Myra Hindley

Criminal

Birthday July 23, 1942

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Crumpsall, England

DEATH DATE Nov 15, 2002 (60)

About

British criminal and perpetrator of the infamous "Moors murders". She was convicted, along with her accomplice Ian Brady, of murdering five children between July 1963 and October 1965 .

Before Fame

She worked as a clerk at an electrical engineering firm.

Trivia

She died behind bars at age sixty.

Family Life

Her parents regularly abused her as a child.

Associated With

She and Ian Brady were admirers of the work of Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky.