Mr. Geoff Knupfer:

We are absolutely satisfied that Columba McVeigh was taken to Bragan Bog and murdered and buried there. Several sources have either directly or indirectly pointed to a specific area of the bog and it is that area we have searched, some of it more than once. We are satisfied his remains are not where we were told they were. That opens other avenues to consider, such as whether it is the wrong place or whether, for some inexplicable reason, although we are not suggesting this is correct, his body could have been moved in some way. People have said in the past that if a body is moved by 100 m, it might as well be 100 miles or 100 km, given that if it is not an area we are pinpointing to search, we will never find it. If, for example, somebody was using that land for another purpose and came across remains by accident, could he or she have moved them a few yards, meaning we will never find them? This is pure speculation on our part. We do not know and we cannot explain why Columba McVeigh's body is not where people told it was. We are satisfied it is not there and we are looking for alternatives.