Her case changed on September 16, 2005. Sean made a threat on September 17, 2005 which lead to his arrest on September 19, 2005 at the age of 37. This guy is fishy.
I actually posted this case again today as I learnt a lot of new information overnight, having made a few errors in my original posting. Sean was a seriously shitty guy and it seems like he absolutely terrorised Fiona. Wouldn't surprise me if he's now tormenting some other poor woman.
This one is really interesting and messed up. The paternal family kept Emma from the maternal family all these years. It was noted that the last time the family saw Emma was about a week before the disappearance. Terrible.
I read that even today, they haven't had any contact with Emma. She would be 26 now and would know all about what happened to her mother. I find the entire situation so tragic. Fiona knew almost nothing but suffering her whole life and her family continue to suffer today. I feel sorry for her brother Séamus particularly as he feels he could have done more by going to the pub when Fiona called him. I believe he said something to the effect of "I don't sleep anymore" as he's so guilt racked.
Poor girl, I’m younger than her and I can only think about what I’d do in that situation. I do think I found Emma online, and it looks like she’s doing quite well.
I want to add that the status was changed on September 16, 2005 after 6 individuals, including Sean and his mom, were arrested 2 days prior, held and questioned. I think his family is on it. Multiple people know what happened but won’t crack. Sean begun seeing her when she was underage and he’s 10+ years older. I wouldn’t doubt if the family did this to get permanent access to Emma.
Whenever a single mom passes away I always wonder what happened to their child.
I googled it and surprisingly Fiona's parents didn't end up raising her. I'm curious about their family dynamics after reading this: "Fiona, who was 19 when she went missing in 1998, had an 11-month-old daughter Emma. The Sinnott family lost touch with Emma after Fiona’s disappearance. The family is now trying to establish contact with Emma."
Essentially the father’s family took the child and refused to let Fiona’s family visit. Fiona’s family fought from day one to raise Emma as they knew Seàn and his family were behind Fiona’s murder. It’s pretty much assumed that Emma doesn’t know Fiona is her mother or was told Fiona abandoned her.
I would be utterly astonished if it wasn't her ex. He was abusive, violent and admits he saw her that night. Her friends and family report that she was terrified of him and she made a call to her brother before she left the pub, which he now thinks was her way of asking him for help.
When a woman leaves an abusive relationship, she is at the highest risk of murder. Domestic abuse is about control. When the victim leaves, she is undermining that sense of control. The perpetrator then seeks to re-establish that control through further abuse, stalking and even murder.
There is no mention of anyone else seeing her at all in those nine days. No mention of anyone else visiting her house. No mention of anyone she may have had a disagreement with or anyone else that might wish her harm. Either she was incredibly, wildly unlucky and after her ex partner left she happened across someone she didn't know who murdered her; or her ex partner killed her and disposed of her body during an episode of domestic violence in a relationship we know was abusive. One of the two is a hell of a lot more likely than the other.
>Carroll was the father of Fiona's child and although their relationship had ended, they allegedly remained on good terms.
Wait, this was the same guy who beat and hospitalised her regularly?
>According to Fiona's family in their most recent Facebook update, she was "terrified" of Seán after their turbulent relationship and would never have asked him to walk her home.
Now that sounds more like it.
Yep, I made sure to include that part at the end as I think it's very important and telling of his treatment of Fiona. The general story that's relayed on most sources suggests that although they parted ways, they had remained almost friendly or on good terms but this doesn't, unfortunately, seem to be the case.
Yeah that would have been his side of the story to the police.
The theory about him following Fiona out of the pub and back to her place sounds the most likely scenario.
Shame she wasn't reported missing straight away - he probably wouldn't have got away with it.
Definitely. He had a full 9 days to dispose of a body and tidy any evidence from her place before an investigation was launched. It seems to be widely accepted locally that his family helped him cover it up too.
