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Trinidadian man offers to show burial site of Muriel McKay, 55 years after her murder

Vanassa McKenzie

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Nizamodeen Holstein (Photo: DUK News).

Some 55 years after Trinidadian native Nizamodeen Holstein, who with the support of his brother Arthur Holstein, kidnapped and murdered Muriel McKay in 1969, has finally decided to provide his victim’s family with information about her burial site.

Holstein and his brother reportedly abducted McKay on December 29, 1969, in the United Kingdom, whom they had mistaken for Anna Murdoch, the wife of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and held her ransom for £1 million.

McKay reportedly collapsed and died of a heart attack at a remote Hertfordshire farm in the United Kingdom, where the brothers were holding her hostage.

The Holstein brothers were later convicted of McKay’s murder and kidnapping in 1970. Arthur died in prison in 2009, while Nizamodeen served 20 years in a British prison and was deported to Trinidad after his release.

Muriel McKay

After years of keeping McKay’s burial location a secret, the now 75-year-old Nizamodeen has reportedly shared details with McKay’s daughter, Dianne McKay, 83, and her son Mark Dyer during a recent visit to Trinidad in their quest to locate the burial site of Muriel.

According to reports from Sky News, Nizamodeen has turned down a £40,000 reward that was being offered to him by McKay’s family to provide information on the whereabouts of Muriel’s remains.

“I don’t want the money. Money wasn’t my objective, it was peace of mind. Talking about it now breaks my heart. I was young, 22, I didn’t feel the pain like I’m feeling now,” SkyNews reported Nizamodeen as saying.

While it remains unclear why Nizamodeen has refused the monetary reward being offered to him or why he has taken so long to come forward with such information, what is clear is that Nizamodeen is willing to offer McKay’s family the closure they need.

He has reportedly offered to return to the UK to show McKay’s family the site of Muriel’s remains.

SkyNews reports that detectives in the UK are in contact with the McKay family and are considering applying for a warrant for a new search of the Hertfordshire farm.

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