Keith Bennett murder: Police dig on Saddleworth Moor in England after skull was found

Keith Bennett was just 12 when he was murdered 58 years ago. It was believed that Keith Bennett was buried somewhere his killers refused to divulge.

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The police are digging up around Saddleworth Moor in England, where they believe Keith Bennett was allegedly killed and buried as his body was never found. His killers, Ian Brady, and Mira Hindley refused to divulge any information about where they buried the child's remains. A skull was suddenly found, which is believed to be of a child around 12. People are delighted that the forensics are working on it and awaiting a DNA test report.

Local people are pretty sure that the skull is human and it is of Keith Bennett.

The Greater Manchester Police were checking out body samples of the area, and their anthropologists dug up the place and took samples. Many decades have gone by since the case remained unsolved, and it would bring closure to that case.


Keith Bennett's family is very old, but they sure would like to know what happened to their boy's remains. Russel Edwards has been digging graves since he was 16 and felt he knew that stink of death. Anyone would surmise that is human remains. They saw the teeth and recognized them to be human.

Words of condolences poured out on social media for the boy's present family. People have tied bouquets to fences to commemorate the departed boy's memories.
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