Police are expected to begin a new search for the body of murdered Muriel McKay next month, 55 years after she was kidnapped.
A date was arranged between his family, the owner and detectives during a meeting at the Hertfordshire farm where his kidnapper Nizamodeen Hosein claims he buried her.
Muriel grandson, businessman Mark Dyer, said: “This is an important moment in our campaign to get new research.
“Together we mapped out a search area and know exactly where we need to dig.
“It took us longer than it should have, but we finally convinced the police that we had convincing evidence of where it is and the farm owner agreed to the excavation. Let’s bring my grandmother home.”
Several Metropolitan Police detectives, search consultants and construction experts were present at the meeting at the farm in the village of Stocking Pelham, near Bishop’s Stortford.
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Hosein, now 75, served 20 years in prison for Muriel’s murder – the first conviction without a body – and continued to deny his guilt until recently.
In an emotional meeting in his native Trinidad, he finally confessed and told the McKays that Muriel, who was 55, collapsed and died while they were holding her prisoner on the farm and trying to negotiate a £1 million ransom.
He said he carried her out of the house and buried her nearby. “I left the farmhouse, went through the gate and turned left. Three feet from the fence is where the body is.”
Muriel’s daughter Dianne, 85, said: “We believe what Nizam told us. Why would he lie? He is the only person alive who knows what happened to my mother. This is our last chance to find her. “
Muriel’s kidnappers, Nizam, and her older brother, Arthur Hosein, mistook her for Anna Murdoch, the then wife of newspaper owner Rupert Murdoch.
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Two years ago, police excavated another area of the farm but found nothing. The family said they dug in the wrong place before being properly consulted.
The family says if police don’t find Muriel’s remains this time, they won’t press for a third search of the farm.
The new excavation will likely last up to a week.
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