Moment Hindley snatched Moors Murder victim
MOORS MURDER VICTIM’S BEST FRIEND TELLS OF MOMENT SHE VANISHED AS FAMILY LAY HER TO REST FOR A SECOND TIME
THE best friend of Moors Murder victim Pauline Reade has relived the moment the teenager was lured into Myra Hindley’s car.
Pat Garvey spoke on the day that Pauline was laid to rest for a second time.
She was murdered by Hindley and Ian Brady aged 16 on July 12, 1963. Her body was discovered 24 years later in July 1987 following a search of Saddleworth Moors.
But last year the M.E.N. revealed how body parts from Pauline had been kept by police for 30 years.
Following the death of Ian Brady in May 2017, an audit was carried out and some of her remains were discovered at Leeds University where they had been kept on behalf of GMP.
Yesterday, her jaw bone and hair samples were reunited with her remains at Gorton Cemetery. They, along with items of clothing that were returned to the family only this summer, were placed in a red velvet bag which her niece, Jackie Reade, passed to funeral director Adam Braithwaite at the graveside. Just two of Pauline’s family attended the ceremony – Jackie and her sister, Lynn. They were joined by Pat, who brought a single red rose to place on Pauline’s grave. Pat, 70, said: “She was my best friend. We had been friends since we were little girls. She was really timid, shy. I still miss her. She was 12 months older than me. I come to her grave regularly, it upsets me every time.” Recalling the days after she had gone missing, Pat said: “Her mother Joan and I were going out looking for her every single night. We were devastated when she didn’t come home. “I couldn’t believe it when she was found. “I knew something must have happened, but I couldn’t believe who had done it – we knew her, we grew up with Myra Hindley.
As we looked back Pauline had gone. That was the last time we saw her Pat Garvey, Pauline’s childhood pal
My mum used to mind David Smith (brother-in-law to Myra Hindley). David lived in the same street as Pauline.
“We used to play with Maureen (Myra’s sister). She lived in the street next to me.
“I couldn’t take it in that Myra could do such a thing.
“It was such a shock. She didn’t deserve what she got. We actually saw her just before she was picked up by Hindley.
“My dad wouldn’t let me go to the dance.
“I was only 15. So I was walking with a friend and said let’s see if she (Pauline) goes to it.
“We saw her walking down Froxmer Street.
“It’s a long street and there was a cut-off from it. We went that way and we assume Pauline carried on. As we have gone our way Hindley must come round in her car. We would have gone with her if she had asked us – we knew her. Evidently she said something to Pauline and she got in.
“As we looked back Pauline had gone, I assumed she must have gone home. That was the last time we saw her.
“Then, on Saturday morning, her mum asked me if I had seen Pauline as she had not come home.”
Jackie, who attended Pauline’s original funeral, said: “I am glad that Pauline is finally at rest.
“It has been upsetting having to disturb the family plot, which has her mother, father and brother in – but it was worth it to put all of Pauline where she
belongs – complete. It was very emotional when I handed over the bag. I am glad it is over, and now I can try and get on with my life.
“I was overwhelmed with Pat coming – it was good of her to do so. It means as much to her as it does to me.”
Jackie was just 13 at the first funeral at Gorton Cemetery in 1987.
She was pictured in white socks and black skirt and held her mother and grandma’s hands as her aunt was laid to rest on a cold, rainy day.
Jackie, 45, added: “This last year has been the worst time of my life. I just wanted to put Pauline, finally, to rest.
“We thought she was, then found out the awful truth.
“Having to do this has brought all the pain and emotion back – including the loss of my dad, Paul, who is buried in that plot.
“I know Pauline will be at rest, but the answers that I want I can never get.
“Why they took her body parts and her clothing, and why they were kept for so long.
“The police turned round and said they don’t know.
“I am fuming that they were retained – no consideration, no respect.”
Jackie stood in the same place where she had been in 1987 at the original funeral. The rain cleared a bit for the funeral.
“Pauline’s mum and dad were relieved to have her back.
“My nana had continued to look out of the window of her home in Gorton hoping she would come back, praying she would.
“Deep down they knew she would be a victim of them. (Hindley and Brady). I have an image in my mind of Pauline even though I was born ten years after she died.
“Her dark hair and jolly, outgoing ways.
“She loved pop music and when one of her favourite songs came on it would make her mum smile and remember.”