THE SERIAL KILLER linked to the disappearance of missing Donegal girl Mary Boyle who died in prison two weeks ago has had a secret funeral lasting just six minutes – after no-one turned up to claim his remains.
Robert Black died on January 12. He was serving 12 life sentences for the kidnap and murder of four girls – has long been suspected of killing seven-year-old Mary Boyle here.
Black, who was 68, died of natural causes in Maghaberry prison.
The North’s prison service had Black cremated in Belfast during a secret funeral on Friday night.
Presbyterian chaplain of Maghaberry Prison Rev Rodney Cameron conducted the service at Roselawn crematorium in east Belfast.
He read a passage from Psalm 90 before committing the killer’s body for cremation with the words, “Earth to Earth, Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust.”
The paedophile’s ashes will now be disposed of at an undisclosed location.
Two years ago cold case ex-detective Chris Clark claimed he had found evidence that the sex predator was in Donegal when Mary disappeared – and came back here the next year searching for another victim.
Mary vanished in Cashelard in March 1977.
Former detective Clark claimed he has evidence van driver Black was working in the area at the time.
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