Ian Brady wrote a cryptic letter to victim's brother taunting him

Ian Brady sent a letter to the brother of Moors murder victim Keith Bennett saying he would leave 'special instructions' of how to find the child's remains in his will.

The taunt from the killer filled Keith's family with hope, but they never received further clues from him.

In the letter sent to Keith's brother, Alan Bennett, in 1991, Brady writes: 'I again advise you to stop searching until matters are resolved. My will contains special instructions for you alone. My time is almost over.

'Sincerely, Ian Brady.'

As the contents of the letter were revealed for the first time on Friday, Alan said: 'It would be another 26 years after he sent that letter before he died. At the time we were hopeful that it might lead to Keith.

Keith Bennett was one of five children murdered by Ian Brady (left) and Myra Hindley between 1963 and 1965.

Keith Bennett was one of five children murdered by Ian Brady (left) and Myra Hindley between 1963 and 1965.

'I wrote to him several times and at one point asked if he would correspond with John Stalker (former assistant chief constable) after he left GMP, so that information could be passed that way. But Brady would change the subject, and nothing came of it.'

Alan fears it could be a twisted game Brady was playing, but he also wonders if the 'special instructions' might be in two locked briefcases held by Brady's solicitor.

Alan believes they could contain clues as to the exact spot that Brady and Myra Hindley buried Keith, after abducting and killing him in 1964.

But Brady's solicitor Robin Makin has refused to give the cases to Cold Case Unit officers from GMP.

Just before his death in May 2017, Brady requested the two combination-locked cases be put in secure storage.

It has now emerged officers went to court for a search warrant to open the cases to check them for clues.

But a district judge refused the application, stating there was no prospect of an investigation leading to a prosecution as both killers were dead.

Keith's brother, Alan, 62, said: 'There is a desperate need to look for anything that may help in the recovery of Keith's body and there may be something in those cases. We cannot be sure be we need to know for sure - one way or another.

Alan Bennett, brother of Moors Murder victim Keith Bennett

Alan Bennett, brother of Moors Murder victim Keith Bennett

'During my correspondence with Brady many years ago he stated that he had left instructions in his will for me alone. He did not give any further detail but it was at

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