'After all these years, Baby John deserves the truth'

From the date he was baptised on April 14, 1984, and named 'John', nobody has ever discovered who he is, and nobody has come forward to claim him
'After all these years, Baby John deserves the truth'

The grave of 'Baby John'. His body was found by a farmer on White Strand, Caherciveen in the evening of Sunday, April 14, 1984.

“I am the Kerry Baby” are five words that help define Ireland’s longest-running murder mystery.

Inscribed on his gravestone, they gave voice to a little baby boy who never lived long enough to say them.

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