A MAYO FAMILY HAS WON ITS BATTLE TO HAVE A FULL POLICE INVESTIGATION INTO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THEIR SON AND BROTHER – 24 YEAR OLD JAMES PATRICK (JP) GREALIS, FROM ACHILL, WHO VANISHED THREE YEARS AGO IN HOLLAND.

JP WENT MISSING WITHOUT A TRACE AFTER LEAVING A GUESTHOUSE TO LOOK FOR WORKS ON OCTOBER 23, 2008, IN THE TOWN OF BREDA, SOUTH OF ROTTERDAM.

HE WAS LOOKING FOR WORK AS A CARPENTER.

AT THE TIME, DUTCH POLICE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS ABOUT HIS DISAPPEARANCE. HIS FAMILY BELIEVED THAT HE MAY HAVE BEEN THE VICTIM OF A SERIOUS CRIME BUT POLICE DID NOT PURSUE ANY SUCH INQUIRY.

IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED, THE GREALIS FAMILY MADE NUMEROUS TRIPS TO HOLLAND IN THEIR SEARCH FOR CLUES INTO HIS DISAPPEARANCE. LAST WEEK, THEY MET WITH THEIR DUTCH LAWYER AND THE PUBLIC PROSECUTER ASSIGNED TO THE CASE.

THE BREDA DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE CONTACTED THE GREALIS FAMILY YESTERDAY AND TOLKD THEM THAT A FULL POLICE INVESTIGATION WILL NOW BE HELD INTO HIS DISAPPEARANCE.