‘Remains a mystery’ – Fresh bid to crack missing persons case of Cork couple who were ‘just nice people to be around’ | XO3J495 | 2024-05-05 00:08:01
'Remains a mystery' – Fresh bid to crack missing persons case of Cork couple who were 'just nice people to be around' | XO3J495 | 2024-05-05 00:08:01
COPS have launched a special appeal for information in a bid to crack one of Ireland's highest-profile missing persons cases.
Cork couple Conor, 62, and Sheila Dwyer, 61, disappeared 33 years ago tomorrow.
The pair were last seen near their home in Chapel Hill, Fermoy, Co Cork, on April 30 1991.
To mark the 33rd anniversary of the last time the couple were seen in public, gardai have issued a fresh appeal for help to finally solve the mystery.
Frustrated cops are also re-examining the case file and interviewing the original members of the investigation team, all of whom are now retired.
The couple were well-known in the area at the time of their disappearance and drove a distinctive white 1978/79 Toyota Cressida.
The car's registration was 5797ZT and has not been seen since the Dwyer's vanished.
Mrs Dwyer's sister spoke to the couple by phone the day after they were last seen but they have not been heard from since.
The Dwyer's disappearance featured on Crimecall on RTE One tonight.
Gardai are appealing to anyone with information on the Dwyers or their Toyota Cressida car to contact them.
Retired Chief Superintendent Kieran McGann, who worked on the case, admitted the disappearance "remains a mystery to the community".
But Mr McGann says he hopes the fresh appeal 33 years later will help bring "some closure to the family".
<!-- End of Brightcove Player --> Retired Garda Sergeant Joe Watkins also told how officers involved in the case were still "baffled" by its unsolved status.
He said: "Even after all these years, it is a case that still bothers me because everyone involved wanted to get answers for the family involved.
"I always believed that the Toyota Cressida was the key… If we could have found the car, the car was the link."
Conor Dwyer's former colleague Peter Massey described Mr Dwyer as a "kind, gentle and honest man" and said the couple were "just nice people to be around".
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crimecall on 1800 40 50 60 or Fermoy Garda Station on 025 8210.
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