The Search For Truth
This investigative series examines the disappearance and death of 14-year-old Noah Donohoe in Belfast, a case that continues to raise unanswered questions. Investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre and forensic physician Jason Payne-James go through the timeline, the evidence and the circumstances surrounding the boy's disappearance. The programme features exclusive interviews with Noah's mother, Fiona Donohoe, along with funeral directors and other people connected to the events. New episodes are published every Monday and Thursday.
Episodes
Noah Donohoe Episode 11: The Inquest
What did the Noah Donohoe inquest establish? And what could it not explain?In our Episode 11 finale, we examine the jury's verdict, 13 PSNI investigative failings and the questions that remain.Noah Donohoe was 14 when he disappeared in Belfast on 21st June 2020. The inquest jury concluded that he died by drowning in a storm drain that Sunday evening. It identified police investigative failings
Noah Donohoe Episode 10: The Late Night Walkabout
Welcome back to Noah Donohoe: The Search For Truth. In episode 10, we examine CCTV showing Noah leaving his Belfast home in the early hours of 21st June 2020 and returning just over half an hour later, barefoot and without the flip-flops and headphones he had taken with him.Donal MacIntyre and Professor Jason Payne-James examine the unanswered questions surrounding Noah’s late-night walk, why the
Noah Donohoe Episode 9: The Injection Claim
Welcome back to Noah Donohoe: The Search For Truth. In Episode 9, we examine claims that Noah Donohoe was attacked and injected with drugs before his belongings were taken, and how those allegations were investigated.Donal MacIntyre and Professor Jason Payne-James examine the statement Maria Nolan gave to KRW Law in December 2020, the later account of an anonymised witness known as Cipher 55, and
Noah Donohoe Episode 8: What Happened to Noah's Rucksack?
Welcome back to Noah Donohoe: The Search For Truth. In episode 8, we follow one of the central unanswered questions in Noah Donohoe’s disappearance: what happened to the rucksack he was carrying when he left home on 21st June 2020?Donal MacIntyre and Professor Jason Payne-James examine the CCTV sequence showing Noah with the rucksack before he entered an obscured walkway, and later without it. The
Noah Donohoe Episode 7: Naked and Afraid
Why did Noah Donohoe remove his clothes before he disappeared on Sunday 21 June 2020?Donal MacIntyre and Jason Payne-James examine the PSNI theory that a fall from Noah’s bicycle may have caused a head injury or concussion that could explain his later behaviour.This episode retraces the fall at York Road and North Queen Street, witness accounts, the condition of Noah’s cycle helmet, the green Nort
Noah Donohoe Episode 6: The CCTV Camera Overlooking the Storm Drain
In this episode, we follow Noah Donohoe’s last known movements on Northwood Road and examine the third CCTV camera overlooking the storm-drain area.What could that camera have captured, and why did attending officers say they did not consider it significant?In this episode of Noah Donohoe: The Search For Truth, we reconstruct what witnesses said they saw as Noah cycled naked, where items of clothi
Noah Donohoe Episode 5: The Prison Confession
In Episode 5 of our investigation into the case of Noah Donohoe, we examine an extraordinary prison-cell confession, and ask how far its details can actually be tested against the forensic evidence.A former prisoner, identified in the programme as Nathan, recounts what he says a cellmate told him about Noah. Donal MacIntyre and forensic physician Jason Payne-James examine that account alongside th
Noah Donohoe Episode 4: What Happened After 6:08pm?
At 6:08pm on 21 June 2020, 14-year-old Noah Donohoe was last seen in Northwood Road, Belfast. In episode 4 of The Search For Truth: Noah Donohoe, we ask what may have happened next - and why he might have entered a storm drain he apparently did not know.Donal MacIntyre and forensic physician Jason Payne-James examine Noah’s last known movements, the accessibility of the drain and witness reports f
Noah Donohoe Episode 3: Inside the Storm Drain
Could Noah Donohoe have been found alive if the storm-drain search had progressed differently?In Episode 3 of Noah Donohoe: The Search for Truth, Donal MacIntyre and Jason Payne-James examine the Belfast storm-drain route where Noah's body was recovered six days after he disappeared.Donal enters sections of the drainage system to test what travelling through it would physically involve, examining
Noah Donohoe Episode 2: The Handprints Inside the Storm Drain
Reported handprints and finger marks were seen inside the storm drain near where Noah Donohoe was found. But why weren’t they specifically photographed and measured?In Episode 2 of our investigation into the death of Noah Donohoe, investigative reporter Donal McIntyre and forensic physician Jason Payne-James examine the testimony surrounding those reported marks, the limitations of the available r
Noah Donohoe Episode 1: The Search for Truth
Noah Donohoe was 14 when he disappeared in Belfast in June 2020. Six days later, his body was recovered from a storm drain in North Belfast.In Episode 1 of Noah Donohoe: The Search for Truth, investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre and forensic physician Professor Jason Payne-James examine what the available forensic evidence can, and cannot, establish about the circumstances of Noah's death.They
