The Coroner is appealing for anyone with information on Noah’s whereabouts to get in touch
The Coroner has issued an appeal for further information over the movements of schoolboy Noah Donohoe on the night before he went missing.
Noah Donohoe, aged 14, left his home address on Fitzroy Avenue, Belfast, at 17.40 on June 21, 2020. Having travelled by bicycle through Belfast city centre, at 18.08 that same evening, Noah was captured on CCTV from Northwood Drive, Belfast. That is the last known time Noah was seen alive.
The night before Noah disappeared – the night of Saturday, June 20, into Sunday, June 21, 2020 – he left his home on Fitzroy Avenue at approximately 03:34am. He returned at approximately 04.08am. The weather in the early hours of Sunday, June 21, 2020 was damp and drizzling.
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The flats at Fitzroy Avenue are on the corner of Fitzroy Avenue and Dudley Street in the Holylands / Queen’s University area of south Belfast.
CCTV from Noah’s address shows his departure and return. When he left at around 03.34am, Noah was casually dressed in dark coloured knee length shorts and a light or white coloured T-shirt.
He was wearing flip-flops and carrying over-ear headphones in his right hand. On leaving the address Noah appears to turn right, walking west in the direction of Queen’s University.
When he is next captured on CCTV, on his return home, Noah was on University Street, coming from the direction of Ormeau Road and walking in the direction of Queen’s University. From there, he turned left onto Dudley Street and then right onto Fitzroy Avenue, turning immediately into his home address.
Noah re-entered through the front door at approximately 04.08am. It is apparent from CCTV footage that he was barefoot on his return, and neither his flip-flops nor his headphones are visible on his person.
The Presiding Coroner, Mr Justice Rooney, is investigating the death of Noah Donohoe. The Coroner requests that any person with any information about:
- Why Noah left home that night;
- Where he went;
- Whether he met anyone;
- What happened to his flip-flops and/or his headphones; and
- Noah having been out in the early hours of the morning on any other occasion.
should contact the Coroners Service for Northern Ireland using the contact details below:
- Coroners Service for Northern Ireland, 5th Floor, Laganside House, 23-27 Oxford Street, Belfast, BT1 3LA
- Telephone: 0300 200 7811
- Email: coronersoffice@courtsni.gov.uk
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