'I saw Mary being driven away in a red car'- fisherman believes he saw Mary Boyle (6) being 'lifted'
Catherine Devine
July 14 2016 12:13 PM
Fisherman PJ Coughlan has said he saw a red Volkswagen Beetle speeding away from the area that Mary went missing ten minutes before he saw Mary’s uncle Gerry frantically searching for her.
“I believe I saw her being driven away in a car. There’s no doubt in my mind she was lifted,” told the Irish Daily Star.
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Coughlan (73) told the Irish Daily Star: “He came to the top of the mountain shouting “Mary, Mary. Where are you?” He was looking for his niece… he was upset surely.”
Coughlan was the first person at the Garda station in Ballyshannon in 1977 to report Mary’s disappearance. He said he told gardai about the car but he claimed that this wasn’t recorded because the gardai already had a suspect.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/i-saw-mary-being-driven-away-in-a-red-car-fisherman-believes-he-saw-mary-boyle-6-being-lifted-34883293.html
At least one independent witness saw and reported a vehicle in the area that Mary disappeared from ... might have been an idea to trace it to check it out.
OH My how many issues with this statement.
“He came to the top of the mountain shouting “Mary, Mary. Where are you?” He was looking for his niece… he was upset surely.”The missing part is he ran sraight home and told Marys mother she was missing and they called the police right away.... no,no that didn't happen I wonder why not.
AND it was reported that the fisherman
believed she was lifted - he did not give details about who lifted her or what they were both wearing...
Red car? Black drove a van, and even if he was walking about looking for prey, he would have had to grab Mary and run a distance to his Van and this was not reported as being seen in the area.
It os also interesting that the mother when hearing Black did visit that area, she claimed that Mary may have wandered off to a town many miles away to look at a toy she wanted. Hmmm
Just my observations...
