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  1. Jul 8, 2012 · witness: Maureen Hindley and David Smith during the trial in 1966 It was this phone call that brought an end to the murders. Mary told how David met the deranged killers as a teenager when he ...

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  2. Feb 21, 2022 · Smith was just 17 years old when he witnessed Ian Brady murder Edward Evans. Terrified, he briefly helped clean up before leaving under the pretence of fetching a pram with which to help carry the victim's body. Instead he went and told his wife Maureen, Myra Hindley’s sister, what had happened and then called the police.

  3. In 1972, Smith was acquitted of the murder of his father, who had been suffering from terminal cancer. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to two days' detention. [ 242 ] He remarried and moved to Lincolnshire with his three sons, [ 230 ] [ 243 ] and was exonerated of any participation in the Moors murders by Hindley's confession in 1987.

  4. Sep 30, 2022 · After luring Edward Evans back to Wardle Brook Avenue, Hindley went around to her sister Maureen Smith's flat nearby. It was a pretext to lure out her brother-in-law David, then 17, whom Brady had ...

  5. May 9, 2012 · Moors Murderers - Ian Brady and Myra Hindley PA. David Smith, the former brother-in-law of Myra Hindley, a chief prosecution witness in the trial of the infamous Moors Murders has passed away. He ...

  6. Mar 22, 2024 · David and Maureen Smith (née Hindley, later Scott), photographed circa 1966. On 25th April 1965, David Smith — now seventeen years old — went to work as Maureen stayed home to look after six ...

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  8. Added: May 18, 2006. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 14318310. Source citation. Sister of the infamous 'Moors Murderer' Myra Hindley. It was Maureen who persuaded her 18 year old husband David Smith to go to the police after witnessing the murder of Edward Evans. This led to the investigation that uncovered more victims buried on Sddleworth Moors ...

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