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McCarrick murder suspect Larry Murphy linked to 1998 disappearance of Kildare teenager

Prisoner claims Murphy confessed to killing Deirdre Jacob

PATRICK COUINHAN,

IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Sunday, January 13, 2013, 8:54 AM

Updated Sunday, January 13, 2013, 8:54 AM

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Convicted rapist Larry Murphy

The convicted rapist linked with the disappearance of American student Annie McCarrick has been accused of another murder.

A top policeman has claimed that Larry Murphy could have killed missing Kildare woman Deirdre Jacob.

McCarrick hasn’t been seen since she left a Wicklow pub almost 20 years ago.

Police believe she was murdered and Murphy, currently living in Europe, has been questioned about her disappearance.

Now retired Chief Superintendent Sean Feely has said that Murphy could be responsible for the death in 1998 of teenager Jacob.

Like McCarrick, Jacob has been missing for years and is believed to be dead.

She vanished from outside her home in Newbridge, Co Kildare, in 1998.

Her disappearance made headlines again last week when police divers searched parts of Blessington Lake in Wicklow.

The search was ordered after a former prison inmate claimed Murphy had confessed to killing student Deirdre, 18, and dumping her body in a lake.

Feely told the

Irish Sun newspaper

: “A lot of things point towards Larry Murphy.

“But it’s awful dangerous to pinpoint him — we’ve been so wrong so often.

“He worked for her grandmother, so it’s possible.”

The paper reports that Murphy’s prison pal claimed the suspected serial killer told him he had followed Deirdre to her parent’s home in Newbridge.

Feely said the convicted criminal’s information should not be dismissed.

He added: “The thing about prisoners is that often times, they do have an inside line.”

Deirdre’s dad Michael said: “We’ve nothing to say on this, searches are ongoing all the time, they search different places at different times.”

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IrelandNorth | Jan 13, 2013, 03:54 PM EST

Dealing with seriously unresolved mother issues, perchance? Much anti-female violence can often be a case of a rather extreme form of transference - ie transferring onto others unresolved issues one has with someone else. British film director Alfred Hitchcock was notoriously misogynistic, being particularly nastly towards physically attractive women on set. His hanad played a cameo role in Psycho, in the shower stabbing scene.

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2ndrepubalik | Jan 13, 2013, 12:32 PM EST

There are at least 6 murders which took place within the "Murder Triangle of Kildare/Carlow/West Wicklow and South County Dublin.This was where a certain person lived.It is assumed that whoever the Murderer was , He operated as a "lone wolf" and knocked His victims out with a vicious unexpected blow to the face before bundling them into His vehicle.This meant there were no screams or shouts for help.Murphy was only caught in the act of raping and attempted murder of a Woman in Carlow by two Deer Hunters up iun a remote area in the Mountains at night who recognised Him.Whether He was responsible for any of the unsolved Murders is a much discussed question still here in Ireland , not just to solve the past Murders but to prevent future ones.Annie McCarrick ( An Irish American) was a tragic victim of this unknown Murderer.If there is one common Man who murdered people like Her , Deidre Jacob , Jo Jo Dollard , Fiona Pendleton and others then they all seem to show a common "modus operandii".The thing that struck Me from what I read about Murphy is that He showed no remorse , would not partake in any rehabilitation offered , refused to answer questions and generally exibited the traits associated with a certain type of personality.The Women of Ireland were , and still are , alarmed , at His release and He was followed by the Press and Police but has moved to mainland Europe to escape attention.If He ever commits a murder it would be very difficult for the Irish authorities to justify having released Him but they will point to "The Law". Sometimes I think "The Law is an Ass !"

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