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The family of Muriel McKay, who was kidnapped and murdered in 1969, are reportedly considering buying the farm near Bishop’s Stortford where they believe she may be buried. Despite an eight-day search costing £160,000 by the Metropolitan Police in July, McKay’s body was not found. Her grandson, Mark Dyer, said he was willing to pay over £1m to buy the land, calling it “the most evil place on earth”. Dyer accepted that the search would be “a difficult thing to do” emotionally, but said it might be necessary for closure.
The police search in July followed information provided by Nizamodeen Hosein, one of two brothers convicted of the murder. Hosein, who is living in Trinidad, was not allowed to return to Britain to help with the search. Ian McKay, Muriel McKay’s son, told the BBC that any attempt to buy the land depended on the owner being prepared to sell. If the family did purchase the farm, Dyer said they would use it only to search for his grandmother’s body, before selling it on.
McKay, who was kidnapped by mistake by the Hosein brothers, had been held for ransom. She was 55 years old when she was killed. The criminals had believed that they had taken the wife of newspaper magnate Rupert Murdoch. The farm was previously owned by Donald Neilson, known as the Black Panther, who was convicted in 1975 of murdering 17-year-old Lesley Whittle after kidnapping her from her home. He died in prison in 2011.
Lawyer for Hosein, Matthew Gayle, said that his client remained willing to return to the UK to provide further information about the location of McKay’s body. The landlords of the farm have yet to make a comment on the possibility of a sale to the McKay family
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