Kidnap for ransom: The search for Muriel McKay (Pt 2)
The Story
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🗓️ 29 July 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
In 1969, 55-year-old Muriel McKay, the wife of a Sun newspaper executive, was abducted for a million-pound ransom. She was killed, but her body was never found, and two men were jailed for her murder in the country’s first conviction without a body.
But more than fifty years on, what happened to Muriel remains a mystery, and the McKay family have been desperate for answers. Their quest for the truth brings them face to face with Muriel’s killer.
This is the second part of a two-part investigation into the case. Listen to Part 1
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| 1:10.0 | So we're here in a really idyllic corner of Hertfordshire. This is the farm where we think |
| 1:21.2 | Muriel is buried. This is where she was held when she'd been kidnapped. Muriel Mackay was kidnapped in 1969 in a case of mistaken identity. |
| 1:41.0 | Before we get back to that farm and the search for Muriel 55 years later, here's a quick |
| 1:48.2 | reminder of part one of this podcast, although if you haven't heard it, then do go back and listen. |
| 1:54.1 | We heard how Muriel's husband had come home one day in late December to find his wife gone. |
| 2:09.0 | For the next six weeks he and his children were frantically manning the phone, waiting to hear from her |
| 2:17.2 | kidnappers. On the slender chance that somebody who was responsible for removing your mother from this house might be watching. |
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