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Moors body search is called off Moors victim mother's Brady plea
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The police search for the last remaining undiscovered victim of the Moors Murderers has been called off. The mother of Keith Bennett, the only remaining undiscovered victim of the Moors Murderers, has begged Ian Brady to reveal where he is.
Twelve-year-old Keith Bennett, the third victim of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady, disappeared in June 1964. Winnie Johnson said she was "disappointed" Greater Manchester Police (GMP) had called off the search on Saddleworth Moor to find her son.
A search of Saddleworth Moor in 2008 tried to match up photos taken by Hindley and Brady with aerial shots of the moor in an attempt to find him. The 12-year-old was picked up by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley in Longsight in June 1964.
The investigation into the boy's disappearance has been classified as dormant by Greater Manchester Police. He was the third of the Moors Murderers' five child victims.
The force says only a major scientific breakthrough or fresh evidence would see the hunt for his body restart. It's a nightmare, it's been a nightmare for the last 45 years how I have carried on - 45 years in limbo Winnie Johnson Keith Bennett's mother
Ian Brady is held at Ashworth High Security Hospital in Merseyside. Mrs Johnson, said: "I want Keith found before anything happens to me because I want to give him a decent burial.
Police used photos taken by Hindley and Brady to find the victims "It's a nightmare, it's been a nightmare for the last 45 years how I have carried on - 45 years in limbo.
He was convicted in 1966 along with Hindley, his former lover, of murdering 10-year-old Lesley Ann Downey, Edward Evans, 17, and 12-year-old John Kilbride. "He knows where he is and won't tell anyone."
He was transferred to Ashworth in 1985 and, two years later, finally confessed to murdering Pauline Reade, 16, and Keith Bennett who went missing on the way to his grandmother's house in Manchester. Liverpool lawyer David Kirwan, who represents Mrs Johnson, added the family was disappointed the police search had been called off.
Brady and Hindley were taken back to the bleak moorland area, between Oldham and West Yorkshire, separately in the 1980s when Greater Manchester Police began a new search for bodies. He appealed to Brady "to bring to an end the appalling ordeal Keith's mother has endured all these years".
Scientists believed that, due to the nature of the soil on the moors, it would be likely that some of the 12-year-old's remains would still be preserved.
DCI Steve Heywood has led the hunt
In 1987 police managed to locate the remains of Pauline Reade but, despite many weeks of digging, they were unable to find Keith's remains.
The investigation also called on the resources of, amongst others, clinical psychologists, imagery experts, search advisors, geologists, geophysicists, geochemists, archaeologists and anthropologists.
Keith's mother, Winnie Johnson, said: "I am 76 in September and I just want Keith found.
"I will never give up as long as I have breath in my body - not just for me but for my family and all of those around me.
"What Brady has done and continues to do is just so cruel."
Ian Brady was convicted of the murders of three children
Liverpool lawyer David Kirwan, who represents Mrs Johnson, added the family was disappointed that the police search had been called off.
He appealed to Ian Brady "to bring to an end the appalling ordeal Keith's mother has endured all these years".
Det Ch Supt Steve Heywood said: "The Moors Murders have cast a long and dark shadow over the history of our region.Det Ch Supt Steve Heywood said: "The Moors Murders have cast a long and dark shadow over the history of our region.
"We had all hoped that we would find the body of that little boy who was taken so cruelly away all those years ago and finally allow his family to lay him to rest."We had all hoped that we would find the body of that little boy who was taken so cruelly away all those years ago and finally allow his family to lay him to rest.
"Sadly we have not found his body and we reluctantly have to say that for now we have exhausted all of the avenues available to us. Ian Brady was convicted of the murders of three children
"Sadly we have not found his body and we reluctantly have to say that, for now, we have exhausted all of the avenues available to us.
"In the end, one man holds the key to where Keith Bennett's body is."In the end, one man holds the key to where Keith Bennett's body is.
"One act of humanity would help Winnie find some peace and allow her to give her son the burial she so desperately wants.""One act of humanity would help Winnie find some peace and allow her to give her son the burial she so desperately wants."
A search of Saddleworth Moor in 2008 tried to match up photos taken by Hindley and Brady with aerial shots of the moor in an attempt to find him.
The investigation into the boy's disappearance has been classified as dormant by GMP.
The force says only a major scientific breakthrough or fresh evidence would see the hunt for his body restart.
Brady is held at Ashworth High Security Hospital in Merseyside.
Police used photos taken by Hindley and Brady to find the victims
He was convicted in 1966 of murdering 10-year-old Lesley Ann Downey, Edward Evans, 17, and 12-year-old John Kilbride.
The judge imposed three concurrent life sentences on Brady, then aged 28, for what he called "three calculated, cruel, cold-blooded murders".
Hindley, 23, was sentenced to two concurrent life sentences for the murder of Edward Evans and Lesley Ann Downey and found not guilty of the killing of John Kilbride.
In the 1980s, Brady and Hindley were separately taken back to the bleak moorland area, between Oldham and West Yorkshire, when GMP began a new search for bodies.
Scientists believed that, due to the nature of the soil on the moors, it would be likely that some of the 12-year-old's remains would still be preserved.
In 1987 police managed to locate the remains of Pauline Reade but, despite many weeks of digging, they were unable to find Keith's body.
The investigation also called on the resources of, among others, clinical psychologists, imagery experts, search advisors, geologists, geophysicists, geochemists, archaeologists and anthropologists.
Hindley died in Highpoint Prison, in Suffolk in November 2002, after a long and unsuccessful bid to be released.Hindley died in Highpoint Prison, in Suffolk in November 2002, after a long and unsuccessful bid to be released.