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Man arrested over 1973 murder of Portadown teenager Marian Beattie

Marian Beattie Portadown

Detectives from the PSNI’s Legacy Investigation Branch have arrested a man in connection with the 1973 murder of Portadown teenager Marian Beattie.

The 18-year-old’s partially-clothed body was found at the bottom of Hadden’s Quarry in Aughnacloy in Co Tyrone on March 31 that year.

Marian had earlier been seen leaving a charity dance in the company of a man.

The alarm was raised when she failed to meet her brother for a lift home.

The suspect, who is in his 70s, was arrested on Thursday, July 2 and is currently in police custody.

No further details have been released at this stage.

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