New search for Moors murder victim Keith Bennett
New search for Moors murder victim Keith Bennett
A new search for the body of missing Moors murder victim Keith Bennett will start next week. A specialist team will hunt for the remains of the 12-year-old and those of three other missing children whose bodies were buried on Saddleworth Moor near Manchester in the 1960s by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, according to the Daily Mirror. The newspaper said new research by a consortium of lawyers, former police officers and a High Court judge investigating the Moors murders would be made public in the coming days with "fresh facts" that they hope will lead to finding the bodies.
I am hoping 100% that we can find Keith, but I am aware that it might not be him buried. We've identified three specific new areas of the moor and will operate a grid system of search using the equipment and dogs.
Welsh mountain rescue leader David Jones
Welsh mountain rescue leader David Jones visited the moor with Keith's mother Winnie Johnson four years ago. Mrs Johnson made repeated calls for Brady to reveal the location of her son's grave, but died in August 2012 without being able to fulfill her last wish. In a separate development, Keith's brother Alan said that he had also obtained new evidence that may identify where the body was buried, including maps, diagrams and taped interviews with Hindley's brother-in-law, David Smith, before he died. He told the Mirror that a "credible new witness" who has corresponded with Brady was asked by the jailed killer to take photos of certain areas of the moors.
My hopes are to have another search of the precise area where we believe Keith is.
Keith Bennett's brother Alan.