| 词条 | Gerard Evans |
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| name = Gerry Evans | birth_date = 1955 | birth_name = Gerard Evans | birth_place = Crossmaglen, County Armagh, Northern Ireland | death_date = March 1979 (aged 24) | disappeared_place = County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland | monuments = }}Gerard Evans (1955-1979) was one of the "Disappeared" of the paramilitary war in Ulster. Having gone missing in March 1979, his body was discovered 31 years later in October 2010.[1] Early lifeGerard Evans, known as "Gerry", was a 24 year old painter and decorator from Crossmaglen, County Armagh, in Northern Ireland. DisappearanceEvans was kidnapped by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in March 1979 whilst hitch-hiking in the Castleblaney neighbourhood in County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland. After an interrogation by a kangaroo court involving a party of twelve local PIRA members on the accusation of being an intelligence agent for the British Government in the Armagh/Monaghan district, Evans was taken at night into the County Louth landscape, where, after pleading for mercy from his kidnappers, and being permitted to make a last prayer, he was shot in the back of the head.[2] His body was afterwards illicitly buried in an unmarked grave in a peat bog at Carrickrobbin, near Hackballcross in County Louth, five miles from his home in Crossmaglen,[3] the decision having been taken by the Provisional IRA to deny involvement with his disappearance and conceal the evidence of his murder to avoid alienating the community of the village of Crossmaglen, where the Welsh surname of Evans was common.[4] Discovery of the bodyIn October 2010 the Sunday Tribune journalist Suzanne Breen published a story that she had received information about the location of Evans' body from an ex-member of the Provisional IRA's "South Armagh Brigade",[2] the source also giving the details of Evans' kidnap and murder. After an extensive search of the vicinity indicated the Garda Siochana located Evans' body on 15 October 2010. The source stated that their decision in coming forward with the information was influenced by the 2007 murder of Paul Quinn.[2] A funeral took place for Evans' body at St. Patrick's Church in Crossmaglen on 4 December 2010, with it being buried in the church's graveyard.[5] See also
References1. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/remains-of-disappeared-victim-found-in-co-louth-26689823.html|title=Remains of Disappeared victim found in Co Louth - Independent.ie|work=Independent.ie|access-date=2017-09-20|language=en}} {{PIRA}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Gerard}}2. ^1 2 {{cite news|url=http://www.tribune.ie/article/2010/oct/17/masked-ira-mans-map-leads-to-body-in-louth|title=Masked IRA man's map leads to body in Louth|author=Suzanne Breen|newspaper=Sunday Tribune|date=17 October 2010|accessdate=18 October 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101021091046/http://www.tribune.ie/article/2010/oct/17/masked-ira-mans-map-leads-to-body-in-louth/|archivedate=21 October 2010|df=}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=Remains were 'Disappeared' Crossmaglen man Gerry Evans|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11866971|agency=BBC News|date=29 November 2010|accessdate=20 December 2010}} 4. ^'Disappeared but not forgotten: the grim secrets the IRA could not bury', 'The Guardian', 10 May 2014. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/may/10/disappeared-ira-troubles-northern-ireland 5. ^'Disappeared Man Gerry Evans' funeral takes place', British Broadcasting Corporation 4 December 2010. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11912486 12 : 1970s missing person cases|1979 deaths|Forced disappearances in Northern Ireland|Formerly missing people found dead|House painters|Kidnapped people from Northern Ireland|Missing person cases in Ireland|Murder victims from Northern Ireland|People declared dead in absentia|People from Crossmaglen|People killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army|Terrorism deaths in the Republic of Ireland |
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