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04/11/2014
Appeal Issued For Information On Three Disappeared Victims
The Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald has appealed for anyone with information on the whereabouts of the remains of the bodies of the Disappeared to come forward.
It follows the confirmation that human remains found at the beginning of October are that of Disappeared victim Brenda Megraw.
Mr Megraw's remains was found in Oristown Bog in Co Meath on 01 October.
He was 23-years-old and expecting his first child where he was taken in April 1978, from his Belfast home in Twinbrook.
Frank Murray, co-commissioner of the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims Remains, has said that he believes the bodies of three more victims may be buried near to the site of Mr Megraw's remains.
(MH/CD)
It follows the confirmation that human remains found at the beginning of October are that of Disappeared victim Brenda Megraw.
Mr Megraw's remains was found in Oristown Bog in Co Meath on 01 October.
He was 23-years-old and expecting his first child where he was taken in April 1978, from his Belfast home in Twinbrook.
Frank Murray, co-commissioner of the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims Remains, has said that he believes the bodies of three more victims may be buried near to the site of Mr Megraw's remains.
(MH/CD)
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