55 years after Wimbledon woman disappears, her family looks at new ways to find her body
A documentary into the journey of her family and their search to bring her home is now available
The family of a Wimbledon woman kidnapped 55 years ago today and said to be buried on a Hertfordshire farm have told us they are now looking at new ways to retrieve her body.
Muriel McKay was kidnapped and murdered in 1969 and her body was never found.
In July, a fresh search for her body was agreed upon and carried out by the Met Police but it was proved unsuccessful.
Police said this search was the third and final one, and have informed the family they are not prepared to carry this investigation further.
However, Mark Dyer, Muriel McKay's grandson, told Greatest Hits Radio they are not prepared to give up and will be seeking new ways of investigating where her remains might be without police's help.
A documentary into Muriel's family's journey, and their fight to find her and bring her home, has now been broadcast, taking a deeper look into this year's searches, trips to visit Nizam in Trinidad, and the apparent end to the Police's investigation.
Mark Dyer said: "I've now established we've found someone who can produce an underground plan of everything in the one acre or one and a quarter acre plot.
"It can show us every disturbance underground and every area that would need to be pinpoint searched.
"And also these people have scanned graves so they know exactly what they're looking for. They've got the right machinery, and they're available to do it."
The family is still hoping to bring back Muriel's killer, Nizamodeen Hosein, who, after serving a life sentence for her murder despite her body ever being found, was deported to Trinidad.
Last year, he revealed in a signed oath where he believes her remains to lie on the grounds Stocking Farm, Hertfordshire.
Mr Dyer believes his presence to be crucial to the success of another dig.
He said: "To do that properly, we would really ideally need Nizam Hosein here with the scanning machine."
'Not be proportionate'
The Metropolitan Police previously said: "We know questions have been raised about why we have not brought Hosein to the UK to assist with the search. Our view has always been that we do not believe it would provide us with beneficial information and therefore we would not formally approach the Home Office who would be required to grant permission.
"We carefully reviewed this decision during the search and, based on Hosein’s reliability as a witness and the likelihood of a successful outcome, we stand by our original decision.
"As we have said previously, Muriel’s family are aware it would not be proportionate to carry out any further searches and that our investigation is now at an end. We are saddened that we were unable to bring them the closure they so desperately long for."