MISSING PERSON
CASE #: 2000-34
Trevor Deely
Status:
Open
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Missing From:
Dublin, Ireland
Summary:
Trevor Deely, a 22-year-old Irish man, disappeared in Dublin on 8 December 2000. He had been walking home around 4 am from his work Christmas party, having stopped at his office to retrieve an umbrella and prepare for his shift the next day. Despite extensive and ongoing police investigations, his disappearance remains unsolved.
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Circumstances of Disappearance:
After drinks in Copper Face Jacks and the Hilton Hotel, the party moved to Buck Whaley's nightclub on Lower Leeson Street. Deely left Buck Whaley's at about 3:25 am. He started walking in the direction of his apartment in the Renoir complex, on Serpentine Avenue in Ballsbridge. There was a heavy storm that night with gusts as high as 60 or 70 mph, and there was also a taxi strike. About ten minutes after leaving the nightclub, Deely arrived at his office, and was let in after calling security. While in his office Deely made a cup of tea and spoke to a colleague, Karl Pender, who was working the night shift. He also checked his emails and made a note of things he needed to do in work the following morning. He left the office at 4:03 am, taking an umbrella with him, and continued in the direction of Ballsbridge. Around this time he rang a friend of his in Naas and left a voicemail. His friend described the message as saying "'Hi, Glen, I've missed you there. Just on my way home, all going good, I'll talk to you tomorrow.' Or words to that very close effect." His friend deleted the message, not regarding it as significant and investigators never sought to retrieve it. CCTV footage shows that a man dressed in black was waiting outside the gates of the bank for approximately half an hour before Deely arrived. When Deely arrived, they had a brief conversation. Trevor was last captured on CCTV passing the Bank of Ireland ATM machine on Haddington Road at approximately 4.14.21am on the 8 December 2000.
Additional Details:
Deely's absence from work the following morning was not seen as a cause for concern as it had been a late night. Additionally, his flatmates were away that weekend so they did not know he was missing either. Only when Deely failed to show up the following Monday were alarm bells raised. His work informed his family. After ascertaining that nobody had spoken to Deely that weekend, they reported him as a missing person. Over the following days Deely's family and friends put up hundreds of posters, handed out thousands of leaflets and went from house to house and business to business inquiring if people had seen him. On Tuesday 12th, the day after Trevor was reported missing, the Grand Canal between Leeson Street Bridge and Baggot Street Bridge was searched by a subaqua team. Gardaí investigating the disappearance of Trevor Deely, who went missing 24 years ago this weekend, have investigated almost 900 leads as part of a cold case review. In December 2016 a new investigation was opened. The following April, enhanced CCTV footage was released, leading to the announcement by Gardaí that they believed that the man dressed in black seen behind Deely on the Haddington Road footage was the same man that he spoke to outside his office. That same month a €100,000 reward was offered for information. In August 2017, Gardaí began a search of a three-acre secluded area in the Dublin suburb of Chapelizod, about 8 kilometres from where Deely was last seen. An informant alleged that Deely was murdered on the night of his disappearance by a Crumlin-based criminal known to Gardaí. In December 2023 Mark Deely, brother of Trevor Deely, said that the video of Deely on Haddington Road had been digitally enhanced and Gardaí had determined that there was nothing suspicious about the movements of the man in black who is seen walking along the footpath approximately 30 seconds behind Deely. The man seen in the video had been traced and interviewed and was no longer a person of interest, and was not the same man who had spoken to Deely outside his office earlier in the night. In June 2025, Gardaí confirmed that the case remained a missing person investigation and not a murder investigation. Last August, Mr Deely's father Trevor Deely, who campaigned relentlessly for information on his son's whereabouts, died.
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Timeline of Events
Only when Deely failed to show up the following Monday were alarm bells raised. His work informed his family. After ascertaining that nobody had spoken to Deely that weekend, they reported him as a missing person.
Deely's absence from work the following morning was not seen as a cause for concern as it had been a late night.
Trevor was last captured on CCTV passing the Bank of Ireland ATM machine on Haddington Road at approximately 4.14.21am on the 8 December 2000.
At 4:06 am, Trevor left a voicemail for his friend Glen Cullen, expressing that he was on his way home and would talk to him later.
He left the office at 4:03 am, taking an umbrella with him, and continued in the direction of Ballsbridge.
CCTV footage captures a male dressed in black outside the rear entrance of Bank of Ireland, Asset Management Offices on Wilton Terrace, Dublin 2 between 3am and 3.34am, prior to Trevor Deely arriving. At 3.34am, moments before Trevor approaches his place of work this male steps out onto the footpath and follows Trevor Deely to the back gate of Bank of Ireland, Asset Management before conversing with him at 3.35am.
Deely left Buck Whaley's at about 3:25 am. He started walking in the direction of his apartment in the Renoir complex, on Serpentine Avenue in Ballsbridge. There was a heavy storm that night with gusts as high as 60 or 70 mph, and there was also a taxi strike.
After drinks in Copper Face Jacks and the Hilton Hotel, the party moved to Buck Whaley's nightclub on Lower Leeson Street. Deely left Buck Whaley's at about 3:25 am.
Associated Persons
Michele D. (Sibling) - Living
Unknown M. (Person of Interest) - Unknown
Glen C. (Friend) - Living
Daragh T. (Employer) - Living
Mark D. (Sibling) - Living
Michael D. (Father) - Deceased
Pamela D. (Sibling) - Living
Ann D. (Mother) - Living
Karl P. (Coworker) - Living
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