Muriel McKay
Missing since: December 29th, 1969
Muriel McKay, the wife of Alick McKay, chief executive at News International (formally News Limited) and close friend of Rupert Murdoch, became the unfortunate victim of a tragic kidnapping case in 1969.
Mistakenly identified as Murdoch’s wife, Anna Murdoch — Muriel McKay was kidnapped.
The perpetrators behind this heinous act were two brothers, Arthur and Nizamodeen Hosein, who were later convicted of both the murder and kidnapping in September 1970.
The case gained notoriety as one of the early instances in the United Kingdom where a trial and conviction for murder occurred even in the absence of the victim’s body, as well as one of United Kingdom’s first largest ransom case.