The Latest Breaking News from Alick McKay

Muriel McKay family remain ‘sanguine’ despite bone found in search for her remains being non-human

A single bone was discovered in a search of a garden in London on Friday

The Independent UK · Mar 20

Bone discovered in east London garden in hunt for Muriel McKay’s remains 'not human', say police

The discovery in Bethnal Green had raised hopes of a breakthrough in one of Britain’s most enduring murder mysteries

Evening Standard · Mar 20

Met Police ‘don’t want to know’ about Muriel McKay case, says daughter

A High Court judge ruled that the family cannot perform a radar scan of a shared back garden in east London where they believe she is buried.

Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2025

Killer of Muriel McKay ‘inconsistent’ about where body is, say police after failed farm dig

Murial McKay disappeared in December 1969 and was traced to Stocking Farm near Bishop’s Stortford in Hertfordshire, but her body has never been found

The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2024

Muriel McKay: Police call off search for remains of woman kidnapped and murdered 55 years ago

A new search began last week at Stocking Farm in Hertfordshire, where Mrs McKay was held hostage and murdered in 1969

Evening Standard · Jul 22, 2024

Muriel McKay: Police digging at farm in new search for remains of kidnapped woman

Muriel McKay was kidnapped after she was mistaken to be the wide of media mogul Rupert Murdoch

Evening Standard · Jul 15, 2024

The wife of a Murdoch executive has been missing since the Sixties – will her body now be found?

When kidnappers broke into the home of Alick McKay in 1969, they thought they were abducting Rupert Murdoch’s wife Anna. Instead, they took Muriel McKay, the wife of one of Murdoch’s executives, who was never seen again. As police confirm a date to dig for her remains, David James Smith…

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2024

Muriel McKay: Police to launch fresh search for remains at Hertfordshire farm

Mrs McKay, the wife of a newspaper executive, was kidnapped and held for a £1 million ransom

Evening Standard · May 16, 2024

Family of woman kidnapped and murdered after being mistaken for Murdoch’s wife hope to search farm for body

‘Time is running out for me to give my mother the burial she deserves,’ says Muriel McKay 83-year-old daughter

The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2024

Killer signs £40,000 contract with victim’s family to reveal where her body is hidden

Muriel McKay was kidnapped and held for ransom in 1969 but her remains were never discovered

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2023