Has body of Keith Bennett been found on Saddleworth Moor and who were Ian Brady and Myra Hindley?

Police officers are preparing to dig up a section of Saddleworth Moor after the skull, which appears to belong to a child around 12 years of age, was discovered in the area.

‘Naming Jack the Ripper’ author, Russell Edwards and a team of excavators claimed yesterday to have found a skull, though this has yet to be confirmed by police.

Greater Manchester Police said that although it is too early to know if the remains belong to Keith, who was murdered by Brady and Hindley in 1964, they are keeping his family including younger brother Alan Bennett informed.

Who was Keith Bennett?

Keith Bennett was one of five children tortured and murdered by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley in Manchester in the 1960s - a killing spree that later became known as the Moors Murders.

Keith was the couple’s second victim. The 12-year-old disappeared on June 16 1964 while he was on his way to see his grandmother in Longsight.

Hindley had approached Keith that evening and asked him for help with loading boxes into her van, while Brady sat in the back.

They then lured Keith to Saddleworth Moor where they asked him to help Brady locate a lost glove, before strangling and burying the boy.

Police searched the area in 1986 following reports that Hindley and Brady had confessed to Keith’s murder.

While the remains of Brady and Hindley’s four other victims were eventually discovered, Keith’s body was never found.