Missing women search re-opened on Kildare border
Jo Jo Dullard(L) and Deirdre Jacob
Gardaí investigating the disappearance and murders of Josephine (Jo Jo) Dullard from Callan, Co Kilkenny, and Deirdre Jacob from Roseberry, Newbridge are today (16 February) commencing a search operation on open ground at a location in Wicklow near the Kildare border.
This area of land will be searched and subject to excavation, technical and forensic examinations over the coming days, although it has not yet been established if this is the same piece of land as was searched on the same mission last year.
An Garda Síochána continue to keep an open mind into these investigations and follow up any information which is brought to the investigation team based at the Serious Crime Review Team.
The search operation is being led by the Serious Crime Review Team, Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation supported by the Garda National Technical Bureau and local resources from Kildare Division as required, and will get the support of other state expertise, if required.
An Garda Síochána has been and continues to keep the families of Jo Jo Dullard and Deirdre Jacob updated in relation to these investigations and they have been fully appraised of today's developments.
An Garda Síochána appeals to anyone with any information, no matter how small or insignificant you might believe it to be to contact any Garda station, or anyone who wishes to provide information confidentially should contact the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111.
Jo Jo went missing on 9 April, 1995 after trying to hitch home to Callan from Moone.
Deirdre was last seen around 3pm 28 July, 1998 near the entrance to her home in Roseberry.
