Her son, aged 12, was a victim of the Moor Murderers, a couple team who killed young children and buried their bodies on the Saddleworth Moor. Most of the bodies have been found, but sadly, Keith Bennett was not one of them. For decades, Winnie Johnson fought to find her son and to give him a proper christian burial. Through solicitors, she appealed to Ian Brady to help her, but he consistantly ignored her. All she wanted was to see her son's body at peace before she herself passed away.
Sadly, that will not happen now. Her family will continue the fight in her memory.
In an almost cruel irony, the police are investigating the possibility that Brady in fact gave the location of Bennett's body to his mental health advocate in a letter. However, he gave the instruction that it is not to opened until after his death. Mrs Johnson apparently did not know about this, since her solictor felt that she would not be able to handle this information.
In a way, her situation is worse than that of the McCanns. the McCanns have hope that their daughter is still alive. Winnine Johnson knew this was not the case, but her son was equally lost to her. The fact that she knew where her son was potentially buried, but was unable to find him must've caused unimaginable pain to her.
She never gave up though because, in the words of David Kirwan her solictor, "She was Keith's mother"
I hope that in death, she is able to find the peace that forever eluded her in her life, and that she is reunited with her beloved son, whom she spent so many years fighting for.
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| Rest in Peace |
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