Murder of Muriel McKay

Muriel McKay
Born(1914-02-04)4 February 1914
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Diedc. 1 January 1970(1970-01-01) (aged 55)
Rooks Farm, Stocking Pelham, Hertfordshire, England
NationalityAustralian
SpouseAlick McKay
Children3

Muriel Freda McKay (4 February 1914 – c. 1 January 1970) was an Australian woman who was kidnapped on 29 December 1969 in the United Kingdom and presumed murdered in the first few days of 1970.[1][2][3] She was married to Alick McKay,[4] an executive at News Limited and deputy to media proprietor Rupert Murdoch. McKay was kidnapped after being mistaken for Murdoch's then-wife, Anna Maria Murdoch.[5] Two Indo-Trinidadian brothers, Arthur and Nizamodeen Hosein, were convicted of her murder and kidnapping in September 1970.

The case was one of the earliest examples in the United Kingdom of a trial and conviction secured for a murder without a body.[6]

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