Samuel Ruddy was working as a teacher in Paris when he was abducted and murdered
Human remains have been found at the site in northern France where a search has been taking place for the body of Seamus Ruddy, one of the Disappeared.
News that human remains had been uncovered came early on Saturday morning.
Investigators from the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims Remains, have been digging at the site in a forest near Rouen since Monday.
Mr Ruddy was working as a teacher in Paris in 1985.
He was murdered by republican paramilitaries, the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA), and secretly buried.
The Disappeared are those who were abducted, murdered and secretly buried by republicans during Northern Ireland’s Troubles.
Who were the Disappeared?
Mr Ruddy’s sister, Anne Morgan, was the last member of his family to see the County Down teacher alive. She visited the scene on Friday. It is understood she has been informed about the discovery.
The site of the dig for Seamus Ruddy
This latest search began in a forest at Pont-de-l’Arche after new information on the whereabouts of Mr Ruddy was passed to the ICLVR from the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) and former INLA members.
The group has close links to the INLA. Sources in the IRSP claim Mr Ruddy went willingly with INLA members from Paris to the wooded area, where there was an arms dump.
Sources claim that INLA members returned to the spot the following day, removed the arms cache and buried Mr Ruddy where it had been.
Disappeared
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