Brian McDermott (murder Victim)
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Brian McDermott was a 10-year-old schoolboy who disappeared in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1973. He was last seen at
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on 2 September 1973. He failed to return to his home on Well Street in the lower Woodstock Road area of
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, Belfast. A week after he went missing, the River Lagan was lowered and a sack containing some of his remains was found.


Kincora Boys Home

In 1982 a possible link between the death of Brian McDermott and the abuse scandal at
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was discussed by
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, Michael Havers, senior civil servant Sir William Bourne and then Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and then
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Quintin Hogg. Papers concerning this meeting were released in 2013.


Brother investigated

Brian's brother William was 16 at the time of his disappearance. He was considered a suspect and questioned in 1976 and again in 2004. William denies the allegations and is estranged from the rest of his family. He admits confessing in 1976, but says that the confession was coerced. He changed his name by deed poll to avoid the stigma of being a suspect in his brother's murder. Brian's murder remains unsolved.


See also

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List of solved missing person cases Lists of solved missing person cases include: * List of solved missing person cases: pre-2000 * List of solved missing person cases: post-2000 See also * List of kidnappings * List of murder convictions without a body * List of people who di ...
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List of unsolved murders These lists of unsolved murders include notable cases where victims were murdered in unknown circumstances. * List of unsolved murders (before 1900) * List of unsolved murders (1900–1979) * List of unsolved murders (1980–1999) * List of u ...


References

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