Girl kept escaping from care prior to her death

An inquest has heard of the desperate attempts to keep a teenage girl in the protective care of the HSE shortly before she was killed.

Girl kept escaping from care prior to her death
Thu, 06 Jun, 2013 - 01:00
Paddy Clancy

Detective Superintendent John O’Reilly said Melissa Mahon, 14, kept escaping from carers in the hours before she was last seen on Sept 14, 2006.

Ronnie Dunbar, also known as Ronnie McManus, is serving life for the manslaughter of the girl at his home in Rathbraughan Park, Sligo, following conviction in 2009.

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