Gardaí have issued a fresh appeal for information on the 31st anniversary of the disappearance and murder of Josephine ‘Jo Jo’ Dullard.
Jo Jo was 21 years old when she disappeared on November 9th, 1995, after travelling to Dublin where she spent the evening socialising at Bruxelles Bar on Harry Street.
She missed the last bus home to Kilkenny and instead boarded a bus to Naas at 10pm, intending to hitchhike the remainder of the journey home to Callan.
Jo Jo subsequently got a lift from Naas to what is now the M9 slip road at Kilcullen before hitching another lift to Moone in Co. Kildare at approximately 11.15pm.
At 11.37pm, she called her friend Mary Cullinan and told her that a car had stopped for her and she intended to take the lift.
It was the last known interaction with Jo Jo.
Her sister Kathleen reported her missing the following morning, and a missing person investigation was launched.
In November 2020, Gardaí reclassified her disappearance as a murder investigation after concluding that serious harm had come to Jo Jo on or around the night she disappeared.
No person has been brought to justice for her murder.
Gardaí said the investigation has continued to progress since its reclassification, with almost 800 recommendations identified which have generated new lines of enquiry for the investigation team at Naas Garda Station.
A number of searches have also been conducted, including searches of open ground near the Wicklow-Kildare border earlier this year.
As part of the latest appeal, Gardaí are asking anyone who met or saw Jo Jo, or has information about what happened to her after 11.37pm on November 9th, 1995, to come forward.
Detectives are also seeking information about a Sanyo stereo cassette player, model MGP21, which Jo Jo had with her on the night she disappeared.
Anyone who saw the cassette player after November 9th, 1995, or received a similar device from someone who could not explain where it had come from, is being asked to contact Gardaí.
Investigators are additionally appealing to anyone who was hitchhiking around Moone at the end of October or beginning of November 1995, or anyone who gave a hitchhiker a lift in the area to speak to the investigation team.
Gardaí have also renewed their appeal to anyone who previously came forward but felt unable to provide everything they knew at the time.
Anyone with information, no matter how insignificant they believe it may be, can contact Naas Garda Station on 045 884 300, any Garda station, or the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111.
