Ashley Rose, the last person to see Amy Fitzpatrick alive, expresses frustration with the Spanish police's handling of the missing teenager's case, calling it a disgrace and demanding a murder investigation. She believes Amy was killed and that the police are ignoring crucial tips. The case remains open but classified as missing, despite Amy's father, sister, and the Irish government urging authorities to treat it as murder.
The last person to see missing Irish teenager Amy Fitzpatrick alive now fears she will never be found. Ashley Rose was 13 when she waved goodbye to her friend outside her house on the Costa Del Sol as she began the short walk home at 10 pm on New Year's night, 2008, only never to see her again. Yesterday the 30-year-old mum told of her anger and annoyance at the way Amy’s case has been treated in Spain and that nobody in authority seems to give a damn about her missing friend.
She said: 'The way the Spanish police have treated this case from the very start is an absolute disgrace. 'They are convinced Amy ran away from home, is still alive somewhere and that is the end of it. 'They have no interest in looking for her or trying to find out where she is buried. 'Everyone who knew Amy is convinced she is dead and that something terrible happened to her. 'But the Spanish police are just not interested because Amy is Irish. I can guarantee you if Amy was a Spanish child there would be world war then and they would move heaven and earth to find her. 'They are treating her case as a missing person when they should be upgrading it to a murder investigation. 'Over the past few years they were given information from the local criminal underworld that Amy’s remains were buried in one of the stable blocks at the old racetrack in Fuengirola. 'But they just ignored this tip off and never bothered searching the racetrack. 'Nobody here can understand why because they had nothing to lose in searching for her body and if they didn’t find her, at least they would know she is not up there.’ Ashley said it is also incredible since she was the last person to see Amy alive the police have only interviewed her once and it was 17 years ago. She added: 'Can you believe it that they have not been in contact with me during all that time? 'They spoke to me when I was a kid, 13 years of age and never bothered to call me years later to see as an adult if I remembered more. 'That in itself just shows the attitude of the Spanish police to this whole case, they just don’t care and are more than happy to sit back, do nothing and write Amy off as just another missing person. 'Like most people who knew Amy I believed that she was killed and that her whole murder is being covered up. 'I have my own suspicions about what happened to her and who did it but I am not going to start naming names. The truth is the police should be all over this and the people responsible for Amy’s disappearance and murder should not be allowed to get away with it. 'I don’t know how they can sleep at night and get on with their lives as if nothing happened.’ The Spanish police said the file on Amy’s case is still open but they are still treating it as a missing person. But Amy’s dad Christopher Fitzpatrick, his sister Christine Keegan and the Irish Government have been trying to put pressure on Spanish authorities to treat the case as murder. Her dad believes Amy is dead and wants to find her body and bring her home and give her a Christian burial. Amy lived with her mother Audrey, step father Dave Mahon and brother Dean in the Calahonda area near Marbella when she went missing. She had been planning to move back to Dublin to live with her dad when she vanished. Nobody has ever been arrested over her disappearance. Dave led the search to find Amy on the Costa after she went missing. But years later he was convicted of killing Dean after they had a row in the summer of 2013. He served five years in jail for manslaughter and claimed he stabbed Amy’s brother in an act of self defence. He and Amy’s mother have started a new life in the west of Ireland and are living together in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim. Amy did know a number of older men via a pub she worked in before she went missing, one of whom had a criminal background. None of them were ever interviewed by the police and the bar in question has since closed down. There was also substantial information provided by former Spanish classmates of Amy that was never followed up on. Ashley added: 'I think the police should treat Amy’s case as murder and they should search the stables at the racetrack. 'A lot of us in Spain won’t rest until we find our friend and discover what really happened to her. 'She was a good friend and she deserves to be treated far better than this. 'Amy deserves justice and a proper burial. There are people out there who know what happened and should tell the police.
AMY FITZPATRICK MISSING TEENAGER SPAIN MURDER INVESTIGATION SPANISH POLICE FRIEND JUSTICE
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