Amy Fitzpatrick's family pleads for answers 17 years after her disappearance: 'The pain feels just as raw'
Amy went missing from Mijas Costa, near Fuengirola, in Spain, on New Year’s Day 2008
Missing teenager Amy Fitzpatrick’s family says “the pain feels just as raw” 17 years to the day after her disappearance.
Her father Christopher Fitzpatrick has again pleaded for anyone with information on the case to come forward as he said not knowing what happened to his little girl is "unbearable". Amy went missing from Mijas Costa, near Fuengirola, in Spain, on New Year’s Day 2008.
She had spent time at her friend Ashely Rose’s house and was never seen again after leaving to walk home at around 10pm. The young Dubliner, 15, was living in Spain with her mum Audrey, stepfather Dave Mahon and her now-deceased brother Dean when she went missing.
Seventeen years after Amy’s disappearance, her father Christopher and aunt Christine are begging for answers, hoping for closure. In a statement released on New Year's Day, they wrote: “It’s been 17 years since Amy disappeared, and the pain feels just as raw as it did that day.
"Our hearts are shattered, our lives forever changed, and the ache of not knowing where she is or what happened to her is unbearable. Amy, we miss you more than words can ever say.
"Not a single day goes by when we don’t long to see your beautiful smile, to hear your laugh, or to hold you close. The emptiness you’ve left behind is overwhelming, and our family will never be whole again.”
The heartbroken family has been campaigning tirelessly for almost 20 years to get answers about what happened to Amy. No one has ever been arrested or charged in relation to the teenager's disappearance.
While the case is still open by Spanish Police, her family hopes the investigation will be upgraded to murder. Christine and Christopher previously set up a petition for an EU-wide right to a cold case for all missing people abroad.
They want relatives of people missing abroad in the EU to get an automatic right for a cold case review at one year, five years and 10 years, and for families to receive a briefing from police.
In their statement released on Wednesday, the family continued: “To anyone out there who knows anything—please, we beg you—help us bring Amy home. Even after all these years, we need answers. We need closure.
“Amy, we will never stop loving you, searching for you, or hoping for the day we can finally have peace. You are forever in our hearts, our beautiful girl.”
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