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We here in Britain woke up to the tragic news that Winnie Johnson has died, the tragedy is that she never got to give her son Keith Bennett a Christian burial because his body has never been found. Keith was murdered by Ian Brady and Mira Hindley, the infamous moors murderers, his body is still buried somewhere on Saddleworth Moor. Winnie has campaigned for 40 or more years in the hope that Brady would reveal where they buried Keith, the story has been in the News this week because a mental health worker allegedly was given a letter by Brady that could have disclosed the location of Keiths body but stipulated that the letter could only be passed on after his death. This latest blow to Winnie, who was suffering from terminal cancer was more than any human being should have to bare. I drove past Saddleworth Moor last weekend, just seeing the road sign sent shivers down my spine, it is a remote and bleak part of our country that will always hold abhorrence for all those that have grown up with the Moors murders and the fact that one of them is still alive and still calling the shots from his cell.

RIP Whinnie Johnson and Keith Bennett, if there is such a thing as an afterlife I hope you are now reunited at last.

Seconded... Well said, Tina.

It's a heartbreaking story. I hope she finds some peace at last.

I know what you mean when driving through the Moors it's chilling. As SP said, I also second your sentiment.
Regards
Nic

Together again, Judgement awaits the other.

I find it difficult to comprehend where such evil comes from. Brady has repeatedly said he wanted to die as though in remorse but refused to display remorse by revealing where Keith is buried. It's as though he doesn't even realise how evil he is.
All those years and no closure, awful

In the papers today he said if the authorities stop force feeding him so he can die he will show them where Keith's body is buried! ...........sick b....rd

I've read about Brady and the doctors and psychologists that have been studying him for the past 40 years and they have always said this about him:-
When he was torturing his victims Brady felt he was all powerful. He felt he had power over life and death and that decision whether someone lived or died, tortured or not tortured gave him an incredible feeling of control.
Having the knowledge of where someone was buried extended that control whilst he was imprisoned and while ever he has got it he still feels he has the upper hand over someone.
If Brady were to tell where everybody was buried then his last morsel of control and power has finally gone and he becomes just another murderer not just to everyone else but to himself too.
Brady is hanging on to his memory of what he did because he feels it empowers him.