Significant breakthrough in Moors Murders after ‘skull of child’ is found
Police are digging on the Moors for murder victim Keith Bennett, 12, following a potential huge breakthrough in the case six decades later.
The schoolboy’s body has never been located after he was snatched by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley in 1964.
But a skull believed to belong to somebody aged around 12 is said to have been found on Saddleworth Moor, the Daily Mail reports.
It comes after author Russell Edwards put together a team of experts in a bid to solve the mystery.
Greater Manchester Police has confirmed ‘a site of interest’ is being excavated but said it was ‘too early’ to determine if human remains had been found.
Brady and Hindley murdered five children between the ages of 10 and 17, at least four of whom were sexually assaulted.
Keith was walking to his grandmother’s house in Longsight, Manchester when Hindley asked him to help load some boxes into a van.
The depraved couple then drove him to Saddleworth Moor where the schoolboy was tortured and strangled.
Keith’s mum Winnie, 78, died never knowing where her son was buried.
She had tried for years to get Brady to reveal his secret before he unexpectedly ‘broke off all contact’.
A statement from GMP today said: ‘We have always said that GMP would act on any significant information which may lead to the recovery of Keith and reunite him with his family.
‘Officers met with Mr Edwards yesterday evening (29th September) and he was able to locate a site of interest and provide us with further details of the work he has been carrying out.
‘We are at the very early stages of assessing the evidence which he brought to our attention, but have taken the decision to excavate an area of land with a view to determining what lies there.
‘It is far too early to be certain whether human remains have been uncovered, but out of respect for Alan Bennett, who we regularly maintain contact with, we have informed him of this potential development.
‘Alan does not wish to be disturbed at this time and we would ask that his request for privacy is respected.’
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