Damien Hipwell, the best friend of missing dad Dean Roche, has called for his case to be upgraded to a murder investigation almost 10 years after he vanished. Gardaí have launched a review of the unsolved case and are conducting extensive searches in Ballyfoyle, Co Kilkenny.
The best friend of a dad-of-one who went missing almost 10 years ago has called for his case to be upgraded to a murder probe.
Damien, who believes his close pal met a violent end, said: “What we want is to get this upgraded to a murder inquiry. Dean crashed the car less than a mile from where he had just bought it. He was reportedly approached by a silver car and someone shouted “get in”. However, the car has never been traced and nobody has come forward with information on either the vehicle or its occupants.
Sites of interest will be “re-examined” and a number of people will be re-interviewed to establish if anything was missed during the original probe and in a previous review. It is believed the dad-of-one is dead, but a source said the investigation is not being upgraded to a murder inquiry at this stage.
“Please may they find something this time. We would love to get a call saying something has been found. Say a little prayer for Dean and Ger.” Damien previously told this newspaper: “Dean’s mother went to her grave not knowing … she died of a broken heart. She wanted her son laid to rest beside her. The last thing she uttered to me in the hospital is ‘don’t forget about Dean’. That is what’s driving us now”.
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