The heartbroken brother of missing Imelda Keenan has revealed how he visits a plaque in her honour as he has no grave to visit.
Gerry Keenan, 63, whose sister was reported missing on January 3, 1994, believes she didn’t leave of her own accord and rather met a sinister end.
The father-of-six said he is not out for revenge but just wants to end his pain and know where her remains are so he can give her a proper burial.
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He said: “I just hope that I get an answer myself before I go to my own grave.
“We have had a lovely plaque on the bridge on William street since 2009. The family gathers there each year on the anniversary.
“I go for a walk there every day and I sit down and have a little cry to myself when nobody is looking.
“I say a little prayer. It’s the nearest thing I'm going to get to a grave..."
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Gerry said his mother Elizabeth was so devastated by her daughter's disappearance that the religious woman turned her back on god.
He said: “My mother died in 2009 heartbroken not knowing what happened to her.
“She was a very religious woman and used to pray that one day Imelda would come home.
“Before she died she told me that she didn’t believe in God anymore. I told her it wasn’t like her and she said back to me ‘No I don’t believe in a god anymore because I haven’t got an answer to what happened.'
“It was like a dagger to my heart hearing her say that.”
And he said two of his brothers also sadly passed away heartbroken not knowing what had happened to the young woman.
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He went on: “I just want closure.
“I believe that there are two or three people in Waterford holding back vital information, who know what may have happened to her.
“They are walking around Waterford with this information and all I can do is hope that at some stage in their life they come forward and give my family a little bit of peace.
“It’s never too late to come forward with information.
“I wouldn’t care if someone even rang anonymously to tell me what they knew. Is there a grave, a bag of bones, I just want to know so I can bring her home and bury her with my parents.
“I’m not looking for revenge, the case is closed as far as I am concerned.”
Brother of missing Irishwoman says 'two or three people' have vital information