Disappearance of Peter Wilson

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| name = Peter Wilson

| birth_name =

| birth_date = 1952

| birth_place = Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

| disappeared_date = 1 August 1973

| disappeared_place = Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

| disappeared_status =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| death_cause = Gunshot wound

| body_discovered = {{plainlist|

2 November 2010

Waterfoot, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

}}

| nationality = Irish

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Peter Wilson (1952 – 1 August 1973) was a man from Northern Ireland who was abducted and killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army. The IRA never gave any explanation for his abduction and murder. 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.

Disappearance

Wilson, a native of West Belfast, with five siblings, was described as "a vulnerable man with learning difficulties".{{cite web|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/peter-wilson-disappeared-by-the-ira-found-at-the-beach-his-family-treasured-14994067.html|title=Peter Wilson: 'Disappeared' by the IRA, found at the beach his family treasured|publisher=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk|date=3 November 2010|accessdate=18 June 2013}} He was abducted by the IRA in the summer of 1973, somewhere in the St. James area of Belfast, and killed.{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/alpha/W.html|title=CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths|publisher=Cain.ulst.ac.uk|accessdate=18 June 2013}} Only in 2009 was he added to the list of Northern Ireland's 'Disappeared'.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-10814888|title=BBC News - Who were the 'Disappeared'?|publisher=Bbc.co.uk|date=28 June 2011|accessdate=18 June 2013}} His body was located at the beach in Waterfoot, County Antrim{{Cite news|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/peter-wilson-disappeared-by-the-ira-found-at-the-beach-his-family-treasured-28568519.html|title=Peter Wilson: 'Disappeared' by the IRA, found at the beach his family treasured - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk|work=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk|access-date=2017-08-25|language=en}} on 2 November 2010, the day after excavations began following the receipt of "reliable and high quality" information. His family had often walked on the beach, unaware that he was buried there. Wilson was the ninth of the known "Disappeared" to be located since 1999.