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'I won't give up hope of finding Trevor': Father of man missing for 16 years on his fight to find his son

Families of missing people gathered in Dublin today to remember their loved ones.

THE FATHER OF missing man Trevor Deely has said he will not give up on finding his son alive.

Michael Deely, speaking at National Missing Persons day at Farmleigh House in the Phoenix Park, described how his family will not relinquish hope that Trevor could be found alive 16 years after vanishing from Dublin.

Trevor went missing after attending a Christmas party on 8 December 2000, and was last spotted on CCTV footage which showed him crossing Baggot Street Bridge and walking towards Haddington Road in the city centre.

Gardaí have recently reopened the case into Trevor’s (pictured below) disappearance, which is being headed from the Pearse Street station.

Detectives have begun the process of re-interviewing family and friends to try and unearth new information.

deely Garda Press Office Garda Press Office

Speaking to TheJournal.ie this afternoon, Michael said: “We still have hope. There was never any crime scene. There was never any information from any source. There’s been nothing. Nobody knows. But you have to keep hope. There has been nothing negative That’s a positive.

“The gardaí are now examining the whole case again and hopefully it will bring up some new information. This is a day which brings everyone together. It’s important that more people know about what is going on with missing persons.

Speaking at this year’s event, Minister David Stanton added: “The significance of the day is that families have a day to commemorate their missing loved ones. It is a day to remember family members, first and foremost, as a person, and not merely as a missing person.”

Anyone with information about Trevor’s disappearance is asked to contact Pearse Street Garda station on 01 6669000 or the garda confidential line on 1800 666 111.

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    Mute STARVIN MARVIN
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    Dec 7th 2016, 3:10 PM

    Heartbreaking.

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    Mute Del
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    Dec 7th 2016, 3:18 PM

    Unimaginable pain waking up not knowing what happened to your kid .

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    Mute Phillip O'Brien
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    Dec 7th 2016, 3:46 PM

    I was in college in Dublin when he went missing. It struck a chord with those of us around his age.
    I hope some new and relevant information will be found.

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    Mute Denise Daly
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    Dec 8th 2016, 1:20 AM

    I’m exactly the same Philip and I remember the story and his face just stuck with me so well. I can’t imagine how his family feel if it struck us all at that time so deep. Some closure is really needed on his case.

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    Mute Frank Cauldhame
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    Dec 7th 2016, 4:24 PM

    It was a horrible windy wet night when Trevor disappeared. I used to work in the area and remember all the volunteers sticking “Missing” notices up as the days went on and on. God bless his poor family not knowing what happened.

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    Mute Hugo McCann
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    Dec 7th 2016, 4:05 PM

    Honestly though what the hell happened to this guy ? This story still to this day gives me the chills ! he literally vanished into thin air ! Scary. Heart goes out to the family.

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    Mute Boo!-Fight the Board
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    Dec 7th 2016, 4:25 PM

    Many think he slipped into the canal and locks were open/opened later and out to liffey then sea. Its v sad. I remember this case well.

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    Mute Get Lost Eircodes
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    Dec 7th 2016, 5:03 PM

    @Boo!-Fight the Board: That would need grand canal docks to be empty.

    Did he have to walk over the Dodder on his route home?

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    Mute Cosmo Kramer
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    Dec 7th 2016, 5:07 PM

    I often thought about that myself but there’s a lot of water between Baggot Street and where the Canal meets the liffey. Surly somebody would have spotted a body in very slow moving water.. I think Donal McIntyre done a documentary on this case and he had a lad in a black hoody on CCTV following Trevor in a few places on his walk home..

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    Mute Geoff
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    Dec 7th 2016, 9:17 PM

    @Get Lost Eircodes: Yeah, he had to cross the canal and the Dodder. They were flowing unusually fast because of all the rain.

    I remember this happening very well, Trevor was same age group, it was a shock, a fit strong young man going missing like that. I remember walking to my student flat in Ranelagh same night, it was miserable and wet, no taxis (and even when they were running you could be waiting an hour or more to get one from the city centre) then all the posters going up.

    The Gardai were very slow off the mark and missed a lot of basic stuff though. There would be no cctv footage if his friend Conleth Loonan hadn’t got it preserved by the bank. They never retrieved the last voicemail he left on his friends fphone that was deleted. The email he sent from work on his way home wasn’t retrieved. Who knows what would have been found if the canal and river were searched earlier?

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    Mute Cathal Murphy
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    Dec 7th 2016, 3:09 PM

    That’s sad. Especially at this time of year

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    Mute Sj Hanley
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    Dec 7th 2016, 3:31 PM

    I can’t even imagine how families get on with their daily life after something like this. The not knowing, it’s just awful. Someone has to know something, Dublin is never ever quiet, even at that time.

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    Mute Eoin
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    Dec 7th 2016, 3:17 PM

    Just terrible somebody knows something.

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    Mute Anne Marie Dowdall
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    Dec 7th 2016, 5:13 PM

    It’s hard to grasp the concept of a fully grown human being simply just “vanishing”. And possessions, or things, cannot evaporate into thin air either. Like, we all wear coats, shoes, maybe jewellery, and Trevor was carrying a huge golf umbrella that night too, surely even one thing belonging to him was found, or has surfaced? The eerie CCTV footage showing Trevor being followed closely is no benefit either, even if it was someone trying to mug him for his wallet, or if he had been injured by them, some evidence would be left behind. How have his poor family lived with all the ifs & buts of this whole ghastly scenario hanging over them, for so long, is just beyond human endurance.

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    Dec 7th 2016, 4:09 PM

    Thoughts with his family this time of year, an awful experience for them.

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    Dec 7th 2016, 4:31 PM

    The recent documentary showed CCTV footage where he is clearly being followed. It quite chilling to see.

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    Dec 7th 2016, 5:27 PM

    Very sad for all concerned but should have highlighted the need for more CCTV in the capital just like they have in London.

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    Mute Nasir Saeed
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    Dec 7th 2016, 5:07 PM

    VERY SAD

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    Dec 7th 2016, 7:00 PM

    Terrible on the family,may the perpetrators rot in hell

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    Dec 7th 2016, 7:45 PM

    You don’t know whether there is or is not a perpetrator (s) Tommy.
    it is one of 3 things, there may not be any perpetrators.
    (1) Accident
    (2) Murder/Abduction
    (3) Voluntary disappearance ( extremely unlikely by all accounts but cannot be 100% definitively ruled out since he just completely disappeared)

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    Dec 8th 2016, 12:18 AM

    As a father it was something like this that had my nerves gone when they were out socialising.I feel so sorry for trevors father.It must be awful.

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    Dec 7th 2016, 4:26 PM

    God 16 years? Doesnt seem like it. I have a son now myself and its awful to imagine. Hope can be a cruel mistress

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