Northern Ireland

Charlotte Murray's family plead with killer: 'Where is her body?'

Charlotte Murray's body has never been found. A jury has found her ex-fiance Johnny Miller guilty of her murder
Charlotte Murray's body has never been found. A jury has found her ex-fiance Johnny Miller guilty of her murder Charlotte Murray's body has never been found. A jury has found her ex-fiance Johnny Miller guilty of her murder

The family of murder victim Charlotte Murray today appealed to her killer and ex-fiance Johnny Miller "to do the right thing, the honourable thing" and reveal where he disposed of her body seven years ago.

The appeal, read by Ms Murray's identical twin sister Denise outside Dungannonn Crown Court, followed the earlier unanimous conviction of the 48-year-old chef for the murder of his then 34-year-old former fiancee.

A jury found Miller, of Redford Park, Dungannon, Co Tyrone, guilty of killing Ms Murray between October 31 and November 2 2012. 

Her remains have never been found.

At the time of her disappearance, Ms Murray and Miller lived together at Roxborough Heights in Moy.

Surrounded by family and friends, Denise said that: "today we have received justice for our sister Charlotte ... a day our family and especially our mother have waited patiently for".

While the family thanked the jury of eight men and four women "for taking the time out of their lives and delivering the correct verdict ... we still do not have Charlotte back".

Denise said that the family were "now appealing to Mr Miller to do the decent thing, the honourable thing and let us know where Charlotte's body


is, so we can bring her home".

"We would appeal to anyone who has any information as to the whereabouts of Charlotte's remains to make contact with the police so she can be returned to us and let us grieve properly."

PSNI Detective Chief Inspector Eamonn Corrigan welcomed the conviction but said Ms Murray's family need to "have her body home so they can give her a proper burial".

"They haven’t seen her for seven years and deserve to be allowed to say goodbye to her," he said.

“I would appeal to anyone who knows where Charlotte’s body is to come forward and give the information to police so that we can return her to her family.

“Anyone with information should contact detectives on 101 or alternatively phone Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.”