MELISSA MAHON - Aged 15 years - Sligo (Eire)

pam supportfromireland
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:53 am

MELISSA MAHON



DOB: 10-Mar-1992
Missing: 14-Sep-2006
Height: 4'10" (147 cm)
Eyes: Blue Age Now: 15
Sex: Female
Weight: Unknown
Hair: Black
Missing From: SLIGO, IRISH REPUBLIC

Circumstances:
Melissa went missing from her home address in Sligo, Ireland and has not been seen since 14th September 2006. When last seen she was wearing a pink jacket and black tracksuit bottoms.

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
Uk Police National Missing Persons Bureau
Anybody with information should contact Police National Missing Persons Bureau on Freephone 0808 100 8777 or
Garda Siochana 00-3531-666 6666 (24hrs)

Poster:

http://tinyurl.com/24agg7

pam supportfromireland
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:57 am

The Irish Emigrant

13 November 2006

Sligo gardaí issued a renewed appeal on Thursday for the public's help in finding a 14-year-old girl who has been missing for nearly two months. Melissa Mahon was last seen at her home in Rathbraughan Park, Sligo on September 13 last. Her mother, Mary Mahon, said that she believes the girl to be still in the Sligo area and that she had returned from England last year to bring up her children in a safer environment. Melissa is 5ft tall, of thin build, with long black hair and a pale complexion. Anyone with information should contact the gardaí in Sligo at 071-9157000.

http://www.emigrant.ie/article.asp?iCategoryID=177&iArticleID=61280

pam supportfromireland
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:02 am

RTE News

10 March 2007

Gardai renew appeal over missing teenager

http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0310/mahonm.html?rss

pam supportfromireland
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:07 am

Sligo Weekender

18 December 2007

Fresh appeal to find missing Melissa Mahon

* Gardai (Irish Police) believed she was alive and well just missing outside Sligo County. I put up posters in cities thinking the draw of the big smoke.

http://archives.tcm.ie/sligoweekender/2007/12/18/story34523.asp

pam supportfromireland
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:10 am

Sligo Weekender

5 February 2008

Lough Gill search for missing teen

http://www.sligoweekender.ie/news/story/?trs=mheyqlqlid

pam supportfromireland
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:12 am

Please note that there is no confirmation yet, just suspicions that Melissa has been murdered.

Sligo Weekender

5 February 2008

Description of Killer released

http://www.sligoweekender.ie/news/story/?trs=mheyqlidmh

pam supportfromireland
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:14 am

Merly am I losing my marbles? I have been following this case for a long time and thought I included it somewhere. Maybe I just can't find it. I'm shocked at the latest news, as it is local news and I don't live anywhere near there, so didn't hear.

Vonb, when you see this, did I miss something on RTE news? Can't believe I didn't hear this and it is very distressing.

pam supportfromireland
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:03 pm

No update on lake search at the moment in the news.

I did notice Melissa is highlighted on missingkids.co.uk picture tab.

Anyone in London keep a lookout as family connections too.

pam supportfromireland
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:43 pm

Please note news is distressing

Confirmation is required that it relates to Melissa

RTE News

12 February 2008

Human remains have been found in lake

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0212/sligo.html

pam supportfromireland
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:21 am

Irish Independent

13 February 2008

Remains pulled from lake in hunt for missing Melissa

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/remains-pulled-from-lake-in-hunt-for-missing-melissa-1288397.html

pam supportfromireland
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:50 pm

Eircom News Ireland

14 February 2008

Post Mortem for body found in Sligo Lake

http://home.eircom.net/content/irelandcom/breaking/12201586?view=Eircomnet

hippy
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:33 pm

Independent.ie

Sunday February 17 2008

By JEROME REILLY

Melissa case suspect says I didn't rape daughters

Little doubt amongst gardai that body found in lake is missing girl Melissa Mahon went missing in September 2006

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/melissa-case-suspect-says-i-didnt-rape-daughters-1291302.html

pam supportfromireland
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:37 am

I think about Melissa's case daily. As soon as the post mortem results are in, I will post here. The weeks wait isn't easy for us, must be very difficult for the family and families of all the missing in Ireland.

merlynsam
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:13 pm

Sligo Weekender

19/2/2008

Melissa ‘strangled’ claim by two girls

http://www.sligoweekender.ie/news/story/?trs=mheysnkfey

merlynsam
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:02 pm

Independent.ie

Wednesday February 20 2008

By Anita Guidera

Lake body identification 'weeks' away

GARDAI probing the disappearance of teen Melissa Mahon may have to call in international DNA experts to identify human remains removed from Lough Gill in Sligo last week.

Sources close to the investigation say it could take weeks or longer before a positive identification of the remains is made.

The 14-year-old was initially thought to have run away but the investigation took a sinister twist over two weeks ago when gardai, acting on information received, began searching Lough Gill on the outskirts of the town where skeletal remains were then discovered.

A local man in his forties, who claims to be a suspect, has denied being involved in a sexual relationship with the teen or having anything to do with her disappearance.

But breaking her silence yesterday, her mother said she believed her daughter was having a relationship with the man.

Carmel Mahon told how the man had befriended her daughter. "She said nothing was happening but she kept going back. I would tell her not to go back there but she would sneak out the window at night time and go there," she said.

The man has never been formally questioned by gardai about the disappearance. He has insisted that his connection with the young teen was a father-daughter type bond.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/lake-body-identification-weeks-away-1294081.html[/quote]