Man held over search for boys missing 27 years

RUC mounting a renewed search for two young boys who disappeared in Belfast 27 years ago have arrested a 69-year-old man on suspicion of murder.

Man held over search for boys missing 27 years
Mon, 10 Sep, 2001 - 12:30

RUC mounting a renewed search for two young boys who disappeared in Belfast 27 years ago have arrested a 69-year-old man on suspicion of murder.

Thomas Spence, 11 and John Rodgers, 13, disappeared while on their way to school in west Belfast in November 1974.

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