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 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