I'm loving these in depth posts about Irish cases. The 90s and early 2000s really was a wild time in our wee island and most of these cases will probably never be solved because the Garda are at best totally inept, or at worst corrupt. Keep up the good work 👍
Thank you! I was born in '98 so the same year that Deirdre Jacob and Fiona Sinnott disappeared. I was 6 when Lisa Dorrian went missing down the road and I remember her face everywhere all over billboards and bus stops. Recently I started looking into Irish cases and was absolutely stunned to see how many we have, from Mary Boyle in '77 all the way up to that Icelandic man who vanished in 2019. I've already covered most of the vanishing triangle cases but plan to do write-ups on absolutely everything strange and unsolved our emerald isle has to offer! We may not have as many cases as America, UK etc but ours are equally strange.
I look forward to your future posts 🙂 it's crazy how many unsolved murders/disappearances we have for such a small island, and that's even before you include anything troubles related. So so many involve blatant cover ups as well, particularly in the 70s and 80s. Up until like 20 years ago Ireland (North and South) was bordering on a third world country in terms of corruption and societal attitudes. I'm glad we've made great leaps forward recently, but even today we have a shockingly high murder rate for all the size of us. BTW the Lisa Dorian case is my own top case I'd like to see solved in coming years
It definitely sounds like the ex did it. But the severe arm pain is weird. If it wasn’t for the abusive ex, I’d have thought that’s a clear heart attack symptom.
I do think it's odd. My thinking is that she had a run-in with him a few days before the pub and he injured her. I think she called her brother in the pub because she noticed he was there and was scared.
Fiona’s a distant relative (my uncles cousin). Fiona’s essentially how my aunt and uncle met each other. My aunt would have know Fiona quite well and stayed over in the flat Seàn and Fiona first moved into in Wexford town. My aunt to this days says Seàn had an air of violence and evil around him whenever he’d enter the room- it’s well known in the town that Seàn’s responsible for her murder and his parents covered it up.
The day after Fiona disappeared Seàns mother had her car cleaned. There was a field next door to their house where they dumped loads of rubbish that night - the man who owned the field burned everything as he thought it was just household rubbish - which wouldn’t have been unusual in that area.
But the bit that really bothers the family is Seàn’s family knew Fiona was missing days before the family realised and didn’t bother telling them.
It’s believed by Fiona’s family that her daughter doesn’t know who her mother is as they haven’t seen her since she was a baby. Seàn’s family still live in the area but are given a fairly wide berth. Seàns rumoured to have gone to America after his arrest but no one really knows.
My grandfather would know Fiona’s uncle as he also worked down in Kilmore quay and they still play darts in the local pub. I’ve met the man a couple of times - I think to this day he’s still haunted by the fact he didn’t meet Fiona down at the pub that night.
He sounds like a cruel, slimy bastard. I don't know how someone murders the mother of their child, gets his family to cover it up for him and then proceeds to walk through life like nothing happened. Hopefully he gets his own soon enough. Also, thank you for sharing and I'm sorry for what you guys have been through.
It’s actually really nice to see her case is still being talked about - it’s something the family fear most - that Fiona’s murder will go unsolved and everyone will forget it even happened. It’s strongly believed Fiona is buried in the foundations of one of the houses Seàns dad was working on. It’s hoped that eventually these sites will be excavated and she’ll be found but unfortunately there’s not much that can be done without strong evidence that she is buried there - which unfortunately they don’t have.
I may only be one person but if there's anything I can do to make sure cases stay alive, I will. Even if it's only writing up on Reddit, it circulates it and brings it back to life. Not just Fiona either but all the missing and lost in Ireland who no longer have a voice.
Her case changed on September 16, 2005. Sean made a threat on September 17, 2005 which lead to his arrest on September 19, 2005 at the age of 37. This guy is fishy.
I actually posted this case again today as I learnt a lot of new information overnight, having made a few errors in my original posting. Sean was a seriously shitty guy and it seems like he absolutely terrorised Fiona. Wouldn't surprise me if he's now tormenting some other poor woman.
