Bombshell theory casts doubt on paedo Eamon Cooke's links to Philip Cairns mystery as ...
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The Philip Cairns cold case shows how confirmation bias can lock investigators onto one suspect — and how a rival theory can shatter a decades-old narrative overnight.
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Theory Briefing
- A new petrol bomb plot theory challenges the long-held belief that paedophile Eamon Cooke was linked to Philip Cairns's 1986 disappearance.
- Confirmation bias may have anchored investigators to Cooke for years, potentially obscuring alternative leads in one of Ireland's most haunting cold cases.
- The emergence of a rival hypothesis illustrates how anchoring effects in criminal investigations can delay justice by decades.