Police end search for Moors Murders victim Keith Bennett

Police have ended the search for Keith Bennett on Saddleworth Moor after finding no human remains.

Last week, an author claimed to have found evidence of the possible burial site for the twelve-year-old, who was kidnapped and murdered by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley in 1964. 

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) began searching the area on September 29th but said today there was ‘no evidence of the presence of human remains’.

Detective Chief Inspector Cheryl Hughes said: “The investigation into Keith’s disappearance and murder has remained open since 1964 and it will not be closed until we have found the answers his family have deserved for so many years.

“The excavation and examination at the site is complete and, to reiterate, we have found no evidence that this is the burial location of Keith Bennett.”

Twelve year old Bennett was one of the five children tortured and killed by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley in the 1960s.

The child was lured into a van by Hindley on June 16th, 1964. He was then taken to Saddleworth Moor, where he was sexually abused and murdered by Brady. 

His body has never been recovered.