Killer of Muriel McKay buried in Hertfordshire to return to the UK if Home Office lift deportation
The family of Muriel McKay who was kidnapped and later buried at a farm in Hertfordshire are hoping to bring her killer back to the UK
The family of Muriel McKay is hoping to bring her kidnapper back to the UK after he signed a document revealing details of the events, over 50 years after her death.
Muriel McKay was mistaken for the wife of newspaper giant Rupert Murdoch in 1969 and kidnapped for a £1 million ransom.
The kidnapper, Nizamodeen Hosein, served a life sentence for murder and was deported to Trinidad upon release.
Muriel McKay's daughter, Dianne, and grandson, Mark Dyer, worked tirelessly for years searching for answers.
"If he's there, it will be a definitive line in the sand because we would have the man who put her there..."
In an affidavit signed last Sunday, December 10th, the kidnapper recalled and detailed the events from the kidnap to the burial.
For grandson Mark Dyer, this confession is the weight of 50 years of secret lifted off his shoulders, and the next step would be to return Hosein to the UK to help the family locate the body.
Speaking to Greatest Hits Radio, he said: "If he's there, it will be a definitive line in the sand because we would have the man who put her there, she's there, or we can't find her, and then it's done isn't it? We've done everything we could ever hope, and there's nothing else we could do as he's the last one alive."
After years of communication between the McKay family and Hosein in the hope for information, the family offered him £40,000 ($50,000) to reveal the location of her body.
"That's the only time I've actually felt quite choked up about it, it's chilling..."
Hosein initially accepted and later refused the money but agreed to give the family information that could lead them to her body.
Alongside the affidavit, the family received a video confession from Hosein, which Mr Dyer described as 'chilling'.
He said: "That's the only time I've actually felt quite choked up about it, it's chilling. This has been sensationalised for so long because it can happen to any of us."
Although both Hosein and the McKay family agreed to return to the farm, the convicted killer is legally unable to step foot on British soil.
"...it would be complete closure for us because we would have known that we've done everything"
The family is now working with the Home Office to get his deportation waived for the duration of a short trip to the farm where Muriel is buried.
"Nizamodeen, why it would be good to have him, is it would be complete closure for us because we would have known that we've done everything", added Mr Dyer.
The family helped Hosein renew his passport last summer in the hope to return him to the UK for the final step in their 54 years-long investigation.