Inside the Satchwell murder case — a husband’s lies, a shallow grave, and a tragic end

A suspicious wall under a staircase led to the heartbreaking discovery of Tina Satchwell’s body — hidden in plain sight

Richard Satchwell (centre), forensic gardaí (left) and Tina Satchwell (right). 

A red brick wall, sloppily erected under the staircase in a terraced home in Youghal, Co Cork, signalled to a forensic archaeologist that Tina Satchwell’s skeletal remains may be concealed there under a concrete floor.

Such ‘home improvements’ around the staircase in the sitting room of the missing woman’s home were “red flags” and motivated an invasive search at the house on 3 Grattan St in October 2023.