Ian Brady: Moors murderer had locked briefcases of his belongings removed from his room hours before his death
Ian Brady: Moors murderer had locked briefcases of his belongings removed from his room hours before his death When serial child killer Ian Brady (1938-2017) died, he left behind two locked briefcases which have still not been opened. Until last year police were unable to do so, and even though a legal amendment had now passed it is a waiting game for the brother of a missing 12-year-old victim. Moors murderer Ian Brady had locked briefcases of his belongings removed from his hospital room hours before his death, an inquest has heard. The serial killer’s briefcases were sealed by security staff and released to his lawyer, according to the psychiatric hospital where he died. The details emerged at an inquest into the 79-year-old’s death, which concluded that he died of natural causes. Brady and his girlfriend Myra Hindley tortured and murdered five children between July 1963 and October 1965. Several of their victims, who were aged between 10 and 17, were sexually assaulted. Three of th...