The remains exhumed from a family grave in Annyalla in November are not those of one of The Disappeared, Joe Lynskey. The results of the DNA examination of the remains also eliminated them as being those of the family to whom the grave belongs. Jon Hill who is a Senior Investigator with the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims Remains confirmed that Gardaí are now stepping in to try and identify the remains that were found in this plot which are not associated with the family.
Speaking on today's Joe Finnegan Show, Mr Hill said that while it is difficult to say, he doesn't believe that the remains of Joe Lynskey would be in any other part of Annyalla graveyard following this latest investigation. He described this news as "deeply disappointing" for the Lynskey family, adding that the thoughts of everyone in the Commission are with them at this most difficult time. The senior investigator noted that The Commission will continue to do everything in its power to locate and recover the remains of all of the outstanding Disappeared cases. Mr Hill again appealed to anyone with information relating to Joe Lynskey, Columba McVeigh, Robert Nairac or Seamus Maguire to bring it to the ICLVR where it will be treated in the strictest confidence:
