After 50 years, Moors Murder victim's mother dies days before her son's body may finally be found - Polidicks

[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-19305055[/url] [quote=BBC News][B]The mother of Moors Murder victim Keith Bennett has died without ever finding out where her son was buried.[/B] Winnie Johnson, 78, died on Friday night after a long campaign to get her son's killer, Ian Brady, to reveal the location of his body. Twelve-year-old Keith was abducted on his way to visit his grandmother in Manchester on 16 June 1964. [B]Mrs Johnson's death comes after police said they were looking at claims Brady had revealed details about his grave.[/B] [B]'Fought tirelessly'[/B] Brady and his lover Myra Hindley murdered five children between 1963 and 1965. Police are investigating whether Brady, 74, gave details about Keith's grave to his mental health advocate, Jackie Powell, from Carmarthenshire. Mrs Johnson's solicitor John Ainley told the BBC she did not know about the latest development as "she wasn't capable of accepting it". Mr Ainley, who described Mrs Johnson as a "really marvellous" lady, said she had been suffering from cancer for a number of years and passed away peacefully at a hospice with her family present. A statement by her son Alan Bennett said: "She was a much loved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and is survived by one younger brother. "Winnie fought tirelessly for decades to find Keith and give him a Christian burial. "Although this was not possible during her lifetime, we, her family, intend to continue this fight now for her and for Keith. We hope that the authorities and the public will support us in this." Mr Ainley, who had represented Mrs Johnson's legal interests in the past few years, reaffirmed her beliefs that Brady still held the key to Keith's burial spot. "Over the years and in all our personal meetings, Winnie has insisted Brady is the only person who could put her mind to rest and give her the chance to give Keith a decent burial before she passed away," he said. [B]'Cruel twist'[/B] Mr Ainley added that Brady had persistently ignored appeals she had made to him. "She has died without knowing Keith's whereabouts and without the opportunity to finally put him at rest in a decent grave," he said. "It is a truly heartbreaking situation that this opportunity has now been irrevocably lost." The solicitor said he was sceptical about the latest development, saying: "I live on the edge of Saddleworth Moor and unless you have definite information, it is a needle in a haystack." Martin Bottomley, Head of Investigative Review of Greater Manchester Police's Major and Cold Case Crime Unit, called on Brady to "do the decent thing and tell us where he [Keith] is." He described Mrs Johnson as a "tenacious and courageous woman" who was "now at peace with the little boy she missed so much". Mrs Johnson's former solicitor, David Kirwan, said her death was a "cruel and ironic twist". He added: "She never gave up... She was Keith's mother."[/quote]

This is such a horrible thing.

Damn this story was all over the news - very sad to see she wasn't able to clutch on to see if he was found.

[QUOTE=pixskull;37300658]Wow NoDachi you cruel person rating it funny.[/QUOTE] Ratings doesn't mean anything.

That's horrible

[QUOTE=ejonkou;37301415]Ratings doesn't mean anything.[/QUOTE] Neither do grammar.

[QUOTE=ejonkou;37301415]Ratings doesn't mean anything.[/QUOTE] Well, they exist for a reason. I wouldn't rate a post I agreed with "artistic" and I wouldn't rate a picture of a dead dog "optimistic", because that's not what those ratings are for. By rating this story friendly, people are saying "oh, that's sad". If you rate this story funny, you are saying "Ha ha! She died before she could find her son."

[QUOTE=Rome;37301527]Neither do grammar.[/QUOTE] neither do grammar?

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By the way theres no evidence to suggest that the letter has the location of the last body and is probably just the ravings of a lunatic, either way no will open the letter becuase it gives the news something to blow out of proportion. Doesn't mention a letter in the article but the killer is meant to have released a secret letter recently which can only be opened upon his death, so people are stupid and refuse to open it becuase if they play along with him it gives the news something to write about, when the letter itself probably contains mental shit. He just wants to be important for a while.

[QUOTE=Bytecry;37301574]neither do grammar?[/QUOTE] He am sarcasm.

[QUOTE=RainbowStalin;37301983]By the way theres no evidence to suggest that the letter has the location of the last body and is probably just the ravings of a lunatic, either way no will open the letter becuase it gives the news something to blow out of proportion. Doesn't mention a letter in the article but the killer is meant to have released a secret letter recently which can only be opened upon his death, so people are stupid and refuse to open it becuase if they play along with him it gives the news something to write about, when the letter itself probably contains mental shit. He just wants to be important for a while.[/QUOTE] The rants of a raving lunatic no The sadistic mind games of a guy who loves doing this yes