Detectives investigating the 1972 abduction and murder of mother-of-10 Jean McConville have released a 73-year-old man they had earlier arrested.
Detective Inspector Neil McGuiness said the man from the Dunmurry area had been held at Antrim police station for questioning.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said on Thursday night he had been released “unconditionally”.
No one has ever been charged with the murder of the 37-year-old widow, who was dragged away screaming from her children at their West Belfast home at gun point by up to 12 men and women.
Mrs McConville was abducted, interrogated and murdered by the IRA after being falsely accused of passing information to the security forces.
She was shot in the back of the head and secretly buried in a shallow grave on a beach near Dundalk, County Louth, 50 miles from her home.
Her remains lay undiscovered until 2003 when they were found by a member of the public.
The abduction and killing of Mrs McConville is still one of the most notorious crimes from the time of the Northern Ireland Troubles.
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams was questioned over the killing for four days by police in May.
He vehemently denied allegations made by former republican colleagues of involvement.
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Jean McConville Murder: Man Released By Police
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