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Myra Hindley's Murders
Myra Hindley, a serial killer in England, murdered several children with the help of her boyfriend Ian Brady. Along with Ian Brady, she committed the rapes and murders of five small children. At the age of nineteen she met Ian Brady, a stock clerk who was recently released from prison. She fell in love with him and soon became under his control. She became the willing accomplish to Brady’s horrific crimes of rape and murder. Hindley's 17-year-old brother-in-law tipped her off the police about her crimes. During their 1966 trial, both Hindley and Ian Brady pleaded not guilty to the murders of four victims, Edward Evans, Lesley Ann Downey, and John Kilbride. Hindley plead not guilty to all five of the murders. She was only found guilty of three
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