Tests on body found in Newry

Updated: 20:31, Monday, 13 June 2005

Dental and DNA tests are being carried out on a body found in a car which was pulled out of a canal in Newry, Co Down on Saturday.

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Gareth O'Connor
Missing since 2003
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Six One News: Michael Fisher reports that DNA and dental tests on the body will take two days to complete
Six One News: Michael Fisher reports that DNA and dental tests on the body will take two days to complete
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One News: Michael Fisher reports that it was confirmed that the car in which the body was found belonged to Gareth O'Connor
One News: Michael Fisher reports that it was confirmed that the car in which the body was found belonged to Gareth O'Connor

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Dental and DNA tests are being carried out on a body found in a car which was pulled out of a canal in Newry, Co Down on Saturday.

Police have revealed that the car in which the body was found belonged to Gareth O'Connor, who has been missing for more than two years. 

The blue Volkswagen Golf was discovered following an extensive police search of the canal.

Mr O'Connor, a father of two, went missing after leaving his home in Co Armagh in May 2003. He was facing charges of membership of the dissident Real IRA. 

  • Morning Ireland: Monsignor Denis Faul discusses the possibilities of the positive identification of Gareth O'Connor who disappeared two years ago

    Morning Ireland

    13 June 2005

    Monsignor Denis Faul discusses the possibilities of the positive identification of Gareth O'Connor who disappeared two years ago

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