The brother of Moors murderers' victim Keith Bennett today denied that remains of the schoolboy had been found as police dig an area of moorland in a new search.
Alan Bennett, 64, who has campaigned for years for his brothers body to be found, has posted on social media that no remains have been found in the search so far.
He made the comment as the first picture of a police tent on the Moors emerged, which shows a single forensic tent in the wilderness.
Alan posted on Facebook: "Nothing has been found on the moor as yet, despite all the headlines."
Earlier today, Greater Manchester Police announced that officers are searching for the remains of Kevin, who was murdered by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.
He is the only one of the couple's five victims whose body has not been discovered.
The 12-year-old was on the way to his grandmother's house in June 1964, when he was snatched by the killers.
He was then assaulted and strangled to death by Brady, and the pair have never revealed where Keith was buried.
The remains were found through an independent search by an author who is writing a book on the tragic murder, before being reported to the police.
GMP officer Martin Bottomley said: "At around 11.25am on Thursday 29 September 2022, Greater Manchester Police was contacted by the representative of an author who has been researching the murder of Keith Bennett, a victim of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.
"Following direct contact with the author, we were informed that he had discovered what he believes are potential human remains in a remote location on the Moors and he agreed to meet with officers yesterday afternoon to elaborate on his find and direct us to a site of interest.
"The site was assessed late last night and, this morning, specialist officers have begun initial exploration activity.
"We are in the very early stages of assessing the information which has been brought to our attention but have made the decision to act on it in line with a normal response to a report of this kind.
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"It is far too early to be certain whether human remains have been discovered and this is expected to take some time.
"We have always said that GMP would act on any significant information which may lead to the recovery of Keith and reunite him with his family.
"As such, we have informed his brother of the potential development - he does not wish to be contacted at this time and asks that his privacy is respected."
