DNA proof solves mystery of missing man after 30 years

A 30-year-old mystery was solved at a Coroner’s inquest in Letterkenny in Co Donegal yesterday when DNA established that the body of a man washed ashore in 1983 is a direct relative of local man James McGlynn, whose brother went missing at that time.

DNA proof solves  mystery of missing man after 30 years

Coroner John Cannon read the conclusion of a report on the DNA taken from James McGlynn and from the deceased man which concluded “my opinion is that these findings strongly support that James McGlynn had a relationship to the deceased, either a brother, father or son — it was that close a link”.

In 2010, Mr Cannon instructed samples be taken from the unidentified body which was buried in an unmarked grave in Dunfanaghy and compared with saliva samples given by James McGlynn.

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