Dianne McKay: ‘She’s been buried 51 years in a most horrible place, and I’d just like to get her out of there’
Dianne McKay’s mother, Muriel, was kidnapped in 1969 and was never found.
55-year-old Muriel McKay went missing on 29 December 1969 in Wimbledon, South London. It quickly became clear that she had been mistaken for the wife of newspaper tycoon Rupert Murdoch by kidnappers. Muriel was in fact married to Murdoch’s right hand man – fellow Australian Alick McKay.
The story was all over the front pages and after 40 days of threatening calls to her family with ransom demands and botched money drops, two men were arrested. Brothers Arthur and Nizamodeen Hosein were charged and found guilty on all counts and given life sentences, but they never admitted to their crimes and Muriel was never found.
But Muriel’s daughter, Dianne, says her family has finally found out some information.
In this discussion, Dianne tells presenter Chloe Tilley what it’s been like trying to find out what happened to her mother and how she desperately wants to find her and give her a proper burial.
You can listen to the rest of the programme on Woman's Hour by heading to ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds and listening to the 19 January podcast episode.
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