Raonaid Murray (6 January 1982 – 4 September 1999) was an Irish teenager who was stabbed to death at the age of 17 in the early hours of 4 September 1999. As of March 2023[update], this murder case remains unsolved.[1] The murder weapon has not been located either. Each year her family and the Garda Síochána issue new appeals for fresh information. In 2009, a tribute website was set up but was targeted by vandals and naysayers who posted upsetting messages.[relevant?]
By 2008, Raonaid was said to have "achieved iconic status", according to Kim Bielenberg of the Irish Independent, who remarked in one article that her image was still to be seen on the front pages of Ireland's newspapers on a regular basis.[2] The case has been compared in the media to other unsolved incidents such as the disappearance of schoolboy Philip Cairns in 1986.[2]
- ^ RTÉ.ie 3 Sep., 2015
- ^ a b Kim Bielenberg (6 September 2008). "I cannot bring myself to walk down the road where she died". Irish Independent. Retrieved 2 September 2009.