The search has been agreed on after Muriel McKay's kidnapper, Nizamodeen Hosein, revealed where he claims she was buried during an emotional meeting with the McKays.
Police are to begin a new search for the body of murdered Muriel McKay next month, 55 years after she was kidnapped. A date was agreed between her family, the landowner and detectives during a site meeting at the Hertfordshire farm where her kidnapper Nizamodeen Hosein claims he buried her. Muriel's grandson, businessman Mark Dyer, said: 'This is a momentous moment in our campaign to get a new search. 'Together we have mapped out a search area and know exactly where we need to dig.
Read more:Killer tells police where he buried Muriel McKay's bodyFamily of Muriel McKay claim police jeopardising search Hosein, now 75, served 20 years in jail for Muriel's murder - the first conviction without a body - and continued to deny his guilt until recently. At an emotional meeting in his native Trinidad he finally confessed and told the McKays that Muriel, who was 55, had collapsed and died while they held her prisoner at the farm and tried to negotiate a £1m ransom.
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