Noah Donohoe inquest: PSNI tried to contact Jordan peterson over schoolboy's disappearance

Interpol assisted police in Northern Ireland with efforts to contact the author Jordan Peterson during the investigation into the disappearance of Noah Donohoe, an inquest has heard. The 14-year-old schoolboy's body was found in a water tunnel six days after his disappearance in north Belfast in June 2020. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) attempted to contact Peterson because of a digital imprint linked to the Canadian psychology professor which appeared on Noah's phone history on the day of his disappearance. The PSNI made international enquiries after they learned about Noah's interest in one of Peterson's books. Karen Curran, a former Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Detective Constable in the PSNI, told the inquest that the PSNI wanted to "bottom out" their enquiries around the digital imprint because they were aware that Noah had been "very enthused" by Peterson's book. Noah was carrying the book in his rucksack on the day of his disappearance. It ultimately transpired that an Instagram message, which left the digital imprint on Noah's phone about an hour before he left his home on 21 June 2020, was a message from Peterson's daughter commenting on Father's