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02/04/2007
Searches resume for the ‘disappeared’
Searches have begun in attempts to locate the so-called ‘Disappeared’ - nine republican murder victims who were killed and whose bodies have never been found.
A team of forensic experts and detectives have been set up by the independent commission to recover the bodies, which are understood to be buried in unmarked graves.
The team have met up with relatives of the victims, and earlier this year the commission, which was set up in 1999, placed ads in newspapers looking for information.
Retired detective Geoff Knupfer, who is leading the team, has been liaising with officials from the victims organisation Wave and said he believes new technology can help find the bodies.
“We are collecting information from all over the place, particularly site records, forestry records etc,” he said. “We are fairly confident that we are going to have good shot at this.
“We have had enormous support from the commission, from the governments and from the organisations involved. Really, this is the best shot that I think we are going to get at this.”
In the 1980s Mr Knupfer was involved in the searches for the victims of the Moors murders.
(JM/SP)
A team of forensic experts and detectives have been set up by the independent commission to recover the bodies, which are understood to be buried in unmarked graves.
The team have met up with relatives of the victims, and earlier this year the commission, which was set up in 1999, placed ads in newspapers looking for information.
Retired detective Geoff Knupfer, who is leading the team, has been liaising with officials from the victims organisation Wave and said he believes new technology can help find the bodies.
“We are collecting information from all over the place, particularly site records, forestry records etc,” he said. “We are fairly confident that we are going to have good shot at this.
“We have had enormous support from the commission, from the governments and from the organisations involved. Really, this is the best shot that I think we are going to get at this.”
In the 1980s Mr Knupfer was involved in the searches for the victims of the Moors murders.
(JM/SP)
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