Left & Center : Breen, circa 1997; Right: Progressed to Age 26
Left & Center : Breen, circa 1997; Right: Progressed to Age 26
Name: Ciara Breen
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: February 13, 1997
Location Last Seen: Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland
Date of Birth: March 31, 1979
Age: 17 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'5" (163 cm)
Weight: 112 lbs. (51 kg)
Hair Color: Dark brown, shoulder length
Eye Color: Dark blue
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Very slim build (size 10), sallow complexion. Front teeth problem. If she got in any way excited she was inclined to repeat herself.
Dentals: Available. Dental problems with her gums and needed her upper row of her teeth reset.
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Not Available
Clothing: Three-quarter-length black leather jacket, blue jeans, wine colored sweat shirt, and a white t-shirt from Sea World in Florida showing a group of male lifeguards surrounding a woman with Ciara's face superimposed on the model.
Jewelry: She was wearing a limited-edition wristwatch sold in Florida to mark the holding of the World Cup competition in the United States in 1994. Only 2,500 were made. The watch has a square face with a green background featuring Mickey Mouse on the left-hand side and has a black leather strap.
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
The Gardaí at Dundalk Garda Station are re-appealing for information in relation to the disappearance of seventeen year old Ciara Breen who is missing from her home since 1997. Ciara and her mother Bernadette spent the evening of the 12th February 1997 together, having dinner at a local cafe before returning home to watch the television in their home on Bachelor’s Walk. They went to bed shortly after midnight and spoke for a few moments on Bernadette’s bed. Bernadette was due to get results of a biopsy the following day and Ciara was worried about this. Just before 2am Bernadette awoke to discover Ciara was not in her bed. She went downstairs and looked outside on the road but there was no sign of Ciara. The front window was open which Bernadette believes Ciara left open in order to gain access to the house on her return. It is thought that she left her home for a prearranged meeting with an unknown person. But this has not been confirmed and no-one knows where Ciara went on that night. Ciara never returned home.
In 1999 and 2015, the main suspect in Ciara's disappearance, Liam Mullen, was arrested after Garda received two letters and took statements from two people who came forward with fresh information. He was later released without charge. He was arrested again in 2017, due to drink-driving suspicion, but died of overdose in custody. He had always maintained his innocence and said he had no relationship with Ciara other than to say hello on the street.
Agency Name: Dundalk Garda Station
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: +353429388400
Agency E-Mail: https://www.garda.ie/en/contact-us/station-directory/dundalk.html
Agency Case Number: IRGSMK4
Agency Name: Missing Persons Unit
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: +353 1 666 9476
Agency E-Mail: missing_persons@garda.ie
Agency Case Number: IRGSMK4
NamUs Case Number: Not listed
NCIC Case Number: Unknown
Garda
Independent.ie
Missing without Trace in Ireland by Barry Cummins
EDGES MAGAZINE Issue 16
Added: 12/31/05; Last Updated: 08-23-2021 - By: Htmlcnvtr
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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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