Hope for ‘crisis of conscience’ in student murder

Gardaí investigating the 1999 murder of teenager Raonaid Murray hope that a “crisis of conscience” will lead to a breakthrough in the case.

As the jury at Dublin Coroner’s Court returned a verdict of unlawful killing by a person unknown at the inquest into the 17-year-old’s death, Det Sgt Don Griffin said that no motive or prime suspect have been identified despite one of the “largest and most enduring” murder investigations in the history of the State.

“It is possible that Raonaid’s killer has never revealed their identity to anybody else. In that respect, a crisis of conscience by the killer or by somebody with direct knowledge of the killer may well bring closure to this investigation and end the prolonged suffering of Raonaid’s family,” he said.