Identification of 'Disappeared' body to take weeks

A body exhumed from a churchyard cemetery where it was secretly buried is suspected to be a teenage IRA victim murdered 35 years ago.

Identification of 'Disappeared' body to take weeks

A body exhumed from a churchyard cemetery where it was secretly buried is suspected to be a teenage IRA victim murdered 35 years ago.

The remains were dug up from a family plot in Co Monaghan, in the same region where several digs have taken place for Columba McVeigh, one of the so-called Disappeared of the Troubles.

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