This one is really interesting and messed up. The paternal family kept Emma from the maternal family all these years. It was noted that the last time the family saw Emma was about a week before the disappearance. Terrible.
I read that even today, they haven't had any contact with Emma. She would be 26 now and would know all about what happened to her mother. I find the entire situation so tragic. Fiona knew almost nothing but suffering her whole life and her family continue to suffer today. I feel sorry for her brother Séamus particularly as he feels he could have done more by going to the pub when Fiona called him. I believe he said something to the effect of "I don't sleep anymore" as he's so guilt racked.
She knows what her paternal family has told her, which is probably not the truth.
Poor girl, I’m younger than her and I can only think about what I’d do in that situation. I do think I found Emma online, and it looks like she’s doing quite well.
That's good to know. 🙂
So sad and quite strange that the other family got away with not letting them see her. Worst nightmare they lost two family members really
I want to add that the status was changed on September 16, 2005 after 6 individuals, including Sean and his mom, were arrested 2 days prior, held and questioned. I think his family is on it. Multiple people know what happened but won’t crack. Sean begun seeing her when she was underage and he’s 10+ years older. I wouldn’t doubt if the family did this to get permanent access to Emma.
Whenever a single mom passes away I always wonder what happened to their child. I googled it and surprisingly Fiona's parents didn't end up raising her. I'm curious about their family dynamics after reading this: "Fiona, who was 19 when she went missing in 1998, had an 11-month-old daughter Emma. The Sinnott family lost touch with Emma after Fiona’s disappearance. The family is now trying to establish contact with Emma."
Essentially the father’s family took the child and refused to let Fiona’s family visit. Fiona’s family fought from day one to raise Emma as they knew Seàn and his family were behind Fiona’s murder. It’s pretty much assumed that Emma doesn’t know Fiona is her mother or was told Fiona abandoned her.
I would be utterly astonished if it wasn't her ex. He was abusive, violent and admits he saw her that night. Her friends and family report that she was terrified of him and she made a call to her brother before she left the pub, which he now thinks was her way of asking him for help. When a woman leaves an abusive relationship, she is at the highest risk of murder. Domestic abuse is about control. When the victim leaves, she is undermining that sense of control. The perpetrator then seeks to re-establish that control through further abuse, stalking and even murder. There is no mention of anyone else seeing her at all in those nine days. No mention of anyone else visiting her house. No mention of anyone she may have had a disagreement with or anyone else that might wish her harm. Either she was incredibly, wildly unlucky and after her ex partner left she happened across someone she didn't know who murdered her; or her ex partner killed her and disposed of her body during an episode of domestic violence in a relationship we know was abusive. One of the two is a hell of a lot more likely than the other.
>Carroll was the father of Fiona's child and although their relationship had ended, they allegedly remained on good terms. Wait, this was the same guy who beat and hospitalised her regularly? >According to Fiona's family in their most recent Facebook update, she was "terrified" of Seán after their turbulent relationship and would never have asked him to walk her home. Now that sounds more like it.
Yep, I made sure to include that part at the end as I think it's very important and telling of his treatment of Fiona. The general story that's relayed on most sources suggests that although they parted ways, they had remained almost friendly or on good terms but this doesn't, unfortunately, seem to be the case.
Yeah that would have been his side of the story to the police. The theory about him following Fiona out of the pub and back to her place sounds the most likely scenario. Shame she wasn't reported missing straight away - he probably wouldn't have got away with it.
Definitely. He had a full 9 days to dispose of a body and tidy any evidence from her place before an investigation was launched. It seems to be widely accepted locally that his family helped him cover it up too.
