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Neil Shaw

Skull reportedly found in hunt for body of Moors Murderers victim Keith Bennett

Police are reported to be investigating on the Yorkshire Moors for the first time in 35 years in a bid to find the body of Keith Bennett after the discovery of a human skull. Keith, aged 12, was taken by Moors Murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley on June 16, 1964 while he was on his way to his grandmother's house.

Mailplus reports that a skull has been found on Saddleworth Moor and police are preparing to dig at the site. Experts are trying to extract DNA and are examining material found at the scene.

Keith is the only victim of the murders never found. His killers refused to say where he was.

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