Fiona Pender case: Searches conclude as gardaí continue to appeal for information

The search operation, which involved land excavation and forensic and technical examinations, concluded on Tuesday 

Gardaí investigating the disappearance of Fiona Pender in August 1996 searching open grounds at Graigue, Killeigh, Co Offaly, on Monday afternoon. Picture: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos

Gardaí investigating the disappearance and murder of Fiona Pender have concluded a search operation at a location in Co Offaly.

Ms Pender went missing on August 23, 1996, and was last seen at her apartment on Church Street, Tullamore, by her partner John Thompson. She was 25 years old and seven months pregnant at the time she went missing.