The author whose lifelong obsession sparked new search for Moors Murder victim Keith Bennett
Hopes have been raised that remains discovered on an area of moorland in Saddleworth could belong to one of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley's five victims.
After developing a 'life-long obsession' with unsolved cases, Edwards has reportedly spent the last seven years trying to solve a mystery that had perplexed police and ultimately gone cold. The Daily Mail reports that Edwards was just 21 when he first travelled to Saddleworth Moor to look for the Moors murder victims, in 1987, having been galvanised by an article appealing for volunteers to find the first victim - Pauline Reade.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, he said: "It has been a lifelong obsession for me with big unsolved cases. I started delving into the story, what Brady's fascinations were," he said. It's believed that in 2016, Edwards pain a drone expert from Liverpool John Moores University to complete a survey of the area he was keen to search. He also paid for a ground penetrating radar search.
"When we did ground penetrating radar and he wasn't there and I thought if I feel like this, what would Winnie [Keith's mother] have felt every time she was up there? She had a whole life of torment. She begged the two of them in letters to give them information. I thought I am not going to let her down."
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