Police search for Glasgow-born killer Ian Brady's last victim's body continues

The Glasgow Times previously reported that what was believed to be the skull of 12-year-old Bennett had been discovered almost six decades after he was killed.

Pictured: Keith Bennett (Image: newsquest)

Ian Brady and Myra Hindley snatched the boy on June 16, 1964, as he made his way to his grandmother's house.

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Brady, who was born in Glasgow and attended Shawlands Academy, confessed to Bennett's murder but claimed he could not remember where he had buried him.

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In 2009, police said a covert search operation, which used a wealth of scientific experts, also failed to discover any trace of the boy.

He was one of five victims of Brady and Hindley, with three later found buried on Saddleworth Moor.

After the reported discovery of a skull in the area, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) last week began excavating on the moor.

However, in a statement on Saturday, GMP said photographs of the site showing what had been interpreted as a human jawbone had not led to physical evidence being examined.

In an update yesterday, Senior Investigating Officer for the Greater Manchester Police, Cheryl Hughes, said: “Following information received which indicated that potential human remains had been found on the Moors, specialist officers from GMP have today again resumed excavation of a site identified to the force.

“We have not found any identifiable human remains but work to excavate the site is continuing and will do so for the foreseeable time.”

Pictured: Ian Brady and Myra Hindley (Image: newsquest)

Myra Hindley and Ian Brady were jailed for life in 1966.

Hindley died in jail in 2002 at the age of 60 and Brady died in a high-security hospital in 2017 aged 79.