US Politics | Cops dig for Moors Murder victim Keith Bennett as ‘skull’ found 58 years after Ian Brady & Myra Hindley killing spree
POLICE are digging for the body of Moors murder victim Keith Bennett after a skull was found six decades after he was killed. Ian Brady and Myra Hindley snatched the 12-year-old on June 16, 1964, as he made his way to his grandmother's house. 
Keith Bennett was murdered in 1968 
PAA forensics officer at an area being searched on Saddleworth Moor in the hunt for the remains of the body of Keith Bennett '/ ' 
SWNSPolice pictured on the Moor today after the discovery was made '/ ' 
PACops are searching the area where suspected human remains were found '/ ' He was strangled and buried on Saddleworth Moor by the depraved duo but his body has never been found. But 58 years after he vanished, police are exhuming an area of land after suspected human remains were found. The skull is believed to belong to a child aged around 12 with a child's upper jaw with a full set of teeth, Daily Mail reports. Detectives are also focusing on a sample of material believed to be clothing that was buried 3ft under the remains. Forensic anthropologists from Greater Manchester Police are examining the samples after receiving new information yesterday from independent archaeologists who tipped them off. The huge breakthrough could finally crack the riddle that has plagued police and his family for nearly 60 years. Tragically, Keith's mum Winnie went to the grave without ever being able to bury her son. His brother Alan, who has long fought for answers, has been informed of the latest development. Most read in The US Sun VLAD'S Z DAY Putin vows to use 'any means' to defend stolen Ukraine regions in nuke threat DIRTY JINGER Duggar critics cringe after they spot 'gross' detail in Jinger's new video 'TRUST YOU' Elon Musk's private texts with Twitter founder a year before $44b deal revealed 'HEY BABE' Hiker found dead after tragic last text to husband revealed she was 'off route' QUICK TRIP Inside supersonic plane that could fly from London to NY in 80 minutes STORM TRAGEDY Hundreds feared dead after Hurricane Ian hits Florida, sheriff says Greater Manchester Police confirmed in a statement they met with the independent team yesterday after they located a ...site of interest.... The force added: ...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. ...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.... The suspected burial site is just a few hundred yards from where the couple buried their other victims. An author was part of the team that found the skull believes Brady was attempting to make a Swastika shape with the graves. Russell Edwards told the newspaper the female victims were left on the side of the A635, while the boys were placed on the other. Brady was Nazi-obsessed and impressed Hindley by reading Mein Kampf in the original German when they met in Manchester. Mr Edwards said: ...The significance of the road is it looks like part of the swastika, when you look at the locations of the graves, it is his version of a swastika although he never got to finish it. ...There is half a zig zag in the road and I thought it is significant to him. ...It pinpointed the area to search for Keith because of that shape.... How evil couple horrified nation with Moors murders 
The twisted duo then embarked on a gruesome reign of terror that saw five children slaughtered. Hindley would often lure the children in before driving them to Saddleworth Moor or the pair's home. Brady would then kill them often by throat slashing or strangling. Four of the five victims were sexually assaulted as well as murdered. They were also beaten, abused and gagged and made to pose for photographs. The five victims were: Pauline Reade, 16 John Kilbride, 12 Keith Bennett, 12 Lesley Ann Downey, 10 Edward Evans, 17 The reign of terror came to an end in 1965 when Brady invited Hindley's brother-in-law and friend, David Smith, round to their home. The monster then murdered Edward Evans \- striking him fourteen times with a hatchet before finishing the job by strangling him \- while Smith looked on in horror. Under the pretence of helping them hide the body, Smith left and phoned the police next morning and directed them to Brady's address. On October 7, 1965, Superintendent Bob Talbot of the Cheshire Police arrived at the back door of 16 Wardle Brook Avenue and arrested the killer after discovering Edward's body. Over the course of the next few weeks, officers unearthed more evidence linking the couple to unsolved disappearances. A huge search operation involving 150 officers was launched and on October 16, they found an arm bone sticking out of the ground belonging to Lesley Ann. They discovered the badly decomposed body of Kilbride five days later. On June 30, 1987, the body of Pauline Reade was found buried 3 feet below the ground after Brady finally admitted to her murder. Keith was lured into a van by Hindley, who drove him to a lay-by on the Moor. Brady then took him away to sexually assault and murder him while Hindley kept watch. Keith's family have fought ever since to recover the little lad's remains. After he was transferred from prison to maximum-security hospital Ashworth in November 1985, Brady confessed to Keith's murder in an interview with reporters. A search was carried out on the moors a year later, with Hindley joining officers in 1986 and Brady in 1987. But Keith's body was never found and it is became a grisly secret Brady took to the grave. Evil Brady and Hindley slaughtered five children between 1963 and 1965 in a spree that horrified the nation. Victims, Pauline Reade, 16, John Kilbride, 12, Keith Bennett, 12, Lesley Ann Downey, 10, and Edward Evans, 17, were buried on Saddleworth Moor. The depraved couple were jailed for life in 1966 for their sickening crimes. Read More on The Sun 
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SPELLBOUND Where Hocus Pocus cast are now - shock firing to cannabis farmer and toxic feud Hindley died in 2002, while Brady became Britain's longest-serving offender as he served his sentence on suicide watch at Ashworth Hospital. He died on May 15, 2017, aged 79 after losing his battle with cancer. 
