The brutal murder of a teenage girl close to the Monaghan/Tyrone border 52 years ago is the focus of a new TV documentary being screened tonight. Marian Beattie, who was 18 and from Portadown, Co Armagh, was killed and her body left at the bottom of a quarry near Aughnacloy on March 31, 1973. She had been at a charity dance in the village before she died.
No one has ever been charged in connection with Marian’s murder. Her death is the focus of a new TG4 documentary series, which features first-hand accounts from Marian’s brother Isadore and best friend Nuala Wilson, who were with her on the night she was killed.
The programme also delves into the archives to uncover how this heinous crime was reported on at the time. Marian’s family have spent over 50 years trying to get answers that they believe lie within the local community of Aughnacloy. The episode on Marian Beattie’s death airs tonight on TG4 at 9.30pm.
