Jastine Valdez: Abducted in Plain Sight
6 January - 49 minsJastine Valdez was abducted in broad daylight on a rural road in Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, in May 2018. The 24-year-old had just stepped off a bus that dropped her only a few minutes’ walk from her home. Just moments later, a woman driving along that quiet country road spotted a man seemingly trying to force a young woman into his car.
What followed was a frantic garda manhunt, as they realised Jastine had been abducted in broad daylight – but without any idea who may have done it, or why. What was to follow would be a tragic, terrifying case that would shock all of Ireland.
In this episode of Lines of Enquiry, John Sweetman takes us through that frenetic investigation by gardai moments, a...