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GARDAÍ HAVE SENT a number of items discovered during the search for Tina Satchwell to be tested for DNA evidence.
Sources have confirmed to TheJournal.ie that members of the search team discovered the items this morning at the site in Mitchel’s Wood, Castlemartyr, Cork.
They have now been sent for forensic testing. However, well-informed sources said that – given the size of the site – officers expect to find a number of items during the course of the search which will have nothing to do with the missing woman.
However, all items found will be sent for testing as the team combs the area for any scrap of evidence that might shed light on what happened to the 46-year-old woman.
Tina disappeared from her home in Youghal, which is about a 20-minute drive from Castlemartyr, nearly a year ago.
Last week, gardaí received information leading them to the parkland. It is believed that a person acting suspiciously was spotted exiting the woods on the night Tina Satchwell was supposed to have gone missing.
Gardaí believe this account to be credible and are now focusing their attention on the Castlemartyr area. Nearby CCTV, where available, is being reviewed. In some cases, the CCTV from the night may have been overwritten by newer files due to the length of time which has elapsed.
While senior gardaí would not comment on the logistics of the search, it is understood officers will first focus on an area of grassland which was closest to where the witness alleges they saw a person leaving the woodlands. This is an area of between four and six acres in size.
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Hope for her families sake they get some answers
It can not be easy searching dense undergrowth and woodland especially after the horrendous weather conditions we have endured so if any thing is found which might shed light on this disappearance then it would be remiss of the gardai not to attempt to examine possible links and this according to the article is what they are attempting to do, so comments which try to belittle these actions are petty,if the reverse of this was the case, the gardai would be criticised and called out for being inept, the good news , if any, is that three separate reports of activity concerning these woods and Tina’s case are reported in the papers today .
That could be anything really .. needle in a haystack
@cormac o neill: cool story maybe, just maybe that’s why they sent it for testing!
@Ohhh_reeally: read the article, they say the exact same themselves
Really hope they find her as must be agonizing for her family not knowing either way….
Not looking to good..very sad.
@owen kirwan:
Sure, let’s bring back phrenology as a legal argument.
Why are comments open on this story but closed on any story relating to the Tallaght scrotes knocking down Lidl????
@Universal Soldier:
There’s not even any evidence that a crime has been committed yet – it’s currently a missing person search.
Please. It’s unbelievably obvious what happened. Nobody is being fooled by Richard Satchwell, and the sooner he is put away – preferably for the rest of his pitiful life – the better.
I believe that The Tina Satchel is in the hands of drugs lords that is where the large sum of money went to That is why he is so sure of himself He knows where she is and is biding his time Very crafty disgusting man Remember he harps on about her depression
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