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Would GMP have gone out there with a team to dig if they hadn't been given at least one piece of conclusive evidence of human remains being found though?.
Maybe when they say no human remains have been found, they mean during their search,and not including the alleged jawbone and teeth?.
I just can't imagine they would go out there,using all those resources, on the word of a civilian with zero supporting evidence.
Isn't it possible that the jawbone was found, and could have been displaced over the years, and the other bones are still close by?.
The soil sample testing seems to have been verified as human adipose tissue.
I don't know,maybe I just really wanted to believe they had finally found him :(
 
Pretty much everything I read differs quite a lot. The general consensus is that the author found some bones, took a photo, reburied them, took the photos to an expert who confirmed they were human, and now they're trying to find those remains again?. but.. this makes no sense to me? However, I know nothing of forensics.
 
Russell Edwards is not happy at accusations he is courting publicity. I'm sorry but what did he expect when he stated that he was honoured to be the person to locate Keith when he hasn't. In a video at the link he speaks directly to Keith's family and blames them for tarnishing his reputation. He needs to stay well clear from now on.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1577349598309486593
 
Both articles say much the same thing. I still don’t understand why the police weren’t informed immediately when supposed bones and material were found and appears to have been put back in the ground.

In todays day and age when you have the likes of What3Words to pinpoint precise locations there’s no excuse to be somewhat vague about where he found anything.

I really hope Alan gets some conclusive answers soon.

www.theguardian.com

Moors murder: Keith Bennett’s brother voices frustration over search

Alan Bennett says he has been left ‘confused’ by author’s claims to have found body after dig yields no results
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

Posting on Facebook, Alan Bennett, Keith’s closest surviving family member, wrote: “Instead of doing the rounds of media outlets, maybe that bloke should return to the moor and be a lot more accurate about the facts and location of his find.

“I am just getting frustrated, annoyed, confused and feeling a lot more emotions because there is more to this than meets the eye and I cannot understand why that bloke appears not to have been exact in his information to the police about the location.

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Police ramp up meticulous search for remains of Moors murder victim

Police have widened the search area and sent soil samples for analysis
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Earlier he suggested Mr Russell could return to the moors to help police find the precise location of his find.

He wrote: "Instead of doing the rounds of media outlets, maybe that bloke should return to the moor and be a lot more accurate about the facts and location of his find. There's a lot more I would like to say and ask but out of respect and gratitude for the Cold Case Team and the Forensic Team I'll keep quiet for now."

He added: "Just to be clear about this. I'm not saying there is nothing there, what I will say is that I, and many others are confused, to say the very least.
 
Nell91 said:
I can't link because I'm technologically challenged, but the BBC have reported that soil analysis currently show no presence of human remains.
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That's awful, why would he claim such a thing when it can so easily be debunked?.
That's not the kind of publicity he should want, surely?.
Poor Keith's family, this is so cruel to them.
 
I honestly have no idea what his goal was, other than to possibly generate a new public interest in finding Keith? Even so, he has gone about it in a terrible way, and in my opinion has acted like a petulant child when confronted
 
Last update from the BBC was 20 hours ago:

www.bbc.co.uk

Moors Murders: No bones found in search for Keith Bennett

A new search for Keith Bennett has found "no evidence to suggest the presence of remains", police say.
www.bbc.co.uk

What I don't understand is where did the story of the skull come from?

From the Daily Mail last week, forensic archaeologist Dawn Keen said "I do believe there are human remains there. They [the police] have got to look. From the photographs, I saw the teeth, I could see the canines, I could see the incisors, I could see the first molar. It is the left side of an upper jaw. There is no way that it is an animal."

So did Edwards take photographs of this so-called skull and send them on for experts to examine? If he did, what happened to the skull?
 
WiseOwl said:
Last update from the BBC was 20 hours ago:

www.bbc.co.uk

Moors Murders: No bones found in search for Keith Bennett

A new search for Keith Bennett has found "no evidence to suggest the presence of remains", police say.
www.bbc.co.uk

So did Edwards take photographs of this so-called skull and send them on for experts to examine? If he did, what happened to the skull?
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No idea what happened to the skull but today’s piece in the MEN says:
At least three police tents remain in place near to the area where officers have been digging. Police have dug 3ft down in the immediate area identified by Mr Russell and then several metres beyond that.

