Show Notes
On the early morning of December 22, 1995, 41-year-old civil servant Marilyn Rynn stepped off a late-night bus in Blanchardstown, Dublin, following a Christmas workplace celebration. Seeking to escape the sub-zero temperatures, she took a short pedestrian route through Tolka Valley Park—an unlit municipal greenway minutes from her front door. She never made it home. Sixteen days later, a specialized search team located her body hidden within dense, icy thickets. What followed became a turning point in Irish criminal history.
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