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What happened to Lesley Anne Downey? ›

Lesley Ann was just ten when he was approached by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley at a funfair on Boxing Day 1964. The pair then abducted her before subjecting her to sickening abuse and torture which they tape recorded. They then murdered her and buried her body in a shallow grave on Saddleworth Moor.

Brady returned alone after about thirty minutes, and took Hindley to the spot where Reade lay dying; Reade's clothes were in disarray and she had been nearly decapitated by two cuts to the throat, including a four-inch incision across her voice box "inflicted with considerable force" and into which the collar of her ...

At age 10, she was abducted from the fairground on Boxing day 1964 by the infamous 'Moors Murderers' Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, where she was then taken to their home and made to pose for pictures and killed before being buried on Saddleworth Moors, Manchester, England.

In 1969, he himself ended up in jail after getting into a fight with someone at the pub. Maureen left him at this point and their three young children were taken into care, she died in 1980. David remarried and moved to Galway with his wife Mary and had a daughter, Jodie.

Personal life. After ending a 10-year relationship with actor-writer Bruce Robinson, Down married Enrique Gabriel in 1980, but ended their marriage after a year and a half.

Once far enough from the road, John was sexually assaulted and strangled to death. He was then buried on the Moors. Meanwhile back at home, his family were growing increasingly concerned that John had not arrived home for his tea.

Police have ended a search for Moors murders victim Keith Bennett on Saddleworth Moor after finding no human remains. An author claimed to have found evidence of the possible burial site of the 12-year-old boy who went missing in 1964 and whose body has never been found.

The audacious breakout plan was discovered and Patricia Cairns found herself on the other side of the prison bars with a six-year sentence to her name. Hindley never got out and died a fittingly miserable death in jail.

In 1987, 16 Wardle Brook Avenue in Hattersley was demolished by Manchester City Council after the council were unable to find tenants who were willing to live in the property. Hindley and Brady carried out two of their crimes in that house in 1964 and 1965.

On Boxing Day 1964 10-year-old Lesley Ann Downey left home to go to the fair. Her older brother, Terry did not go with her because he was ill with flu. Not accompanying her on that fateful day would haunt Terry for the rest of his life. Lesley was abducted by Moors murderers, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.

Who were the victims of the Moor murders? ›

Victims. The victims were five children aged between 10 and 17. They were Pauline Reade, John Kilbride, Keith Bennett, Lesley Ann Downey and Edward Evans. At least four of them were sexually assaulted.

Edward Evans, 17

Edward Evans was the final victim of the Moors Murderers, and at the age of 17, their oldest. He was an apprentice engineer who met the pair in a gay bar and, on 6 October 1965, accompanied them to their shared house in Hyde, near Stockport.

November 15, 2002 (age 60 years), West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Myra Hindley / Died

Brady's ashes were then placed in a weighted biodegradable urn, driven to Liverpool Marina and dispatched at sea at 02:30 BST. It was reported that Brady wished to have his remains burnt and ashes scattered in Glasgow, where he grew up.

The moor was the burial site of at least four victims of the serial killers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley; consequently, the murders they committed became known as the Moors murders.

Howard was killed during World War II when the plane that was carrying him from Lisbon to London was shot down over the Atlantic Ocean. The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis article was most recently revised and updated by Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Leslie Carter died at age 25 on Jan. 31, 2012. Her cause of death was an apparent overdose, authorities said at the time.

Lesley May was a promising police constable who trained with Peter during their two year probationary period. Her position in the Metropolitan police was short-lived as she was severely disfigured during the events of the Rivers of London and placed on indefinite medical leave.

Finally, in October 1965, police were alerted to the duo by Hindley's 17-year-old brother-in-law, David Smith. Smith had witnessed Brady killing 17-year-old Edward Evans with an axe, concealing his horror for fear of meeting a similar fate.