Disappearance of Peter Wilson

Peter Wilson (1952 – 1 August 1973) was a man from Northern Ireland who was abducted and killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army.

His body was not found for 37 years, and he was listed as one of the Disappeared by the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains.

Wilson, a native of West Belfast, with five siblings, was described as "a vulnerable man with learning difficulties".

[1] He was abducted by the IRA in the summer of 1973, somewhere in the St. James area of Belfast, and killed.

[3] His body was located at the beach in Waterfoot, County Antrim[4] on 2 November 2010, the day after excavations began following the receipt of "reliable and high quality" information.