Where is Jón? - 01. Without a Trace

Where is Jón?

RTÉ

Society & Culture, True Crime, Documentary

4.5 • 717 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

When Icelander Jón Jónsson arrived to Dublin in February 2019, he came for 10 days of fun - to play at the Dublin Poker Festival and to do some sightseeing with his partner, Jana. But within a day of landing in Ireland, Jón disappeared. With unique access into this story, we begin investigating Jón’s disappearance by examining the 48 hours before he was last seen alive. Will we find any clues to indicate what might have happened to him?

Credits: Where is Jón? / Hvar er Jón? is written, reported and produced by Liam O’Brien and Anna Marsibil Clausen. Original music soundtrack is performed and composed by Úlfur Eldjárn, with special guest Unnur Jónsdóttir on cello. Sound design is by Peadar Carney. Production assistance from Johannes Olafsson, Þorgerður E. Sigurðardóttir and the RTÉ Documentary On One team. Audio Product Support by Nigel Wheatley. Marketing by Amy O’Driscoll, Maria Buckley and Kolbrún Vaka Helgadóttir. Design and creatives by John Kilkenny and Darragh Treacy. Publicity by Jilly McDonough. Additional online editorial content by Anna Joyce.

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0:00.0	In 2019, Yon Jonson went missing in Dublin,
0:09.0	within 24 hours of arriving into the city.
0:12.0	He's described as being 1.9 meters tall, of medium build,
0:17.0	and with short brown hair.
0:19.0	When last seen he was wearing a black padded jacket.
0:22.8	Yone travelled from his home in Iceland
0:24.7	to play at the Dublin Poker Festival.
0:28.1	It was his first time to visit Ireland.
0:30.9	He left with the clothes that he was wearing his suitcase
0:33.6	and his passport, mobile phone are in his room.
0:36.9	They're concerns, serious concerns for his safety at this stage.
0:39.8	On a Saturday morning in February, just after 11 a.m.,
0:43.6	Yohn got up from his bed, left his hotel room, walked out the front door,
0:49.2	and has never been seen again.
0:51.3	Mr. Johnson dwelledy on Bonnington Hotel in the last night in the other than he wharf.
0:55.8	He went out of hotel in Morgon.
0:57.8	Throughout this series, we're going to take you deep inside a story
1:02.2	that has only ever been scratched at from the surface.
1:06.6	I have no idea what happened to my brother.
1:08.3	It doesn't make any sense.
1:09.6	You know, he was walking past a lot of people.
1:11.9	Joon Jonson seemed to vanish into thin air. But is that what really happened? We believe somebody knows something.
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