Where is Jón? - 02. Jón Bóndi

Where is Jón?

RTÉ

Society & Culture, True Crime, Documentary

4.5 • 717 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

When Jón left the Bonnington hotel, his partner Jana didn’t initially think too much about him walking away. But, as that day moved on, she began to get worried. And by the morning after, she knew something had gone really wrong for Jón. As Jana begins to raise the alarm, we start searching for clues in Jón’s past, in Iceland, to find out who he was - before he disappeared…

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. Sales by Graeme Bailey and Einar Logi. Additional online editorial content by Anna Joyce.

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0:00.0	At the end of episode one, we left Yanna standing outside the Bonington Hotel in Dublin
0:08.8	as she watched her partner Joan Jonson walk into the distance.
0:14.2	You must have thought about that moment a lot.
0:16.4	Yes. What happened if I just have called his name?
0:21.3	Would it change everything?
0:24.0	Yeah, this moment's hands to me.
0:26.2	This is the final memory Jana has of Yon.
0:30.0	When he reaches the main road, he turns right
0:32.5	and walks onto the footpath of the busy Swords Road
0:35.7	in the direction of Dublin Airport.
0:38.3	It's just after 11am on a Saturday morning and hundreds of cars are driving by.
0:46.3	Yon doesn't have his phone, he doesn't have his wallet or his passport.
0:53.3	What he does have is a packet of cigarettes, a lighter, and maybe some cash.
1:00.0	From there he might have hopped on a bus, he might have hopped into a taxi, and there's
1:04.0	a particular appeal to taxi drivers.
1:06.0	Taxi drivers are other vehicles that have dash cam footage that may be travelling the road.
1:10.0	It's a busy road.
1:11.6	From Roof in Iceland.
1:14.1	And RTE in Ireland.
1:16.1	I'm Anna Marsipil Klausen.
1:18.1	And I'm Liam O'Brien.
1:20.3	If you have any knowledge or information on Yon Jonson.
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