Archive: Baby John exhumed by gardaí as part of investigation into 1984 death 

The grave of the Kerry baby named John in Holy Cross, Cemetery, Caherciveen, Co Kerry. File picture: Dan Linehan

The remains of a baby who was found dead on a Kerry beach in the 1980s were exhumed by gardaí today.

Baby John was exhumed at Holy Cross Cemetery in Caherciveen and taken to the morgue at University Hospital Kerry as part of the ongoing investigation into the case.