The disappearance of Amy Fitzpatrick occurred on

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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

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Ashley's brother at a house in Mijas Costa in Málaga,

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. 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.

Initial search

Following her disappearance, a search involving hundreds of people was launched amidst speculation this was not an abduction. 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."

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

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n 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
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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
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. 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.

Audrey Fitzpatrick commented that the

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and her

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s followed up on these numbers, but they were both pre-pay, and had never been registered.

Later investigations

Audrey Fitzpatrick has taken on

s who have been working on Fitzpatrick's case since 2008. They are the same detectives who investigated the

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. In May 2012, it was reported that an Irish gangland killer, Eric "Lucky" Wilson, murdered her. 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. 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. Ahead of what would have been her 30th birthday, Fitzpatrick's parents sought to bring a practice of cold case reviews to the EU. 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 May 6, 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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fitzpatrick, Amy 2000s missing person cases Ireland–Spain relations 2008 crimes in Spain Irish expatriates in Spain January 2008 events in Europe Missing Irish children Missing person cases in Spain

Initial search

Ransom demand

Later investigations

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