The killing of Baby John: Will DNA unearth the truth?

This week, gardaí exhumed the body of ‘Baby John’, whose murder in 1984 prompted the notorious Kerry babies case. Locals are wondering if mass testing in Caherciveen will begin in a bid to find a match

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

THE moment that Jack Griffin found ‘Baby John’, more than 37 years ago, is something he never wanted to relive.

If his discovery of the baby, on White Strand, Caherciveen, Co Kerry, on April 14, 1984, wasn’t disturbing enough, the fact that the infant would stay at the heart of the country’s longest-running, and most public, murder mystery makes it difficult for anybody associated with it to move on.