a private detective and author. He also worked on another
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