Deirdre Jacob – Murder Investigation - Newbridge, Co. Kildare

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On the 28th July 1998, 18-year-old college student Deirdre Jacob walked into Newbridge town. She was to start her second year of teacher training at St. Mary’s College in Strawberry Hill, London and was getting a bank draft to send to a college friend in London for their rent deposit.

She went to the bank to get the draft, then the local post office and visited her grandmother at her shop before heading home to Roseberry just outside the town. She was last seen shortly after 3pm at the gate of the family home outside Newbridge. Despite an intensive investigation, including searches and appeals there has been no trace of Deirdre.

Description of Deirdre:

Height - approximately 5ft 3inch
Build - slim build
Hair - dark chin-length

Clothing:

Navy V-neck T-shirt with while trim
Navy dark jeans and blue Nike runners.
A distinctive black satchel type bag with long shoulder straps and the word CAT in large yellow capital letters on the side. The black satchel bag has never been located.

Garda Appeal:

Deirdre’s family and Gardaí are reaching out to the general public for information concerning her disappearance and what is now being treated as a Murder Investigation
Did you see Deirdre as she walked from Newbridge town to Roseberry, Newbridge – making her way home?
Did you interact with or see Deirdre on the 28th July 1998 especially in the AIB, Post Office or along her route that day?
Do you have any information in relation to ‘CAT’ satchel bag?
Have you held on to some piece of information that may assist the investigation? If so we would like to assure you that we will be treated with empathy and compassion. The case remains open and active and your help could be the piece that makes all the difference?