Police searching for the last known victim of the Moors murderers say they have not found any human remains - but officers are continuing work to excavate the site
.author who had been researching the murder of Keith BennettKeith was one of five victims of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, with three of them later found buried on Saddleworth Moor.Keith Bennett
"However, based on the photographs and information provided, and in line with GMP's usual practice to follow up any suggestion of human burial, we began our search of the site of interest."Conditions are difficult and it may take us some time to fully complete the excavation but we are committed to ensuring this is undertaken in the most thorough way possible.
GMP is carrying out initial investigations on a remote part of Saddleworth Moor, in what could be a major breakthrough in a case that has been open since the early 1960s.Brady and his accomplice Hindley sexually assaulted, tortured and murdered children over two years in the 1960s.
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