Dee-Brief: Amy Fitzpatrick - The Girl Who Vanished

In this solo Dee-Brief, Dee dives into the haunting and unresolved disappearance of Amy Fitzpatrick, a 15-year-old Irish girl who vanished without a trace from Spain’s Costa del Sol.

On New Year’s Day 2008, Amy left a friend’s house for what should have been a short, 10-minute walk home. She never made it.

What follows is a case filled with unanswered questions, early investigative missteps, and a family left searching for answers for over a decade. Despite extensive searches involving helicopters, sniffer dogs, and international police cooperation, Amy has never been found.

• Irish Examiner – Coverage of Amy Fitzpatrick case

• Irish Times – Police in Spain search for missing Irish girl

• Irish Times – Search continues for missing Irish girl

• Irish Times – Police examine computer in search for Irish girl

• Irish Times – Family renew appeal for missing girl

• Irish Independent – Police talk to mother in search for Amy

• Irish Times – David Mahon guilty of manslaughter of Dean Fitzpatrick

• Irish Times – Mahon jailed for 7 years for killing Dean Fitzpatrick

• Search for Amy (official campaign site): https://www.searchforamy.com/

• Garda Crimecall appeal: https://www.garda.ie/en/crime-prevention/crimecall-on-rte/

• INTERPOL Yellow Notices: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/Yellow-Notices

• Sur in English – Anniversary reporting on the case

• Irish Examiner – Additional reporting and opinion pieces

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