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"Delighted to be getting him home" - Sister of 'Disappeared' Kevin McKee

The sister of one of the 'Disappeared' say the family are "delighted" to finally get him home. Th...
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10.02 9 Sep 2015


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"Delighted to be getting him home" - Sister of 'Disappeared' Kevin McKee

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10.02 9 Sep 2015


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The sister of one of the 'Disappeared' say the family are "delighted" to finally get him home.

The remains of Kevin McKee and Seamus Wright were identified after DNA tests carried out confirmed their identity.

The bodies where discovered in Co Meath last June.

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The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains (ICLVR) announced their identities yesterday.

The IRA abducted and killed both men, who were from Belfast, in 1972.

Mr Wright (25) worked as an asphalt layer and was married. He went missing in October 1972.

In October of 1972, Mr McKee also disappeared from Belfast.

His sister, Philomena McKee, told Newstalk Breakfast they are glad just to have closure.


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