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New Disappeared search due to begin soon

The commission responsible for finding the so called Disappeared are believed to be due to start a new search.

The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains (ICLVR) was established in 1999.

In June 2010 Mr McIlwaine led the forensic archaeology team which discovered the remains of Charlie Armstrong.

Mr Armstrong, 57, from south Armagh went missing on his way to Mass in 1981, he was believed to have been kidnapped and murdered by the IRA.

His body was buried in an area of peat bog land at Colgagh, County Monaghan, several miles from the border.

The ICLVR was established by a treaty between the British and Irish governments in 1999 following the Good Friday Agreement....
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