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11/07/2013
Daughters Renew Appeal For Information On 1987 Murder
Two woman have renewed an appeal for information in relation to the murder of their mother 26 years ago.
In the early hours of July 12, 1987, Antoinette Smith was abducted, murdered and buried in the Dublin mountains. She was returning home from a David Bowie concert in Slane and was last seen on O'Connell Streetat around 02:15. She was 27-years-old.
Her body was found some eight months later on Glendoo Mountain in Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.
Gardaí remain keen to speak to two men who were seen getting into a taxi with young woman on Westmoreland St and travelled to the Yellow House pub in Rathfarnham.
They also hope to speak to two men who were spotted in the Cruagh Wood area later that morning.
Antoinette's two daughters were just seven and four at the time of her disappearance.
(MH/CD)
In the early hours of July 12, 1987, Antoinette Smith was abducted, murdered and buried in the Dublin mountains. She was returning home from a David Bowie concert in Slane and was last seen on O'Connell Streetat around 02:15. She was 27-years-old.
Her body was found some eight months later on Glendoo Mountain in Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.
Gardaí remain keen to speak to two men who were seen getting into a taxi with young woman on Westmoreland St and travelled to the Yellow House pub in Rathfarnham.
They also hope to speak to two men who were spotted in the Cruagh Wood area later that morning.
Antoinette's two daughters were just seven and four at the time of her disappearance.
(MH/CD)
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