The search for Moors Murders victim Keith Bennett will continue for the "foreseeable future", police have said today (October 2). Fresh hopes were raised on Friday when the Daily Mail revealed that author Russell Edwards said he believed he had located the youngster's makeshift grave on Saddleworth Moor after "extensive soil analysis".
Following the reported discovery of a skull, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) began excavating an area on the moors. However, officers said no human remains have yet been identified.
Keith, who was 12, was one of five victims of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, with three later found buried on Saddleworth Moor. The schoolboy's body was never found after his disappearance in 1964, and 48 years later his mother, Winnie Johnson, died aged 78 without fulfilling her wish to give him a Christian burial.
