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Gardaí Open Incident Room and Renew Appeal in 1987 Murder of Antoinette Smith

Police say changed relationships over 39 years may prompt witnesses to give confidential information to help solve the unsolved homicide.

Overview

  • Antoinette Smith vanished after attending a David Bowie concert at Slane Castle on 11 July 1987 and was last seen walking past the Gresham Hotel toward O'Connell Street Bridge.
  • Her remains were recovered on 3 April 1988 on Glendoo Mountain, near the Lemass monument close to Glencree and Enniskerry in Co Wicklow.
  • Gardaí at Bray Garda Station have opened an incident room and issued a renewed public appeal asking anyone with information from 1987 or obtained since to contact Bray station or the Garda Confidential Line.
  • Investigators say Smith spent the night at La Mirage Discotheque on Parnell Street and left the club with two men who took a taxi to Ballymun while she continued walking, and they ask people who knew those men to come forward.
  • Smith was a mother of two young daughters when she disappeared and detectives stress that cold-case inquiries often rely on changed allegiances or long-held knowledge, so they will treat information sensitively and confidentially.