DNA tests on 'disappeared' victim may take weeks

DNA tests on the partial remains of a man believed murdered and secretly buried by the IRA could take several weeks, it emerged today.

DNA tests on 'disappeared' victim may take weeks
Tue, 11 Nov, 2008 - 16:40

DNA tests on the partial remains of a man believed murdered and secretly buried by the IRA could take several weeks, it emerged today.

The family of Danny McIlhone, who vanished from west Belfast in 1981, face an agonising wait for confirmation that it was his body discovered in remote bogland in the Wicklow mountains outside Dublin.

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CourtsHeathrowPlace: west BelfastPlace: WicklowPlace: DublinPlace: MullaghcleevaunPlace: LackenPlace: BallynultaghPlace: Blessington lakesPlace: BelfastPlace: Co LouthPlace: Co ArmaghPerson: Danny McIlhonePerson: McIlhonePerson: Geoff KnupferPerson: Ian BradyPerson: Myra HindleyPerson: KnupferPerson: Jean McConvillePerson: Robert NairacOrganisation: IRAOrganisation: Commission for the Location of Victims’ RemainsOrganisation: Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ RemainsOrganisation: Northern Ireland OfficeOrganisation: Justice Department
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