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Thu 08 Aug 2003Family in turmoil hoping mother foundMs Helen McKendry was out shopping yesterday evening when she heard news that she hopes and prays will allow her to bury her mother, Jean McConville, writes Gerry Moriarty, Northern Editor"She nearly got knocked down by a car rushing across the street to tell me," said her husband Seamus, who with Helen has campaigned tirelessly for the return of Mrs McConville's body and others of the "disappeared" killed by the IRA.