‘Emer’s killer is still out there. This could happen to another family’ – family of murdered Emer O’Loughlin, found dead in burnt-out mobile home

Father and sister of Clare murder victim, who was killed in Galway in 2005, tell of agony at not finding justice as chief suspect in case remains at large

Emer O'Loughlin

Catherine Fegan

As John Griffin emerged from St Brigid’s psychiatric facility after a five-day stay, the chaos of the past two weeks was still swirling.

Griffin, who had a history of violence and drug abuse, was the owner of a mobile home where the charred remains of 23-year-old art student Emer ��O’Loughlin had been found on April 8, 2005.