Police are digging in a search for the remains of Moors murders victim Keith Bennett after a skull was reportedly found more than half a century after he went missing.

The 12-year-old was one of five victims of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley in the 1960s, with three of them later found buried on Saddleworth Moor.

Fresh hopes were raised on Friday when a report in the Daily Mail revealed that author Russell Edwards believed he had located the boy’s makeshift grave following “extensive soil analysis”.

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It is said Mr Edwards commenced his own dig – close to where the other were found – and uncovered a skull with teeth present.

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