With no news of Esra in 13yrs, we are stuck in limbo
Sister’s new poster plea to help find 38-year-old
THE sister of missing Esra Uyrun said her family “wish we had the slightest clue where she is or what happened to her” as she made a heart-wrenching appeal on another anniversary.
Esra was last seen leaving her home in Collinstown Grove in Clondalkin, Dublin, where she lived with her husband Ozgur and two-year-old son Emin around 7.15am on February 23, 2011.
Her car, a silver Renault Twingo, registration number 08 D 23067, was later found in a car park at the bottom of Bray Head in Co Wicklow but CCTV couldn’t determine who was driving the vehicle.
The 38-year-old’s coin purse, containing her driving licence and a €50 note, was found in the boot.
A previous bid to enhance the grainy video footage and identify the driver proved unsuccessful. The footage was re-examined last year by leading experts in Britain but that also proved unsuccessful.
Esra was from a Turkish family and grew up in London but had moved to Ireland after her husband got a job here. After her disappearance Ozgur and Emin, now 16, moved back to England to be close to family,
Esra’s sister Berna Fidan, who lives in London, has campaigned tirelessly since her disappearance to find out what happened.
And yesterday, on the 13th anniversary of Esra’s disappearance, Berna travelled here to put up missing posters around Clondalkin, Neilstown and Bray.
Berna said: “The fact there has been no news at all in 13 years is heartbreaking.
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“If we had something to go on that would be positive. But unfortunately 13 years down the line we are still in the same situation.
“The whole family is stuck in limbo. We just want closure, good or bad, so we can move on with our lives because it’s heartbreaking having to come over here and go back empty handed.
“We just need to know what happened... It’s heart-wrenching, we wish we had the slightest clue where she is or what happened to her.
“Unfortunately we’re getting nothing from anybody and someone knows something. Esra just didn’t disappear.”
Berna said there are questions around the timing of when Esra’s car was picked up on CCTV at a roundabout four minutes drive from her home.
She added: “It took her half an hour to 40 minutes to drive to the roundabout from when she left home. So we’ve always questioned, did something happen near her home, did she stop on the road because she was helping someone or what happened?”
Anyone with information should call Ronanstown gardai on 01 6667700, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or Crimestoppers at 1800 250025.
We just want closure, good or bad, so we can move on with our lives
BERNA FIDAN ON THE ORDEAL OF MISSING HER SISTER ESRA