British police are examining new evidence in the kidnapping and the Muriel McKay murder in 1969, who had been mistaken for the wife of
media mogul Rupert Murdoch and whose body has never been found.
The Metropolitan Police of London (the Met) said on Tuesday that those close to Muriel McKay had given them new details on the case including the location of the body, according to The Times newspaper which belongs to Rupert Murdoch.
Buried on a farm in Hertfordshire
“The Met was contacted in December 2021 by Muriel McKay’s family regarding information they had obtained about her murder,” a spokeswoman told AFP, adding that agents “are examining all the elements “.
According to the Times, this follows revelations from the man convicted of the kidnapping, Nizamodeen Hosein, about the location of McKay’s body, allegedly buried on a farm in
Hertfordshire, North London.
Nizamodeen Hosein and her brother Arthur kidnapped Muriel McKay, then 55, in 1969, believing she was Rupert Murdoch’s wife, Anna.
The brothers had followed Murdoch’s Rolls-Royce without knowing he had loaned it to his deputy Alick McKay, Muriel’s husband.
Dead from the consequences of a malaise?
According to the Times, Nizamodeen Hosein recently revealed to the McKay family that Muriel died of unease while watching a TV report about her kidnapping.
Nizamodeen Hosein served 20 years for the kidnapping and was subsequently deported to Trinidad, while his brother Arthur died in prison in 2009.