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Chapter 1: What happened to Ana Kriegel in May 2018?
In May 2018, 14-year-old Anna Creagel was reported missing by her parents to the Gardaí. After an intensive three-day search, her battered and naked body was found in a derelict farmhouse, a short walk from her home in Lucan, West Dublin. Thirteen months later, two 14-year-old boys, only ever known as Boy A and Boy B, were found guilty of Anna's murder.
They remain the youngest people in Ireland to have ever been convicted of murder. Today, I'm talking to Kiva Young about what could have led these children to commit such a heinous crime.
Chapter 2: Who were Boy A and Boy B in Ana's case?
I'm Jenny Friel, and this is Crime World, a podcast from crimeworld.com.
So, Kiva, you've been busy. You've been out in Lucan. I was out in Lucan, County Dublin, yes. And I was at the scene of one of Ireland's most shocking murders.
Chapter 3: What details emerged from the scene of Ana's murder?
I know we say that. We do say one of the most shocking murders, yes. But this was every parent's worst nightmare, something we also say. But... Two 13-year-old boys lured a 14-year-old girl to her death in this derelict farmhouse, Newcombe County, Dublin.
Chapter 4: How did the community respond to Ana's disappearance?
It was a beautiful May day when I was there. And across the road from the farmhouse and St. Catherine's House, which is a listed building, is this gorgeous... gorgeous housing estate and the houses are worth about a million. Beautiful.
Chapter 5: What were the backgrounds of Boy A and Boy B?
There's cherry blossoms everywhere and there was a little boy out on his bike, maybe seven and I walked over to have a look. It's all very boarded up. There's a lot of security cameras everywhere Oh, at this house now? At the house now, yeah.
Chapter 6: What evidence was found during the investigation?
There's a lot of high gates. You'd have to climb over the gates to get right into the house. So I was in the field beside it, really walking around. There's a wall on the periphery and a farmhouse gate. And on the farmhouse gate was a weathered teddy bear who was probably...
Chapter 7: What role did social media play in Ana's life?
I don't know, eight years maybe since Anna was murdered and lost her life that day.
So this is Anna Creajal, a name that we're very familiar with. And then there is the boys who murdered her. Boy A. Boy A and Boy B. And we probably and possibly never know their names, but they certainly for a long time. And it's coming up to, I think it was the 14th of May.
Chapter 8: What lessons can be learned from Ana's tragic story?
Yeah, it's coming up to the anniversary, the eighth anniversary. Yes, absolutely. There were schoolgirls walking home past that, past the old teddy bear and the candle and all that. That day I was there and they're just used to it. Yeah. And I'm sure there's ghost stories and there's, you know, real ghost stories alive in that area.
And Leo Varadkar has called for, did call for the house to be torn down when he was seashocked because he said every time you drive by it, you think of Anna.
Yes.
So I suppose back to actually what happened.
So these, Anna, the boys, why this is such a, apart from the ferocity of how she died, these boys are our youngest ever murderers, to be convicted of murder and to both still now serving sentences. They're both now 21. So what can you tell us about them?
Well, they grew up in prison from then, from the day they were sentenced in court. Boy A, he lay on his dad's shoulder a lot. Boy B held his mom's hand throughout the court case. He had a panic attack at one stage and he had to be taken out.
So they had known Anna, basically. They had known her foot from the area and they called at her house that day.
They were relative strangers, right?
Yeah, relative strength.
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