Disappearance of Amy Fitzpatrick

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Amy Fitzpatrick
Born Amy Fitzpatrick
7 February 1992
Dublin, Ireland
Disappeared 1 January 2008 (aged 15)
Málaga, Spain
Status Missing for 14 years, 5 months and 13 days
Nationality Irish
The disappearance of Amy Fitzpatrick occurred on New Year's Day 2008. At 10pm on
that day, 15-year-old Irish girl Amy Fitzpatrick said goodbye to her friend Ashley
Rose, with whom she had been babysitting Ashley's brother at a house in Mijas Costa
in Málaga, Spain. Fitzpatrick should have arrived at her home a few minutes later,
as it was only a short walk away. She never arrived home and has not been heard
from or seen since that night.

Contents
1 Initial search
2 Ransom demand
3 Later investigations
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
Initial search
Following her disappearance, a search involving hundreds of people was launched
amidst speculation this was not an abduction.[1]

In August 2008, the home of Mahon and Fitzpatrick's lawyer in Riviera del Sol was
broken into and a laptop that was used in the search for Fitzpatrick was stolen. In
addition, Fitzpatrick's Nokia mobile phone was stolen. The 32-year-old lawyer, Juan
José de la Fuente Teixidó, said the burglars got into his property by forcing a
locked garden gate. He said: "The stolen documents included confidential police
reports about Fitzpatrick's disappearance. I believe the burglary was related to
Fitzpatrick's disappearance. It makes no sense that they took documents which
financially are worthless, and left behind all my expensive valuables like TVs,
computers and music equipment."[2]

Ransom demand
In June 2009, Audrey Fitzpatrick received a telephone call from a man claiming he
knew the location of Amy Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick described the caller as having an
African accent asking her if she was Fitzpatrick's mother. In an article published
by expatriate newspaper Euro Weekly News Audrey said:

He went on to say he knew where she was. She had been kidnapped and was in Madrid
and the police were not to be involved. So I agreed, of course. He then said he'd
ring me back with a name and address in two hours. Five hours later, after sitting
with my phone in my hand and my heart in my mouth, I got a text to say, and I
quote: 'Can you pay us 500,000 euro. Yes or no send your answer now and will send
you all the info you need.' The phone number on this text is 672 564 687. I'll also
give you the number he rang me on, too: 672 564 681.[3]

Audrey Fitzpatrick commented that the Guardia Civil and her private investigators
followed up on these numbers, but they were both pre-pay, and had never been
registered.
Later investigations
Audrey Fitzpatrick has taken on private investigators who have been working on
Fitzpatrick's case since 2008. They are the same detectives who investigated the
disappearance of Madeleine McCann. In May 2012, it was reported that an Irish
gangland killer, Eric "Lucky" Wilson, murdered her.[4] Her parents believe that
this particular piece of information is credible; however, a body is yet to be
found. Amy was seen out with an older man on the night she disappeared who her
family now believe was Wilson.[5][citation needed]

A police report from May 2011, claims three witnesses have come forward alleging
they saw Amy with a mystery blonde woman in the Trafalgar Bar in Calahonda's El
Zoco centre hours after her previous last reported sighting.[6]

Amy's 23-year-old brother Dean Fitzpatrick was stabbed to death in Coolock, Dublin,
in 2013 in an incident involving Dave Mahon, his mother's partner. On 6 May 2016,
Dave Mahon was found not guilty of murder but guilty of the manslaughter of his
stepson, Dean Fitzpatrick. He was sentenced to 7 years in prison.[7]

See also
List of people who disappeared
References
Edel Kennedy (7 January 2008). "Search agony grows for family of Amy (15)". The
Irish Independent. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
"Light in window still left on for missing Amy". Sunday Independent. 20 March
2011. Retrieved 17 July 2017 – via pressreader.com.
"Amy Fitzpatrick: Mother receives 500,000-euro ransom demand". Euro Weekly News. 4
June 2009. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
Is gangland killer Lucky linked to missing Amy? Evening Herald, 1 May 2012
Campos, Adelina (1 May 2012). "Is gangland killer Lucky linked to missing Amy?".
independent. Archived from the original on 29 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December
2021.
Williams, Wendy. "Missing Amy Fitzpatrick: Was she living rough?".
theolivepress.com. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
"Dave Mahon found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter of his stepson".
thejournal.ie. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
External links
Website Dedicated to Finding Fitzpatrick
Website Dedicated to Finding Fitzpatrick at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-09-
25)
Was Amy Fitzpatrick with 'Lucky' on the night she went missing?
Say a prayer for Amy Fitzpatrick
Categories: 2000s missing person cases2008 crimes in SpainIrish expatriates in
SpainJanuary 2008 events in EuropeMissing Irish childrenMissing person cases in
Spain
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