 In September 1973 the park was scene of a notably grisly murder in which ten-year-old abductee Brian McDermott was dismembered and his body incinerated.The gruesome nature of the murder was such that local press speculated it may have been carried out as part of a Satanic ritual.However, according to British military intelligence and police files the killing had actually been carried out by John McKeague, a noted far right loyalist paramilitary and activist who was a leading figure in the paedophile ring at Kincora Boys' Home.