Police were
able to identify the location of the grave of 12 year old John Kilbride from
this snapshot. John’s body was discovered buried faced down, his jeans and
pants pulled down, with his legs knotted together. He had been strangled.
The
Moors Murders were a series of crimes that shocked
Ian
Brady and Myra Hindley murdered between four and eight children during 1963 and
1964 and buried their bodies on Saddleworth Moor, near
Lesley
Ann Downey, 10, John Kilbride, 12, Keith Bennett, 12, and Pauline Reade, 16,
were the known victims. All were all sexually assaulted before their deaths at
the hands of the couple.
Brady
and Hindley often spent days out on the moor, picknicking and taking
photographs of each other - sometimes on the graves of their victims.
Their
downfall came when they killed Edward Evans, a 17-year-old they had met in
Brady
murdered the youth with an axe in the front room of the house while David
Smith,
Horrified,
Smith returned home and contacted the police.
He also
told officers that Brady had talked of other murders and of burying bodies on
Saddleworth Moor, which at the time he had dismissed as fantasies.
After
the bodies of Lesley Ann Downey and John Kilbride were recovered from the moor,
Brady and Hindley went on trial on
During
the trial, recordings of Lesley Ann Downey's last moments - recorded by the
pair as they tortured and sexually assaulted the girl before strangling her
with a piece of string - were played to the court.
Brady
and Hindley were convicted of murdering Lesley Ann Downey and Edward Evans,
while Brady was also convicted of the murder of John Kilbride. They both
received life sentences.
Although
they were strongly suspected of the killings of Keith Bennett and Pauline Reade,
their bodies had not been found at the time of the trial.
In
fact, it was not until the 1980s that fresh light was thrown on their
disappearances.
Hindley
and Brady finally admitted the killings, and Saddleworth Moor was sealed off
while they returned to the scene of their crimes and attempted to help police
pinpoint the graves of the two children.
After
months of digging, officers recovered the mummified remains of Pauline Reade.
Keith
Bennett's body has never been found, and police have no plans to carry out more
searches on the moor.
Moors Murderess Myra Hindley and her sister Maureen.
Moors Murderer Ian Brady arrvies at court.
Moors Murder Ian Brady at the scene of the murder of Keith Bennett.
Saddleworth Moor, where the body of Lesley Ann Downey was found.
The
Moors Murders...a body is recovered from Saddleworth Moor.
# posted by ladyshark @
mother wants to find her son 12 year old Keith Bennett,
his body has never been found
Brady
took 9 Photographs of Lesley Ann Downey before raping and strangling her with
string. She was tied up, gagged and naked.
Lesley
Ann Downey, had vanished without trace on Boxing Day
1964 after going to a fun fair with friends. These transcripts tell the tragic
tale of what this young girl endured before her murder. Ian and
CHILD:
(screaming) "Don't! Mum, ah!"
WOMAN: "Shut up!"
CHILD: "Please, god, help me! Ah - please - oh!"
WOMAN: "Come on."
CHILD: "Please, please - oh! (faintly) Help, oh!
I can't while you have hold of my neck. Oh! (loud scream)...(shrieking)
Help!"
WOMAN: "Sh...sh...sit
down and be quiet."
MAN: "Go on."
(Lesley crying)
WOMAN: (whispering) "You'll be alright...sit down and be quiet."
MAN: "Come on."
(Lesley's crying becomes muffled - something has been stuffed in her mouth)
MAN: "Here."
WOMAN: "Hush. Go on. Sit."
(Lesley crying)
WOMAN: "You're alright. Hush, hush. Put it in
your mouth and keep it in and you'll be alright. Put it in. Stop it. If you
don't-ssh! In your mouth-hush hush! Shut up or I'll
forget myself and hit you one. I'll hit you one! Keep it in!"
(Lesley whimpering)
MAN: "Put it in."
WOMAN: "Put it in - keep it in - stop it now. Stop it now."
WOMAN: "I am only doing this, and you will be alright. Put it in your
mouth. Put it in now...Will you stop it! Stop it! Shut up!"
CHILD: "Can I tell you summat? I must tell you summat. Please take your
hands off me a minute - Please!...Mammy...Please!...Please!, Mam, please - I can't tell you. I can't breathe...I can't bear
it....Please, god...why? What are you going to do with me?"
MAN: "I want to take some photographs, that is
all."
CHILD: (sobbing, crying) "Don't undress me, will you?”
MAN:
Sneering
CHILD: “I
want to see my mammy...Honest to god, will swear on the bible...I've got to go
because I'm going out with my mama. Please,
please help me, will you?”
CHILD: “Why?
What are you going to do with me?"
MAN:
"I am going to take some photographs. Put it in your mouth."
CHILD:
"What for?"
MAN: "Put
it in your mouth. Right in!"
CHILD:
"I'm not going to do owt!"
MAN:
"Put it in. If you don't keep that hand down, I'll slit your neck. Put it in."
CHILD:
"Won't you let me go please?"
MAN:
"No, no, put it in. Stop talking. They longer it takes you to do this the
longer it takes you to go home."
(Lesley
whimpering)
MAN:
"Wat's your name?"
CHILD:
"Lesley"
MAN:
"Lesley what?"
CHILD:
"Ann"
MAN: “What’s
your second name?”
CHILD: “Westford.
Westford.”
MAN: “Westford?”
(Chld sobbing frantically)
CHILD: "I’ve got to get back before eight o' clock. I got to get...or I
will get killed if I don't. Honest to
god!"
MAN: “Yes.”
(movement, steps, etc)
MAN:
"What is it?"
WOMAN:
"I’ve left the light on."
MAN:
"You ‘ave?"
WOMAN:
"So that..."
(Child
crying loudly)
CHILD:
"It hurts me neck."
MAN:
"Put it in your mouth and you'll be alright."
WOMAN:
"Shut up crying!"
CHILD:
(shrieking) "It hurts me!"
WOMAN:
"Hush. Shut up now. Put it in and don't dally. Just keep your mouth shut,
please.”
WOMAN: “Wait
a bit. I'll put This on again. Do you get me?"
CHILD:
(whining) No, I...
(mumbling, crying)
WOMAN:
"Sh. Shush. Put it in your mouth!”
WOMAN: “And
again, packed more solid...No, it's alright."
MAN: "Eh?"
[Three loud cracks were heard next on the tape. Brady explained that they were
the sound of his Camera tripod being lowered. Mrs. Downey heard most of the Tape
in court, and we can bask in her distress. Christmas music, "The Little
Drummer Boy", was the last thing heard on the Tape.]
