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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent

Police yet to find remains of Moors murder victim Keith Bennett in dig

The dig site on Saddleworth Moor, where Greater Manchester Police are searching for the remains of the body of Keith Bennett.
The dig site on Saddleworth Moor, where Greater Manchester Police are searching for the remains of the body of Keith Bennett. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

The brother of Keith Bennett, a Moors murder victim, has said he “cannot escape the feeling that we have been here before” as police have yet to find human remains in a dig that began on Thursday.

Police were taken to a spot on Saddleworth Moor, near Manchester, by an author and amateur investigator who claimed to have come across the body of the 12-year-old who was murdered 58 years ago by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.

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