THE family of north Belfast schoolboy Noah Donohoe have said they are willing to do "whatever it takes" to find out the truth about his death.
His aunt said if an inquest into what happened the 14-year-old "doesn't give us" answers, they will "seek a public inquiry".
Niamh Donohoe was speaking as large numbers of supporters of Noah's mother Fiona and her family are preparing for a huge event in Belfast city centre on Saturday.
The Truth and Justice for Noah Donohoe rally, which will take place at City Hall, follows a similar event in Derry, during which Derry and Strabane mayor Sandra Duffy joined calls for Secretary of State Shailesh Vara, to reverse his approving of a PII certificate to conceal information in the case.
An inquest is to take place in November.
The St Malachy’s College pupil went missing after leaving his home in June 2020 to meet friends at Cave Hill country park in north Belfast. His naked body was found in a storm drain six days after he disappeared.
A post-mortem examination found he died by drowning.
Mr Vara came under fire for issuing the PII as one of his first acts as secretary of state while its use in the case has also been criticised.
The Northern Ireland Office said Mr Vara carefully considered the PII application, having been fully briefed by officials, adding it did not comment "on ongoing coronial proceedings".
It was reported on Sunday that police files linked to the death show no loyalist or state agent involvement. Some theories centre on claims that loyalists were responsible.
The Sunday Independent claimed that three police files are the subject of PII certificates.
It is claimed the first file contains intelligence documents, the second is an overview of police action, lines of inquiry and intelligence. The third contains PSNI notebooks, conference notes and maps of the search area. It has been suggested that some of the redactions are designed to protect intelligence reference numbers and those providing information.
Large numbers of supporters are now organising themselves to attend Saturday's rally, with buses leaving several locations to bring people to the event.
Niamh Donohoe said the "swell of support has been overwhelming".
"Since the protest in Strabane a week ago the momentum keeps gathering," she said.
"This is exactly what we need. People feel the injustice, they are angry at what is happening and rightly so. When people come together like this the impact it has on decision makers can be profound. Regardless of what is or isn't contained in the sensitive files, there is so much more at stake here.
"All we want is the truth, if an inquest doesn't give us that we will seek a public inquiry and we need people to stand with us in order to obtain that. We will do whatever it takes for Noah. In doing this we ultimately hope to prevent any other child and family suffering as we have so it means so much that people are giving up their time to come and support on Saturday."