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Police spend sixth day searching for Moors Murders victim Keith Bennett

Officers continue to search the moorland but are yet to find any identifiable human remains
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Nell91 said:
I can't link because I'm technologically challenged, but the BBC have reported that soil analysis currently show no presence of human remains.
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In yesterday’s MEN article it said the Police have sent soil samples obtained by Mr Russell for expert analysis and have widened the search area but I have no idea if the BBC are referring to that or samples that they’ve obtained themselves.
 
From what I can gather (this is literally just my interpretation, please don't take this as fact!) The author dug, found a striped item of clothing, took a photograph, showed the photo to a forensic specialist who noticed a jawbone in the photo. Author immediately tweets that he has found Keith. Daily Mail run with it and announce the findings of a skull. Report that it fits the profile of Keith. No jawbone, skull were found, as we now know- reports of forensic testing on hair were debunked and the specialist shared on social media that the hair was mistaken for peat. Keith's brother is quite vocal on social media but I wouldnt do him the disservice of quoting a word he says as it's not my place. The author has attacked the family via video and is essentially having a tantrum over being called out for the tripe he's been feeding to the obviously wildly exaggerating media.
I'm sorry for the word vomit, I really feel strongly about this as the mother of a young boy especially.
 
Nell91 said:
From what I can gather (this is literally just my interpretation, please don't take this as fact!) The author dug, found a striped item of clothing, took a photograph, showed the photo to a forensic specialist who noticed a jawbone in the photo. Author immediately tweets that he has found Keith. Daily Mail run with it and announce the findings of a skull. Report that it fits the profile of Keith. No jawbone, skull were found, as we now know- reports of forensic testing on hair were debunked and the specialist shared on social media that the hair was mistaken for peat. Keith's brother is quite vocal on social media but I wouldnt do him the disservice of quoting a word he says as it's not my place. The author has attacked the family via video and is essentially having a tantrum over being called out for the tripe he's been feeding to the obviously wildly exaggerating media.
I'm sorry for the word vomit, I really feel strongly about this as the mother of a young boy especially.
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I have always hoped for longer than I care to remember that one day Keith would be found.

When I read about Edwards 'find' a few days ago I was delighted for the Bennett family - at last a possible ending to their continuing nightmare.

But now, I mean, what is going on? Why would he say he had found Keith when he clearly hasn't? He can't have been that insensitive towards Keith's family just to have done this for a publicity stunt surely? If he has, then he is one sick person.

I still don't understand what has happened to the jawbone/skull - where has it gone? And why doesn't the forensic archaeologist who identified it in the photograph contact Edwards and ask him where it is?
 
Okay but, he isn't explaining why nobody else can find these supposed remains that he apparently found quite easily? Surely he could've taken them directly to them? Not buying it, at all
 
WiseOwl said:
I have always hoped for longer than I care to remember that one day Keith would be found.

When I read about Edwards 'find' a few days ago I was delighted for the Bennett family - at last a possible ending to their continuing nightmare.

But now, I mean, what is going on? Why would he say he had found Keith when he clearly hasn't? He can't have been that insensitive towards Keith's family just to have done this for a publicity stunt surely? If he has, then he is one sick person.

I still don't understand what has happened to the jawbone/skull - where has it gone? And why doesn't the forensic archaeologist who identified it in the photograph contact Edwards and ask him where it is?
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I doubt it was a publicity stunt. I think the guy might have become emotionally over involved in the case to the extent that his perception of the facts is affected. Some cases have that affect on some people - see also Madeleine McCann and the amount of people who leaped from criticising her parents for leaving the children alone to openly accusing them of murder with no evidence.

We all want Keith Bennett found, we all want him to have a decent burial and his family to have some peace, but most of us can keep it in perspective enough not to lose touch with reality and start seeing what we want to see.
 
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