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Sky Rushes – The Muriel McKay Case
Muriel McKay, the wife of Alick McKay, Deputy Chairman at News International (formally “The News of the World Organisation”) 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.
In January 2024, Muriel McKay’s daughter, Dianne McKay, flew to Trinidad with her son, Mark Dyer, to meet Nizamodeen Hosein in person. During this meeting, the McKay family showed Nizamodeen various images of Stocking Farm, the location of Muriel McKay’s murder and burial. They compared new and old images from the time of the kidnapping, which allowed Nizamodeen Hosein to better pinpoint where he and his brother, Arthur Hosein, buried Muriel McKay’s body.
Mark Dyer Our Society Presentation London 5th Nov24 CREDIT Dabbous Films 2024
We gather seeking long-awaited closure.
In January, I met Nizamodeen Hosein—M3—the last surviving kidnapper of my grandmother. He agreed to reveal her burial site, ending 50 years of pain. Yet, the Metropolitan Police refuse to let him return to the UK, claiming he holds no “beneficial information.” He buried her. He alone knows the truth. Time is running out. We must act now. This injustice cannot stand.
Demand answers. Demand action. A crime this horror cannot go unresolved. Let us bring my grandmother home at last.
The latest on the Muriel McKay kidnapping
In 1969, my grandmother was kidnapped and lost her life.
After 54 years, her kidnapper has finally revealed where she was buried—but we are being blocked from searching the land. The police refuse to use proper technology and won’t release past dig reports. Our family has privately funded a ground scan, but we need access to the site. This is the strongest lead we’ve ever had—so why won’t the authorities listen?
Watch to uncover the full story and help us fight for justice.
4-Part Documentary
A four-part documentary that hosts interviews with Nizamodeen Hosein and the McKay family members.
Part-1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzMNDofXTTc
Part-2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hqs3xREc9k
Part-3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IDVgC-5_GY
Part-4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaSWGhiNbcw
Family of Muriel McKay call for fresh excavation of suspected burial site
Muriel McKay was kidnapped in late December 1969 after being mistaken for the wife of media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
She is presumed to have died in the first few days of 1970 but her body has never been located.
The family claim the farm where her killer says he buried her is not worth its true market value because her body still hasn’t been found.
Muriel McKay’s family wants police to share communications after failed search for remains
The family of murder victim Muriel McKay are refusing to accept police did everything they could in their recent search for her remains.
Muriel was 55 when she was kidnapped by brothers Arthur and Nizam Hosein from her London home just after Christmas in 1969.
Police call off search for remains of Muriel McKay – 55 years after her murder
The police search for the remains of murdered Muriel McKay has been called off.
Her family is understood to be very unhappy after campaigning for a new search at the Hertfordshire farm where she died.
They have been calling for her convicted killer to be brought back to the UK to show detectives where he buried the body in 1970.
Muriel McKay’s son joins police for new search for remains at Hertfordshire farm
Muriel McKay’s son has joined police teams at the site of a new search for his mother’s remains.
Ian McKay, 82, flew from his home in Australia to visit the Hertfordshire farm where his mother’s killer says he buried her 55 years ago.
“The Family Have Suffered Tremendously” | Police Search For Remains Of Muriel McKay At Farm
A fresh search for the remains of Muriel McKay, who was murdered in 1969, is due to begin at a farm on Monday. Ms McKay, the wealthy wife of newspaper executive Alick McKay, was kidnapped and held ransom for £1 million more than 54 years ago.
The pair who kidnapped her had mistaken her for Anna Murdoch, the then-wife of media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Mr McKay, who was Mr Murdoch’s deputy, was also Australian. Ms McKay, 55, disappeared in December 1969 and was traced to Stocking Farm near Bishop’s Stortford in Hertfordshire. Her body has never been found.
Talk’s Ian Collins is joined by former Met Police superintendent Dai Davies to give the latest update on the case.
Muriel McKay: Police begin new dig for remains of wealthy murder victim
Police will start digging in a new search for the remains of Muriel McKay, the wealthy murder victim who was kidnapped 55 years ago.
They will spend a week at the Hertfordshire farm where Mrs McKay, the wife of a newspaper executive, was held for a £1m ransom before her kidnappers were arrested and convicted of her murder.
Muriel McKay Murder – Daughter’s Emotional Plea to Kidnapper (1969)
On 30 December 1969, the day after Muriel McKay disappeared from her Wimbledon home, her daughter Dianne McKay was interviewed by ITN’s Michael Brunson. Sat beside her husband, David Dyer, a tearful Dianne appealed to her mother’s kidnapper to “please let my mother come back”. Brunson also spoke to Detective Chief Superintendent William Smith about the initial investigations undertaken by the police at the McKay residence.
