12yrs not knowing if she's dead... it's not living, it's hell

Missing Elizabeth's mum tells of agony

- BY NICOLA DONNELLY

THE MUM of missing Elizabeth Clarke - who is suspected of being murdered nearly 12 years ago says "it is pure hell" not knowing if she is still alive or dead.

Mum-of-two Elizabeth was 24 years old when she was last seen in November 2013 in Navan, Co Meath.

Ms Clarke, who had lived in Portrane, Co Dublin and Bettystown, as well as at another address in Co Mea, was officially reported missing in January 2015. She had been estranged from her family, including her mum Noeleen Bieninda for a number of years.

Gardai are investigating if Elizabeth, who was a vulnerable person, was murdered around the time she was last seen in 2013.

Before her disappearance, Elizabeth lived with her two children, her ex-partner Kevin Stanley, his father Larry and Larry's late wife Susan in Navan.

In February this year, An Garda Siochana reclassified the case from a missing persons investigation to a murder probe as a result of the extensive enquiries.

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