But the whereabouts of the ashes remain a mystery because even the remains of Hindley were so toxic that more than a score of undertakers in the region refuses to have her body. She was the first child of Bob Hindley and his wife, Hettie. In a final act of spite, both Brady and Hindley refused to reveal where they buried the remains of 12-year-old Keith Bennett who was sexually abused and strangled to death on June 16, 1964. She claimed instead that she went to run a bath for Downey and that when she returned, Brady had murdered the child (however, in the book Face to Face with Evil: Conversations with Ian Brady, Brady insists that Hindley killed the girl herself). Then, in December 1964, the couple would commit their most heinous crime. News. Serial killer Myra Hindley died after 36 years behind bars for her despicable crimes, but she was so hated that no local undertaker would agree to handle her remains, Sign up for the Daily Star TV newsletter for the biggest TV news. She was never released and died in prison in 2002. Her body was buried on the moor but not found until 1987 when the pair finally confessed. The macabre folie deux was finally exposed when Hindleys brother-in-law, David Smith, went to the police after Brady tried to enlist him as an accomplice in the grisly murders. Photo: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images, Name: Myra Hindley, Birth Year: 1942, Birth date: July 23, 1942, Birth City: Manchester, Birth Country: England. Collections; . As always you can unsubscribe at any time. In partnership with Ian Brady, she committed the rapes and murders of five small children. 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Orders had been given for her ashes to be scattered at a secret location. Her father was away for her first three years because of the Second World War. Detectives were initially aware of only three killings: those of Edward Evans, Lesley Ann Downey and John Kilbride. Brady and Hindley drove Lesley's body to Saddleworth Moor where it was buried in a shallow grave. When Hindley was four-years-old, her parents had another daughter, Maureen. The couple had become close with David Smith, Hindleys brother-in-law. She became infatuated with him, and after a year the pair began a love affair, living together at her grandmother's house. Keith Bennett (12) was one of five victims of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, with three of them later found buried on Saddleworth Moor, near Manchester. PA Photo: Philip Mynott/Cambridge City Council. Brady was obsessed with Nazi philosophy and he and Hindley began reading books on Nazi atrocities. Myra Hindley and Ian Brady found 10-year-old Lesley Anne Downey alone at a fair and convinced her to help them unload some groceries from their car. Hindley was suffering from many illnesses including osteoarthritis, insomnia, depression, menopause, angina, hypertensions, raised cholesterol, back pain, asthma, irritable bowel syndrome, bronchitis and the effects of a stroke. Keith Bennett, is probably buried there as well, but despite repeated searches it hasn't been found. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) began searching the area on 29 September but on Friday said there was "no evidence of the presence of human remains". Myra Hindleys apparent quest to become a better person and insistence on being brainwashed may point to her innocence at least of a certain kind. According to Brady, Hindley helped sexually assault her before her throat was slashed twice. The body of Keith Bennett has never been found but police say the search will continue. His ashes were instead dumped in the sea. 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