Anniversary plea to find Jo Jo
THE family of missing Jo Jo Dullard have issued a heartfelt appeal for any information 23 years on from the week she vanished.
The 21-year-old Kilkenny woman went missing on the night of November 9, 1995.
Her sister, Mary Phelan, campaigned relentlessly to find information on her whereabouts but passed away earlier this year.
The rest of her family continue to press for answers.
Speaking yesterday, as the 23rd anniversary of Ms Dullard’s disappearance approaches, her sister Kathleen Bergin said she is still keeping an open mind and has again made a heartfelt plea to those who may have harmed Jo Jo or to those who might know something about her disappearance.
‘Time has moved on and those who may know something might now be in a position to talk,’ she said. ‘Maybe someone saw or overheard something or noticed something suspicious. Please don’t be afraid. Come forward and end our suffering. If there is someone out there who does know of someone who has harmed Jo Jo, realise you are protecting a killer who may strike again.’
Jo Jo, from Callan, went missing at 11.30pm on Thursday, November 9, 1995, while phoning a friend from the public phone box in Moone.
A woman fitting her description was seen in Castledermot shortly afterwards and probably got into the back of a car there.
Nearly an hour later at Dunkitt, Kilmacow, a woman was hauled, barefoot, back into the rear of a car by two unidentified men. This information only came to light 15 months after Jo Jo’s disappearance.
Any information can be given to the Garda Missing Persons Bureau on (01) 666 2615 or any Garda station.