FIONA PENDER MURDER CASE

FIONA PENDER MURDER CASE - RADIO ESPIAL

Fiona Pender (25) was last seen around 6am at her ground-floor flat on Church Street, Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland on the morning of Thursday August 23rd 1996. She shared the flat with her boyfriend John Thompson. Following a several-month spell living in London from November 1995, the couple had returned back to County Offaly, Ireland in the spring.

Fiona left school at 15 years of age after her Intermediate Certificate. A hairdresser by trade and occasional part-time model, Fiona was a bright, outgoing and positive young lady who always wore a smile on her face. She had trained with Kassard’s Salon and also taken up some modelling work with a friend’s agency (Emer Condron). At the time of her disappearance, Fiona was seven months pregnant and had spent the previous day out shopping with her mother.

She was reported last seen by her boyfriend at the couple’s flat before he left for work.

Fiona vanished without trace and for over 27 years has never been located. Following cold case reviews, her disappearance is now classified as a murder with a suspect.

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