Keith Bennett was just 12 years old when his life was cruelly taken by Myra Hindley and Ian Brady in June 1964. He had left his home in Longsight, Manchester, to visit his grandmother — an ordinary, innocent act — only to be lured into a car and murdered. His body was buried somewhere on Saddleworth Moor, and heartbreakingly, Keith has never been found.

Keith was one of five victims of the Moors Murders, but he remains the only one still missing. For over 45 years, his mother, Winnie Johnson, fought tirelessly to find her son. She wrote to politicians, pleaded with the killers, worked with police, and kept his memory alive in the public’s heart. She died in 2012, aged 78, without the peace of laying her boy to rest.

To this day, there is no official, permanent memorial for Keith Bennett — no public recognition from the government to mark his story, honour his life, or stand in solidarity with his family’s decades of suffering.

There is a small, touching unofficial stone tribute on Saddleworth Moor — created and maintained by kind strangers and members of the public. But that space, no matter how heartfelt, is vulnerable. It's not protected, not permanent, and not enough for the scale and depth of what Keith — and this country — endured.

We, the undersigned, are calling on:

Greater Manchester Police

West Yorkshire Police

Tameside Council

The Home Office and UK Government

...to come together and fund a permanent, government-backed memorial for Keith Bennett on or near Saddleworth Moor. This should be a respectful, enduring tribute — created in consultation with those who have long honoured Keith’s memory.

This is not about glorifying the crime. This is about dignity. About acknowledging a child whose life was taken in the most horrific way, and a mother whose heartbreak moved a nation. It’s about recognising a pain that still lingers across the moors, in the hearts of those who remember, and in the silence of a case that remains unresolved.

Keith is still out there. The very least we can do — as a nation — is ensure that he is never forgotten, and that he is publicly remembered with the respect, love, and protection he was denied in life.

Please add your name and help us call for action.

Because Keith mattered — and he still does.