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Gardaí want to talk to two people in relation to Anastasia Kriegel murder

The teenager’s body was discovered yesterday afternoon.

BODY FOUND LUCAN _3707_90545162 Gardai at the scene outside a deserted building in Lucan, where Anastasia's body was discovered. Sam Boal Sam Boal

GARDAÍ INVESTIGATING THE murder of Anastasia Kriegel wish to interview two people who were believed to be some of the last people to see the teenager alive.

Officers discovered the body of Anastasia (14) in a disused house on the Clonee Road, between Lucan and Clonsilla in west Dublin, yesterday afternoon. Teenagers frequently use that location as a place to congregate.

The post-mortem results confirmed that she had died a violent death and tests are being carried out on bricks and sticks left near her body which may have been the murder weapons.

Gardaí are also investigating if there was a sexual element to the crime.

Anastasia was last seen around 5.30pm on Monday. Gardaí believe she had been in the company of people she knew at this time. Initial results from the post-mortem indicate that the teenager was murdered on Monday and that her body lay in the disused building for three days before being found.

Officers are now attempting to speak with two people believed to have been in her company prior to her disappearance.

Anastasia social media accounts as well as her phone data will be investigated in a bid to shed light on her disappearance.

TheJournal.ie understands that gardaí will wish to speak to students at her school in order to trace her final movements.

A statement to parents from the principal of Confey College, where Ana was a first year student, stated that children are to receive counselling following the tragedy.

The statement read: “We are all deeply saddened by the death of our first year student Anastasia Kriegel. Our thoughts and sympathies are with Anastasia’s family and her friends.

“At this difficult time the school’s pastoral care systems are in place to help your child cope with this tragedy. Psychologists from the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) will be in the school and will be supporting and advising teachers in their efforts to assist our students at this time.

“You are already supporting your child when listening and encouraging them to express their feelings. All children are different and will express their feelings in different ways. The attached information sheets may prove to be helpful to you. Please feel free to contact the school if you wish us to provide additional help/guidance in supporting your child.”

Gardaí want to hear from anyone who was on the Clonee Road or in St Catherine’s Park from 5pm on Monday. Superintendent John Gordon made a particular plea for anyone who might have dashcam footage from the area.

Anyone with any information is being urged to contact any garda station or the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111.

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    Mute Des Hanrahan
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    May 18th 2018, 11:50 AM

    Comments should be closed on this.

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    Mute Sean Conway
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    May 18th 2018, 7:34 PM

    @Des Hanrahan: You have to be part of the establishment to have that right.

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    Mute gregory
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    May 18th 2018, 11:38 AM

    Condolances to the family, from all of us. Shocking thing to happen at 1730 in the evening. Make you wonder is there anywhere safe anymore. I was lucky growing up a long time ago where you could go anywhere with no issues. How times have changed so much, and not for the better either.

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    Mute Barry Hickey
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    May 18th 2018, 12:13 PM

    @gregory: Statistically speaking you’re safest now than at any point in history in respect of violent deaths. Modern media sensationalise violence of course, which do3snt help but Punch at all were doing the same thing 200 years ago. The individual is much more likely to take their own life than someone else killing them.

    In 2014 (latest year I could find the stats for) there were 80 murders in ROI and 486 suicides. In coverage terms, you’d think the figures were the other way around.

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    May 18th 2018, 11:18 AM

    It’s long past time for us to bring in whole life tariffs for murder. ALL murders are despicable but this particular incident is absolutely depraved.
    God help her loved ones. I just hope and pray they get the evil cur who did this to that unfortunate girl.

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    Mute Veronica
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    May 18th 2018, 11:24 AM

    @Jane Waters: fully agree. In cases like this a life sentence should mean a life sentence, with no chance of getting out.

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    Mute Guy Incognito
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    May 18th 2018, 11:56 AM

    @Veronica: Seems likely the perpetrator would be a minor.

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    Mute Paul Hughes
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    May 18th 2018, 12:02 PM

    @Jane Waters: 25 to life should be the minimum term for murder

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    Mute sean o'dhubhghaill
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    May 18th 2018, 12:26 PM

    @Paul Hughes: you mean 25 should be the minimum.

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    Mute Cheryl Mellett
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    May 18th 2018, 11:26 AM

    I walked into a shop this morning and all the headlines about this poor girl stripped naked and beaten to death. It’s like something you see on law and order SVU not ever something you imagine happening around the corner. Every day the news headlines of rape, murder, gangs and shootings. The world is a scary place.

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    May 18th 2018, 12:39 PM

    @Cheryl Mellett: Yea is sick but if you dont pay your car tax your in serious trouble.

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    Mute Sharon Maiben
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    May 18th 2018, 1:22 PM

    Oh my god- my heart skipped a beat when I read the headlines this morning as I have a daughter of same age…. her poor parents, for them to read this, for it to be splashed all over the papers in every shop- surely there has to be some restraint – I get “freedom of the press” but put it in the body of text not the headline…. there’s a child behind this story – heartbroken for her family ….

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    May 18th 2018, 1:26 PM

    @Sharon Maiben: I totally agree…. the papers should have some compassion and their main focus should be the respect to the family not selling papers!

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    May 18th 2018, 10:51 AM

    Poor girl RIP

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    May 18th 2018, 11:27 AM

    Whoever is responsible and ends up in jail will be praying for solitary confinement.

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    May 18th 2018, 1:15 PM

    This is just horrific. Who could do smoothing like this to a child. I find it hard to give my kids the space they need to grow into confident teenagers/adults and then something like this happens and I want to take out the cotton wool again. These people should be held accountable for their actions. They may be minors but these are not the actions of an child

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    May 18th 2018, 11:58 AM

    Horrific stuff altogether.
    Poor girl.These brutes need to be caught quick.

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    Mute Criostóir ó Catháin
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    May 18th 2018, 11:26 PM

    Would you please close the comments section.

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    May 19th 2018, 2:43 AM

    We had a “reporter” from the IRISH TIMES NEWSPAPER call to our Leixlip front door today looking for a “scoop”. What sort of parasites are these people. I know everybody has to do a job, but surely a little compassion and basic human decency, and respect for fellow classmates of Ana’s living in this house should come above the importance of selling the next big newspaper headline. What have we become ?……

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    May 19th 2018, 10:14 AM

    @denis hourihane:
    why have you quoted the word reporter, do you believe he was a bogus reporter ?

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    May 19th 2018, 10:10 AM

    @ Criostóir the victim was part of a family but she was also a part of society and society has comments to make. the comments are moderated so those who don’t want to read them should simply log out.

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    Mute Simon Peters
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    May 19th 2018, 2:40 PM

    People in Leixlip shocked to the core. So young with so much promise. Every parents nightmare. You literally cannot trust anyone anymore unfortunately.

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