An urgent police search has been launched to find a man reported missing after his car was discovered parked unattended at a loch in the Highlands.
07.10.2022 - 23:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A week-long search for Moors Murders victim Keith Bennett was "not a waste of time" - despite it ending without any remains being found - a senior police officer has claimed.
Officers began excavating an area of Saddleworth Moor, near to Dovestone Reservoir, last Friday after an author and amateur sleuth claimed to have found a human jaw bone.
Speaking at a press conference today, officers from Greater Manchester Police announced that the search had now been stood down. Detective Chief Inspector Cheryl Hughes, said an extensive search of the area identified by the author, Russell Edwards, had "found no evidence of the presence of human remains".
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Keith was one of five youngsters killed by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley in the 1960s and he remains their only victim whose remains have never been found. He was just 12 years old when he was abducted and killed on June 16, 1964.
DCI Hughes said Keith's family had found the last week "incredibly difficult". “They are clearly distressed as, like everybody else, they got their hopes up," she added.
In a lengthy statement, she said the search for Keith "will not be closed until we have found the answers his family have deserved for so many years."
Officers said they were unable to confirm the cost of the search or how many officers were involved. However, GMP's Assistant Chief Constable Sarah Jackson insisted that the investigation was “not a waste of time”.
"Clearly, we all have a shared interest here to find Keith," she said. "When we get information that is credible, that has some scientific evidence towards it, then it would be absolutely essential that we follow all those lines of inquiry because this could
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