Canal body confirmed as suspected IRA murder victim

DNA tests have confirmed that the body pulled from a canal in Northern Ireland was suspected IRA murder victim Gareth O’Connor, police revealed tonight.

Canal body confirmed as suspected IRA murder victim
Wed, 15 Jun, 2005 - 19:42

DNA tests have confirmed that the body pulled from a canal in Northern Ireland was suspected IRA murder victim Gareth O’Connor, police revealed tonight.

His badly decomposed remains were found in a car on Saturday – two years after he vanished.

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