WINNIE JOHNSON has never given up hope of finding her child, who was snatched by Moors Murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.
POLICE are racing against time to find a letter which could reveal where Keith Bennett is buried before his mum
dies of cancer.
Winnie Johnson has never given up hope of finding her child, who was snatched by Moors Murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.
She is seriously ill in a hospice and sources say she has ?days rather than weeks to live?.
Now Brady?s mental health advocate Jackie Powell, 49, has claimed she received a sealed envelope thought to contain details of Keith?s final resting place.
She said the 74-year-old killer insisted it could not be opened until after his death ? at which point, the contents should be passed to Winnie.
It is understood that Powell said she returned the letter to Brady.
Police arrested her on suspicion of preventing a lawful burial but she was later freed on bail.
Last night, officers were searching through hundreds of documents in a bid to find the letter, after it was claimed it existed ten years ago.
Yesterday, Powell?s former husband, Stephen Powell, 52, said he had known about the letter for the past decade.
He said: ?I did tell the authorities 10 years ago that this letter existed.?
Police have also searched Brady?s room at Ashworth Hospital in Merseyside, where he is said to keep a battered 1960s-style suitcase containing papers.
An insider said:?This case has become legendary amongst staff at Ashworth.
?A clinical liason member of staff was able to look in it but, incredible though it may seem, there was some rule that stopped police search teams seeing what was kept inside.
?Everybody was told that whatever is kept within the case will not be seen until after Brady?s death ? it was supposedly legal letters, documents and possibly even photographs.?
Police fear they may not find the letter before Winnie succumbs to her illness ? and some are sceptical it even exists.
A source said: ?We took everything from Powell?s house that wasn?t nailed down but so far, we have not found this letter. We may come across it in coming days but, if I had to make a bet, I would say there is a chance we may never find it.?
Officers decided not to upset Winnie by telling her of the new claims, although her son Alan, 56 ? Keith?s brother ? was informed.
Powell refused to comment on the case yesterday at her home in south Wales.
Speaking from an upstairs window she said: ?Just leave me alone. I don?t want to know.?
Winnie?s solicitor, John Ainley, said: ?Brady is very manipulative and wants a sense of power by retaining this information until after his death. The family find it hard to believe this letter exists.?
Source: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/police-hunt-for-ian-brady-letter-1267001
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