Ian Brady, one of the most notorious murderers in British and world history, has died. He was 79.
Brady, who was called the “Moors murderer,” died on Monday at Merseyside’s Ashworth Hospital, a high-security hospital where he had been held since 1985.
“We can confirm a 79-year-old patient in long-term care at Ashworth High Secure Hospital has died after becoming physically unwell,” a Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust spokesman confirmed to multiple U.K. news outlets.
From 1963 to 1965, Brady and his then-girlfriend Myra Hindley killed a string of children and buried them on the Yorkshire moors after sexually torturing their victims.
Brady, who was called the “Moors murderer,” died on Monday at Merseyside’s Ashworth Hospital, a high-security hospital where he had been held since 1985.
“We can confirm a 79-year-old patient in long-term care at Ashworth High Secure Hospital has died after becoming physically unwell,” a Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust spokesman confirmed to multiple U.K. news outlets.
From 1963 to 1965, Brady and his then-girlfriend Myra Hindley killed a string of children and buried them on the Yorkshire moors after sexually torturing their victims.
- 5/15/2017
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
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