ChaoticMusings

They're not sure, but it looks like it. Too late for his mum, but be closure for his brother, and laid to rest properly. Poor boy.

Pauline Reade

Winnie Johnson, then known as Winifred Bennett (left), pictured with her daughter Margaret, talking with Sheila Kilbride on June 24, 1964.

 

A large crowd gathers outside Trinity Methodist Church, Ancoats, for the funeral of Lesley Ann Downey on October 25, 1965.

On May 6, 1966, following a 14 day trial, a jury at Chester Assizes found Brady guilty of all three murders, and Hindley guilty of the murders of Lesley Ann Downey and Edward Evans. The death penalty for murder had been abolished while Brady, pictured here in 1966, and Hindley were on remand, so judge Justice Fenton Atkinson sentenced Brady to three concurrent life sentences and Hindley was given two, plus a concurrent seven-year term for harbouring Brady in the knowledge that he had murdered John Kilbride. In his closing remarks, Atkinson described Brady and Hindley as 'two sadistic killers of the utmost depravity'.

Strange stuff. BBC now saying no human remains have been found.

Syl wrote:

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It would be beyond cruel if this is a hoax to promote the author's work.

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 They did say they found  a skull.  Could it be another child nobody knew about?   

Digger wrote:

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Syl wrote:

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It would be beyond cruel if this is a hoax to promote the author's work.

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 They did say they found  a skull.  Could it be another child nobody knew about?   

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 The police have only seen photos of the skull, it's sounding less likely it could be keith.

 

Syl wrote:

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Todays news...

"Police have said no ‘bones’ or ‘visible evidence’ have been found in the search for Moors Murder victim Keith Bennett.

Archaeloogists have been excavating the scence in the Peak District after an author claimed to have located the 12-year-old’s makeshift grave.

Greater Manchester Police said ‘no bones, fabric or items of interest’ have been recovered in the area after beginning a search on September 30."

 

No human remains found after police search for Moors Murder victim Keith Bennett | Metro News

 

 

 

This makes no sense to me at all.. If the author claims he foind what he believes to be Keiths skull, complete with teeth, why has this not been handed to the police so it can be tested for DNA?

It sounds like he has made a sensational claim...maybe to promote his own work??

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 That's unforgiveable.     I've been up on those moors and every time I've been there I say to my OH, KB is near to where Lesley Ann Downey is buried.   My OH says, "no, they searched that area" but I can't get a rock out of my head and a stream and he's near both.