Body recovered from Lough Erne in search for Limerick woman Carrie Mullane
Police in Northern Ireland have recovered a body during the search for a missing Limerick woman, Carrie Mullane. A man has been charged with her murder, and two additional suspects have been arrested as the investigation continues.
Why it matters
This case highlights a serious criminal investigation involving cross-border cooperation between Irish and Northern Irish authorities.
THE PSNI HAS recovered a body during the search for a missing mother-of-four from Limerick.
Carrie Mullane, also known as Carrie Noonan, travelled to Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, on 10 October but has not been seen in a number of weeks.
Her last confirmed sighting was when she travelled by taxi from Enniskillen bus station on Wellington Road to Trasna Park at around 9pm on 10 October.
Concern for her welfare was reported to the PSNI by An Garda Síochána on 29 October.
The PSNI believes it “very likely” that Carrie came to harm shortly after her arrival in Northern Ireland and is treating her disappearance as a suspected murder.
In a statement today, the PSNI confirmed that a body has been recovered from Lough Erne in Co Fermanagh.
The body was recovered by a specialist police search team earlier this afternoon.
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