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Updated 9.05pm
GARDAÍ INVESTIGATING THE murder of Sandra Collins in the Killala area of Co Mayo on 4/5 December 2000 have arrested a male in his 40’s this evening in the Ballina area.
He is currently detained at Ballina Garda Station and is scheduled to appear before a special sitting of Ballina District Court at 11am tomorrow morning, charged in connection with the murder.
The 4 December 2012 marked 12 years since the day Sandra went missing at the age of 28. She was last seen buying a large bag of chips in a local takeaway at around 11.30pm on Tuesday 4 December 2000.
Her family made a fresh appeal for information about the location of her body on the recent anniversary. Speaking to TheJournal.ie, her brother Patrick Collins said at the time:
It’s another year and we still don’t have her. We are asking people if they could find it in their hearts to give the Gardaí any information they might have so we can bury her with my mother and brother.
There are so many unanswered questions. Somebody, somewhere holds the key. We haven’t forgotten Sandra, she has a family here that is waiting for her.
Four days after she went missing, her fleece jacket was found on the pier in Killala. Her family said they had accepted she was not coming home alive, but believed she had not taken her own life.
Three people have previously been arrested in connection with her disappearance but none were charged.
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I’m sure it doesn’t matter WHAT she bought in the takeaway but the fact she bought one always pointed to the fact she didn’t commit suicide. After all if you intend to kill yourself you are not likely to worry about getting hungry later.
Very true Shirley.
Not that it matters an awful lot, and this comment is certainly not supposed to be directed in any way at this unfortunate lady’s death/disappearance, but I’m afraid I know well of two people who ate a meal and immediately took their own lives straight after – there is simply no rhyme nor reason to this terrible action…
Really good news for her family – I hope it brings some closure for them!
Good work by the investigation team, hopefully will ease some of her family’s pain.
AJ
Chill out ffs!
Does it matter what she bought in the takeaway??
Well “large chips” doesn’t rule out either
So…
Interesting tags:
Disappeared Missing Murder Sandra Collins
no mention of Ballina or Mayo in the tagline…….compare this to the tagline for the Mulqueen STORY earlier:
Horse Outside Limerick Limerick City Madeline Mulqueen Violence
Limerick mentioned twice in tagline and violence mentioned once…….also Limerick emblazoned across Mulqueens face:
Mayo is not emblazoned across This unfortunate womans face.
I hope her family are coping well with all of these new developments and if the person arrested turns out to be guilty that they finally get to hear what happened to her. May she Rest in Peace
This tag should close until in case it effects all involved ! May she rest in peace.
It was a Tuesday this year
Why have Dec Kavanagh’s remarks been retained although a man has been charged while the replies have been wiped?
they censoring comments all over the place in here, but are first to scream when the state threaten the same.. I was honest about the idiots that are giving barstool advice and critique, but alas, deleted, ohh I must have not conformed to top-toeing around the morons.. pathetic.
If the state prove their case in court then any sentence short of maximum consecutive sentences for each evil crime committed against this lady will be yet another injustice against her, an example needs to be made of those evil reptiles who kill humans and then conceal their bodies.
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