Myra Hindley

The boy was snatched, aged just 12, by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley in 1964 – but the case has never been fully resolved. Now, detectives are preparing a new dig ...

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Between the years 1963 and 1964, the couple killed and buried their bodies on Saddleworth Moor near Manchester.

Both Brady and Hindley were convicted of murdering Lesley Ann Downey and Edward Evans, while Brady was also convicted of the murder of John Kilbride and both received life sentences. The notorious killers both died in prison Brady in 2017 and Hindley in 2002. But in the 1990s a fresh light was given to the investigation which saw the pair admit to their killings and officers return to the moors. [an Brady and Myra Hindley](https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/19940531.story-moor-murders/) were. [Moors murders ](https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/19940531.story-moor-murders/)never to be found as Ian Brady and Myra Hindley never revealed where he was buried. The bodies of Lesley Ann Downey and John Kilbride were soon recovered and on April 27 1966 Brady and Hindley went on trial at Chester Assizes. Brady and Hindley lead to their discovery when they killed Edward Evans, a 17-year-old they had met in Manchester city center and lured back to their home at Hattersley, a council estate on the outskirts of Oldham. [Moor Murders](https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/19940329.moors-murders-watch/) shocked the nation in the 1960s when serial killers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley murdered five children. The pair were known to spend days at the moor, picking and taking photos of each other which later became a key part of the investigation. [The Daily Mail ](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11266613/Skull-hunt-Ian-Brady-Myra-Hindleys-victim-Keith-Bennett.html)reported that a skull believed to be that of a child aged around 12 has been found on [Saddleworth Moor.](https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/19940531.story-moor-murders/) [Saddleworth Moor ](https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/19940531.story-moor-murders/)after a skull was found, which is being investigated if it is part of the remains of murder victim Keith Bennett. Ian Brady was born in Glasgow in January 1938 and as a young child, it's believed he tortured animals.

Myra Hindley was deemed as 'the most evil woman in Britain'. The Moors murderer spent 36 years in jail for her role in the killings of five children ...

She experienced an array of health issues during her days in prison and was reportedly taking 42 pills a day for her many ailments at the time of her death. She just expressed concern for her mother - but I will not say exactly what she said. [Police are digging on Saddleworth Moor for Keith Bennett](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-police-dig-moors-murder-28122353), who was abducted by Brady and Hindley 58 years ago at the age of 12. Myra had returned to Catholicism while in prison and on the day of her death was read the last rights at 9am in the morning by a prison priest before being read them again for the last time in the afternoon. According to the priest who accompanied Hindley on her death bed, the murderers' last words were about "concern for her mother". The 60-year-old Moors murderer died from respiratory failure after suffering from a series of heart and lung conditions that had caused her health to deteriorate in the weeks before her death.

John Kilbride, 12, Keith Bennett, 12, Pauline Reade, 16, Lesley Ann Downey, 10 were all assaulted by the couple before their deaths. The pair were known to ...

Both Brady and Hindley were convicted of murdering Lesley Ann Downey and Edward Evans, while Brady was also convicted of the murder of John Kilbride and both received life sentences. The notorious killers both died in prison Brady in 2017 and Hindley in 2002. The bodies of Lesley Ann Downey and John Kilbride were soon recovered and on April 27 1966 Brady and Hindley went on trial at Chester Assizes. Although they were suspected of killing Keith Bennett and Pauline Reade, their bodies had not been found at the time of the trial. Smith soon returned home and contacted the police, telling officers of the couple's murders and the buying of bodies. Brady and Hindley lead to their discovery when they killed Edward Evans, a 17-year-old they had met in Manchester city center and lured back to their home at Hattersley, a council estate on the outskirts of Oldham.

Four of the victims were buried on Saddleworth Moor in the south Pennines. Brady was jailed for three murders in 1966 and was at Ashworth Hospital in Maghull ...

Lesley Ann Downey was just 10-years-old when she was abducted on Boxing Day in 1964, brutally tortured and killed by the evil pair. He said: “I hate him with a passion and wish he wasn’t on this earth. He died aged 81, in 2016, after a long fight with a Parkinson’s-like condition, leaving Lesley’s brother Terry the only member of her family still alive. Four of the victims were buried on Saddleworth Moor in the south Pennines. The 12-year-old boy was Brady and Hindley later confessed to another two murders.

Bennett was snatched by Ian Brady and Myra Hundley 58 years ago. Now, it has been reported that a skull believed to be of a child aged around 12 has been ...

There is no way that it is an animal." It is the left side of an upper jaw. Forensic archaeologist Dawn Keen, who specialises in the study of human remains, remotely supervised the "grave cut", reports the Daily Mail. The recent development came after author Russell Edwards put together a stellar team of experts to try and solve the case. She said yesterday: "I do believe there are human remains there. [Japanese Akita that bit woman's face during unprovoked attack in County Durham could be put-down](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/dangerous-dog-could-be-destroyed-25137879) [The Mirror reports](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-police-dig-moors-murder-28122353) that Keith Bennett is the only victim of Brady and Hindley who has never been found - with his killers refusing to disclose the location of his body.

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He said the whereabouts of his remains did not come up in conversation. She was cremated in a private service. Ian Brady died in 2017 in the high-security hospital where he’d spent the last 32 years of his life. The pair went on trial in April 1966. Advertisement [The victims were aged between 10 and 17 years old,](/culture/television/moors-murderers-who-were-ian-brady-and-myra-hindley-are-they-still-alive-how-to-watch-channel-4-documentary-3579086) with four said to have been sexually assaulted.