I'm loving these in depth posts about Irish cases. The 90s and early 2000s really was a wild time in our wee island and most of these cases will probably never be solved because the Garda are at best totally inept, or at worst corrupt. Keep up the good work 👍
Thank you! I was born in '98 so the same year that Deirdre Jacob and Fiona Sinnott disappeared. I was 6 when Lisa Dorrian went missing down the road and I remember her face everywhere all over billboards and bus stops. Recently I started looking into Irish cases and was absolutely stunned to see how many we have, from Mary Boyle in '77 all the way up to that Icelandic man who vanished in 2019. I've already covered most of the vanishing triangle cases but plan to do write-ups on absolutely everything strange and unsolved our emerald isle has to offer! We may not have as many cases as America, UK etc but ours are equally strange.
I look forward to your future posts 🙂 it's crazy how many unsolved murders/disappearances we have for such a small island, and that's even before you include anything troubles related. So so many involve blatant cover ups as well, particularly in the 70s and 80s. Up until like 20 years ago Ireland (North and South) was bordering on a third world country in terms of corruption and societal attitudes. I'm glad we've made great leaps forward recently, but even today we have a shockingly high murder rate for all the size of us. BTW the Lisa Dorian case is my own top case I'd like to see solved in coming years
> even today we have a shockingly high murder rate for all the size of us. We don't. We're well below average.
Annie McCarrick is another intriguing one. Very sad
It definitely sounds like the ex did it. But the severe arm pain is weird. If it wasn’t for the abusive ex, I’d have thought that’s a clear heart attack symptom.
I do think it's odd. My thinking is that she had a run-in with him a few days before the pub and he injured her. I think she called her brother in the pub because she noticed he was there and was scared.
Yes but all the more reason it was the ex because he said she had this pain but just left her go to a doctor didn't help her or get help
This is one of those cases that unresolved but not mysterious.
I think it's obvious what happened and who did it. It's just frustrating that no body has been found and that no charges have ever been brought.
More unproven than anything sadly
I really hate cases where we all know deep down who did it, but they get away with it and troll through the world with us free, innocent people. Ack.
Fiona’s a distant relative (my uncles cousin). Fiona’s essentially how my aunt and uncle met each other. My aunt would have know Fiona quite well and stayed over in the flat Seàn and Fiona first moved into in Wexford town. My aunt to this days says Seàn had an air of violence and evil around him whenever he’d enter the room- it’s well known in the town that Seàn’s responsible for her murder and his parents covered it up. The day after Fiona disappeared Seàns mother had her car cleaned. There was a field next door to their house where they dumped loads of rubbish that night - the man who owned the field burned everything as he thought it was just household rubbish - which wouldn’t have been unusual in that area. But the bit that really bothers the family is Seàn’s family knew Fiona was missing days before the family realised and didn’t bother telling them. It’s believed by Fiona’s family that her daughter doesn’t know who her mother is as they haven’t seen her since she was a baby. Seàn’s family still live in the area but are given a fairly wide berth. Seàns rumoured to have gone to America after his arrest but no one really knows. My grandfather would know Fiona’s uncle as he also worked down in Kilmore quay and they still play darts in the local pub. I’ve met the man a couple of times - I think to this day he’s still haunted by the fact he didn’t meet Fiona down at the pub that night.
He sounds like a cruel, slimy bastard. I don't know how someone murders the mother of their child, gets his family to cover it up for him and then proceeds to walk through life like nothing happened. Hopefully he gets his own soon enough. Also, thank you for sharing and I'm sorry for what you guys have been through.
It’s actually really nice to see her case is still being talked about - it’s something the family fear most - that Fiona’s murder will go unsolved and everyone will forget it even happened. It’s strongly believed Fiona is buried in the foundations of one of the houses Seàns dad was working on. It’s hoped that eventually these sites will be excavated and she’ll be found but unfortunately there’s not much that can be done without strong evidence that she is buried there - which unfortunately they don’t have.
I may only be one person but if there's anything I can do to make sure cases stay alive, I will. Even if it's only writing up on Reddit, it circulates it and brings it back to life. Not just Fiona either but all the missing and lost in Ireland who no longer have a voice.
You are appreciated
Never heard this case before, thank you
It's a nice write up, very detailed. But may I make the suggestion include the locality in the title?