In 1977 a six-year-old girl went missing in Ireland and the case remains unsolved.

The different family members eventually adopted different theories, theories that led to pain and estrangement.

I'm Charlie and welcome to crime lines. led to pain and estrangement.

I'm Charlie and welcome to crime lines. Welcome to Crime Lines in the last episode of 2023.

I am regularly asked in various Q&A formats what unsolved

unsold case I would like to see solved, and my answers have always

fallen into two categories. First is my out of curiosity case, and the other is a true mystery that I want resolved for

the sake of the family. So kind of my selfish I want to know the answer case and

then also my case that is more focused on the victim's family.

The first, the out of curiosity case, for so long was the disappearance and

reappearance of Sherry Papini.

As we know, that case has been resolved this year.

Now my true mystery case has been the disappearance of six yearyear-old Mary Boyle and the reason was the

deep rift that eventually grew within the family. When I saw interviews from Mary Boyle's sister and mother, I just

wanted to fix things for them, but I could see how deep this went and a resolution

as to what happened to Little Mary Boyle would have gone a long way not just giving answers to the family, but it could be a bridge to mend some of those fractured relationships.

I originally covered this case on my old podcast

and I don't usually redo episodes I've already covered.

So many of you used to listen to my old podcast and then

followed me to crime lines, which I absolutely appreciate, and to show that

appreciation I want to continue to give you new content.

But seeing as the Shari Papini case was solved,

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