Keith's mum Winnie died without ever finding her son 
Sick Brady never revealed where he buried the body 
PA:Press AssociationPolice search the Moor in 1968 '/ ' 
Officers previously trawl the area for clues 
PA:Press AssociationFrom left, victims John Kilbride, 12, 10-year-old Lesley Ann Downey Edward Evans, 17, Pauline Reade, 16, and 12-year-old Keith Bennett '/ '
Keith Bennett was murdered in 1968 PAA forensics officer at an area being searched on Saddleworth Moor in the hunt for the remains of the body of Keith Bennett '/ ' SWNSPolice pictured on the Moor today after the discovery was made '/ ' PACops are searching the area where suspected human remains were found '/ ' He was strangled and buried on Saddleworth Moor by the depraved duo but his body has never been found. But 58 years after he vanished, police are exhuming an area of land after suspected human remains were found. The skull is believed to belong to a child aged around 12 with a child's upper jaw with a full set of teeth, Daily Mail reports. Detectives are also focusing on a sample of material believed to be clothing that was buried 3ft under the remains. Forensic anthropologists from Greater Manchester Police are examining the samples after receiving new information yesterday from independent archaeologists who tipped them off. The huge breakthrough could finally crack the riddle that has plagued police and his family for nearly 60 years. Tragically, Keith's mum Winnie went to the grave without ever being able to bury her son. His brother Alan, who has long fought for answers, has been informed of the latest development. Most read in The US Sun VLAD'S Z DAY Putin vows to use 'any means' to defend stolen Ukraine regions in nuke threat DIRTY JINGER Duggar critics cringe after they spot 'gross' detail in Jinger's new video 'TRUST YOU' Elon Musk's private texts with Twitter founder a year before $44b deal revealed 'HEY BABE' Hiker found dead after tragic last text to husband revealed she was 'off route' QUICK TRIP Inside supersonic plane that could fly from London to NY in 80 minutes STORM TRAGEDY Hundreds feared dead after Hurricane Ian hits Florida, sheriff says Greater Manchester Police confirmed in a statement they met with the independent team yesterday after they located a ...site of interest.... The force added: ...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. ...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.... The suspected burial site is just a few hundred yards from where the couple buried their other victims. An author was part of the team that found the skull believes Brady was attempting to make a Swastika shape with the graves. Russell Edwards told the newspaper the female victims were left on the side of the A635, while the boys were placed on the other. Brady was Nazi-obsessed and impressed Hindley by reading Mein Kampf in the original German when they met in Manchester. Mr Edwards said: ...The significance of the road is it looks like part of the swastika, when you look at the locations of the graves, it is his version of a swastika although he never got to finish it. ...There is half a zig zag in the road and I thought it is significant to him. ...It pinpointed the area to search for Keith because of that shape.... How evil couple horrified nation with Moors murders The twisted duo then embarked on a gruesome reign of terror that saw five children slaughtered. Hindley would often lure the children in before driving them to Saddleworth Moor or the pair's home. Brady would then kill them often by throat slashing or strangling. Four of the five victims were sexually assaulted as well as murdered. They were also beaten, abused and gagged and made to pose for photographs. The five victims were: Pauline Reade, 16 John Kilbride, 12 Keith Bennett, 12 Lesley Ann Downey, 10 Edward Evans, 17 The reign of terror came to an end in 1965 when Brady invited Hindley's brother-in-law and friend, David Smith, round to their home. The monster then murdered Edward Evans \- striking him fourteen times with a hatchet before finishing the job by strangling him \- while Smith looked on in horror. Under the pretence of helping them hide the body, Smith left and phoned the police next morning and directed them to Brady's address. On October 7, 1965, Superintendent Bob Talbot of the Cheshire Police arrived at the back door of 16 Wardle Brook Avenue and arrested the killer after discovering Edward's body. Over the course of the next few weeks, officers unearthed more evidence linking the couple to unsolved disappearances. A huge search operation involving 150 officers was launched and on October 16, they found an arm bone sticking out of the ground belonging to Lesley Ann. They discovered the badly decomposed body of Kilbride five days later. On June 30, 1987, the body of Pauline Reade was found buried 3 feet below the ground after Brady finally admitted to her murder. Keith was lured into a van by Hindley, who drove him to a lay-by on the Moor. Brady then took him away to sexually assault and murder him while Hindley kept watch. Keith's family have fought ever since to recover the little lad's remains. After he was transferred from prison to maximum-security hospital Ashworth in November 1985, Brady confessed to Keith's murder in an interview with reporters. A search was carried out on the moors a year later, with Hindley joining officers in 1986 and Brady in 1987. But Keith's body was never found and it is became a grisly secret Brady took to the grave. Evil Brady and Hindley slaughtered five children between 1963 and 1965 in a spree that horrified the nation. Victims, Pauline Reade, 16, John Kilbride, 12, Keith Bennett, 12, Lesley Ann Downey, 10, and Edward Evans, 17, were buried on Saddleworth Moor. The depraved couple were jailed for life in 1966 for their sickening crimes. Read More on The Sun GRIM REAPER Find out how long you will live - based on 8 surprising factors SPELLBOUND Where Hocus Pocus cast are now - shock firing to cannabis farmer and toxic feud Hindley died in 2002, while Brady became Britain's longest-serving offender as he served his sentence on suicide watch at Ashworth Hospital. He died on May 15, 2017, aged 79 after losing his battle with cancer. Keith's mum Winnie died without ever finding her son Sick Brady never revealed where he buried the body PA:Press AssociationPolice search the Moor in 1968 '/ ' Officers previously trawl the area for clues PA:Press AssociationFrom left, victims John Kilbride, 12, 10-year-old Lesley Ann Downey Edward Evans, 17, Pauline Reade, 16, and 12-year-old Keith Bennett '/ '
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