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Josephine 'Jo Jo' Dullard
A search is continuing into Day 2 at the Wicklow border as part of a significant development in the investigation into the disappearance of Jo Jo Dullard almost 30 years ago.
This morning, excavation work was under way with two vehicles on site and a large number of people operating in the surrounding fields who appeared to be using metal detectors in a systematic search around the field.
On Monday, a man aged in his 50s was arrested in County Kildare on suspicion of her murder and two private homes were searched by gardai.
READ ALSO: Gardaí at the scene of ongoing search for missing Kilkenny woman Jo Jo Dullard
A search operation is being carried out on open ground in County Wicklow near the border with Kildare over the coming days.
The land is being searched and excavated before a technical and forensic examination is carried out, gardai said.
Josephine “Jo Jo” Dullard went missing on November 9 1995 while on her way home to Callan in County Kilkenny after socialising in Bruxelles bar on Dublin’s Harry Street.
The 21-year-old missed her last bus to Kilkenny and instead boarded a 10pm bus to Naas, Co Kildare, intending to hitchhike the rest of the way home.
She hitched a lift from Naas to the slip road on the M9 motorway at Kilcullen, County Kildare, and at 11.15pm got another lift to Moone.
There, Ms Dullard called her friend Mary Cullinan at 11.37pm from a phone box.
During that call, Ms Dullard told Ms Cullinan that a car had stopped for her and she was going to take the lift.
This was the last known interaction with Ms Dullard.
Gardai launched a fresh appeal from her sister Kathleen Bergin on Saturday to mark the 29th anniversary of the young woman’s disappearance.
Ms Bergin appealed to anyone with knowledge to help “bring her home”.
The arrest and search operation is being led by the investigation team from Kildare Division Serious Crime Unit and the Serious Crime Review Team at the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
An Garda Siochana has also appealed to anyone with any information to contact Naas Garda Station on 045 884 300 or any Garda station.
Those who wish to provide information confidentially can contact the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111.
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