57 - Unsolved: The murder of Grace Livingstone

Update: 2019-12-22

Description

In 1992, a murder unlike any other happened in the quiet seaside town of Malahide. Grace Livingstone (56) was bound and then shot in the head in her own home.

Gardai initially suspected that the culprit was someone close to her - Grace's husband, Jim. But Jim himself suspected that whoever was responsible had taken their displeasure for him, and his position at the Irish taxing authority, out on poor Grace.

Her murder remains unsolved.

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Music:

Kevin McLeod, Quinns Song : The Dance Begins. (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Additional Music: Allemande (Sting) by Wahneta Meixsell. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Sources:

Tom Connolly, Detective: A Life Upholding the Law (Dublin: O'Brien Press, 2015) Purchase here

Barry Cummins, The Cold Case Files (Dublin: Gill & McMillan, 2012) Purchase here

Alison Healy, “Brutal murder of Grace Livingstone remains a mystery” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/brutal-murder-of-grace-livingstone-remains-a-mystery-1.911499 (10 April 2008)

Meave Sheehan, “Unsolved Crimes: How Grace Livingstone's killer got away with murder” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/special-reports/unsolved-crimes-how-grace-livingstones-killer-got-away-with-murder-34944717.html (7 August 2016)

Juno McEnroe, “Murder suspect cleared 15 years after wife's death” in The Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/icrime/murder-suspect-cleared-15-years-after-wifes-death-59911.html (10 April 2008)

Juno McEnroe, “Sergeant deliberately misled gardai, court hears” in The Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/icrime/sergeant-deliberately-misled-gardai-court-hears-59472.html (4 April 2008)

Cormac Looney, “Cut on face is key to Livingstone cold case” The Evening Herald https://www.herald.ie/news/cut-on-face-is-key-to-livingstone-cold-case-27931245.html (10 November 2009)

Cathal Dervan. “Tax Inspector claims that IRA killed his wife” from IrishCentral.com https://www.irishcentral.com/news/tax-inspector-claims-that-ira-killed-his-wife-117484833-237373581 (6 March 2011)

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