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| The Disappeared: Kevin McKee's sister speaks of emotion at visiting murder site | The Disappeared: Kevin McKee's sister speaks of emotion at visiting murder site |
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| Philomena McKee, the sister of one of the Disappeared, has told of her pain after visiting the spot where her brother was murdered 43 years ago. | Philomena McKee, the sister of one of the Disappeared, has told of her pain after visiting the spot where her brother was murdered 43 years ago. |
| The body of Kevin McKee is believed to be one of two found in a single grave in the Republic of Ireland on Thursday. | |
| "It was very, very emotional seeing the spot where he was murdered," she said. "Everything just runs through your head. | "It was very, very emotional seeing the spot where he was murdered," she said. "Everything just runs through your head. |
| "I always believed we would find him again. I never gave up hope." | "I always believed we would find him again. I never gave up hope." |
| The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains (ICLVR) initially thought the remains found at a bog in County Meath on Thursday were those of Joe Lynskey. | |
| He was abducted, murdered and secretly buried by the IRA in 1972. | He was abducted, murdered and secretly buried by the IRA in 1972. |
| There was "surprise", an investigator said, when another body was found. | There was "surprise", an investigator said, when another body was found. |
| The term the Disappeared refers to victims who were murdered and secretly buried by republicans during the Northern Ireland Troubles. | The term the Disappeared refers to victims who were murdered and secretly buried by republicans during the Northern Ireland Troubles. |
| IRA member Kevin McKee was abducted and murdered by the organisation in 1972. Philomena was nine years old at the time, but she still remembers her brother vividly. | IRA member Kevin McKee was abducted and murdered by the organisation in 1972. Philomena was nine years old at the time, but she still remembers her brother vividly. |
| "His curly hair... his big blue eyes and him being very protective of us younger ones, his younger sisters, is what I remember most about him," she said. | |
| "Today means a lot to us as a family. We still have to wait until the DNA tests come back, but we have high hopes that it is Kevin. | |
| "It's a mixture of feelings, to be honest - happiness, sadness. Just thinking back on what the family has been through, it's unexplainable. | |
| "My mother, who has passed away, went through torture throughout the years. | |
| "She was tortured all her life thinking that her son might come home some day. | |
| "She is going to be reunited with him now, but the sad thing is that they will be reunited in the grave and she never lived to see this day." | "She is going to be reunited with him now, but the sad thing is that they will be reunited in the grave and she never lived to see this day." |
| Ms McKee said that to have Kevin back and be able to give him a Christian burial meant "everything" to her. | |
| "I feel like I have wings on my shoulders. A weight has been lifted off," she said. | "I feel like I have wings on my shoulders. A weight has been lifted off," she said. |
| "The day we get the phone call to certify that it is Kevin we can move on. | |
| "We will be able to go and visit the grave that he and our mother are in. We will be able to grieve properly at last." | "We will be able to go and visit the grave that he and our mother are in. We will be able to grieve properly at last." |
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