Dalkey

The Village of Dalkey in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland was the site of a household where Peter and Josie Murphy abused and prostituted their nine kids.

The case was uncovered in 1995, when a dead baby, born of incest, was found in a trash bag, although for some reason, no one was ever even arrested. It was eventually revealed that the initial investigation into the infant's murder lasted only six weeks and that no blood or any other forensic samples were taken from the crime scene. Much of the evidence from the 1973 murder, like the bag that the baby's body was found in and the knitting needle used to kill them, disappeared from the evidence room before they could be tested in later decades.

The baby's mother, Cynthia Owen would allege that she had suffered rape and, frequent sexual abuse, not just at the hands of her father and brothers, but from at least 12 other men, two of whom were police officers. All 12 of the men Cynthia named were questioned by the police in 2005.

One of them was Frank Mullen, who Cynthia alleged had not only abused her, but was was a central part of the ring and had led the cover-up. According to Cynthia, when she wasn't being abused at her home, she was taken to a local island where Mullen and some of his associates raped her.

Cynthia: "There are four men still living in Dalkey who were part of the pedophile ring who abused me. I am asking other abuse victims of these men to come forward. Gardaí can re-interview these men if others come forward. It could help progress the case. These men could still be abusing children. This is not just about me and Noleen. [her baby] There are other victims of these men."

In the late 2010s, Cynthia told the police that another man from Dalkey had his own story to tell about Mullen. The man, Anthony Howard, was allegedly the only survivor of a fire that took the lives of 13 of his family members in 1974, just one year after baby Noleen was found murdered. According to Owen, Howard told her personally that Mullen was the man responsible for the fire, and that he even told Cynthia that he had threatened to kill him after the event. Howard died before he could ever be interviewed by police.

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By: Colin Browen...

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