Muriel McKay: Police to begin new search for body of woman kidnapped 55 years ago
Police are to begin a new search for the body of murdered Muriel McKay next month, 55 years after she was kidnapped.
A date was agreed between her family, the landowner and detectives during a site meeting at the Hertfordshire farm where her kidnapper Nizamodeen Hosein claims he buried her.
Muriel’s grandson, businessman Mark Dyer, said: “This is a momentous moment in our campaign to get a new search.
ITV News London – Muriel McKay
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.
Grandson of murdered Muriel McKay visits spot where her killer says she was buried
The family of murdered Muriel McKay say they’ve been given a boost in their campaign to search the farm where they believe her body is buried.
Muriel’s grandson Mark Dyer had threatened to sue landowner Ian Marsh for access, but when the two men met on a public footpath that runs through the farmyard, he was invited in for coffee and a chat.
Muriel McKay family claim police jeopardising search for body by ‘spooking’ killer
The family of a woman murdered more than 50 years ago, have told Sky News they fear the police may abandon plans to search for her body.
After a renewed campaign to find the remains of Muriel McKay, her family say by going in “mob-handed” in an interview with Nizam Hosein in Trinidad last week, detectives have spoiled their chances of getting useful information out of him.
Muriel McKay: Met Police will fly to Caribbean to interview killer in search for victim’s remains
Scotland Yard detectives are to fly to the Caribbean to interview a killer in their search for his victim’s buried remains.
They hope their meeting with Nizamodeen Hosein will help persuade the Home Office to let him return to Britain, so he can show them exactly where he buried Muriel McKay more than 50 years ago.
‘Let Us Find Her Body’ Muriel McKay’s Family on Newfound Evidence From Killer | Good Morning Britain
Muriel McKay’s family are pleading with police to let them carry out a vital search for her body and finally bring to an end decades of anguish. Muriel’s daughter Dianne McKay met killer Nizamodeen Hosein last week, where he pinpointed the exact spot on a Hertfordshire farm where her mother was buried.
Scotland Yard is blocking attempts to close the case for good. Muriel McKay was kidnapped in 1969 after being mistaken for the then-wife of Rupert Murdoch and held to ransom for £1m at a farm in Hertfordshire. Although her body was never found, Arthur Hosein and his brother Nizamodeen were jailed for life for Ms McKay’s kidnap and murder.
Muriel McKay’s daughter meets her mother’s killer in bid to find where her body is buried
The daughter of Muriel McKay, who was murdered in the UK more than 50 years ago, has flown 4,000 miles to the Caribbean to come face to face with her mother’s killer.
Dianne McKay met Nizamodeen Hosein in his native Trinidad where he was deported after serving 20 years in a British jail for Muriel’s kidnap and murder.
Family offer £40,000 to landowner to dig for mother’s body
The family of a murder victim mistaken for Rupert Murdoch’s wife has offered a farmer £40,000 to let them dig up the land where they believe she was buried.
Muriel McKay was kidnapped and murdered in 1969 by two brothers, one of whom has offered to show detectives the exact spot where they left her.
Muriel McKay: Killer signed £40k contract to reveal victim’s body – but didn’t take the cash
A convicted killer signed a £40,000 contract with his victim’s family to reveal what happened to her body.
Nizamodeen Hosein had kept the secret of Muriel McKay’s fate for more than 50 years, long after his release from prison, until her family made him an offer he couldn’t refuse.
But after signing an agreement, he turned down the money (the equivalent of £40,000) and then told the family how and where Muriel died.
Deported killer offers to show victim’s daughter where he buried her mother
A deported killer is offering to return to Britain to show his victim’s daughter where he buried her mother’s body 54 years ago.
Nizamodeen Hosein was 22 when he and his older brother Arthur kidnapped Muriel McKay, the wife of a newspaper executive, and held her ransom for £1m.
Muriel McKay: Family of murder victim call for new search
The family of murdered Muriel McKay has urged police to begin a new search for her remains on a remote beach after the discovery of a long-lost “confession” by her killer.
According to a letter hidden among old court files, Arthur Hosein told his solicitor he buried her body at Jaywick Sands near Clacton, Essex.
It’s believed he information was never followed up.
The McKay Kidnapping | Great Crimes and Trials of the Twentieth Century
A case of mistaken identity, greed, and criminal incompetence would lead to tragedy for the family of Alick McKay, whose wife, Muriel, was kidnapped by Arthur and Nizamodeen Hossein instead of their intended target, Anna Murdoch, the wife of McKay’s boss, Rupert Murdoch. Having mistaken the McKay home for the home of the Murdochs, the Hossein brothers attempted to extort a ransom from the McKays in exchange for Muriel’s freedom, but she would never be seen again.
Note that this program was made in 1992. Arthur Hossein died in prison in 2009. His brother and accomplice, Nizamodeen, served 20 years before being deported to Trinidad, where he still lives as of 2015.