 Jastine Valdez | |
| Date | 19 May 2018 |
|---|---|
| Location | County Dublin, Ireland |
| Cause | Strangulation |
| Deaths | Jastine Valdez (aged 24 years) |
| Burial | Aritao, The Philippines |
| Accused | Mark Hennessy |
Jastine Valdez was a Filipina woman living in Ireland, who was abducted on 19 May 2018 near Bray, County Wicklow and whose dead body was therafter discovered near Puck's Castle in County Dublin. After an intensive manhunt, the suspect in her abduction was shot and killed by armed police investigating her disappearance the following day.
The dramatic circumstances of Valdez's abduction and murder caused widespread outrage in Ireland, where non-gangland related violent crime such as kidnapping is a rare occurrence. Valdez's murder was committed soon after the Murder of Ana Kriégel, with both cases leading for calls for the Irish Government to conduct a review into violence against women in Ireland.