"However a 12-hour garda search of the Satchwells' home in June 2017 failed to locate the secret burial site of his wife Tina under the stairs. During the search operation from 7am to 7pm in 2017, the garda team photographed a shoddily built brick wall underneath the stairs. But they did not attempt to excavate it. They did not have the service of a cadaver dog on this occasion, which proved to be crucial in the uncovering of Tina's body."
"Ultimately Richard Satchwell, was handed a life sentence last June after being convicted by unanimous verdict of a Central Criminal Court jury of the brutal murder of his wife. "When I heard all the gory details of what went on and what he did to her... I was having nightmares for weeks after that," said her half-sister Lorraine Howard. " Everything I thought I knew about him, I didn't.""
Tina disappeared in March 2017 and Gardaí persuaded her husband to report her formally missing so they could investigate. A 12-hour Garda search of the Satchwells' home in June 2017 photographed a shoddily built brick wall under the stairs but did not excavate it and no cadaver dog was present. Tina's body, secretly buried under the stairs, was not discovered until a second intensive search ordered in 2023 by Garda Superintendent Ann Marie Twomey. Richard Satchwell was convicted unanimously of his wife's brutal murder and sentenced to life. Family members reported nightmares and long-held suspicions, and a Virgin Media News documentary includes interviews with investigators and relatives.
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