Why would a convicted murderer refuse to reveal where he hid the body?

Rommel

when you think of the heart ache and pain this monster has caused to the victim and the family you would think that the government would have some form of truth drug. but i suppose it would be against he's human rights wouldn't it.

marie

Isn't murder the ultimate control? So he is still has control over her to this day.

King Midas

he can always appeal the ruling based on the fact that they don't have evidence of a murder (ie the body)

catblackindia

He has been refused parole because he will not admit the murder and will have no chance of parole until he does. some people convince themselves that they are innocent and even come to believe it........frightening but true.

Marky

He gets a kick out of the power. It makes him feel that he has won and that he is in charge and is controlling the police and the family.

That feeling for some is more powerful than the desire to get out of jail.

Dana M

He's just a disgusting human being who want to put this woman's family through more heartache. People like him are what makes me wish there was a God so he can send him straight to hell.

LEX

Good point of view there!! Brady owes that poor mother of Keith
But the B*****d remained tight lipped!! Give me just 12 mins with the T***T and i'd get him talking!!

winnie

Assuming he is really guilty, I am sure it is a power trip for him.

cmdrbnd007

There is no motivation for him to tell so he isn't going to.

Pagan Pip

If he's claiming to be innocant then he's not goin g to say where the body is... that would give him away.. maybe he is innocent? Maybe not! Either way... he's claiming to be... No reason to tell!

ally_2802

he is attention seeking. by refusing to sak about it, he gets peoples attention, becuase they are intruiged to know where her body is.

Barbara Doll to you

The legal system is not perfect, people can be found guilty because of the evidence against them, but that evidence can be planted or flawed. It is for the court to decide that.

If this person reveals the body he will remove any doubt whatsoever a parole board might have about an unfair conviction.

fundamentalist1981

Why should he co-operate?

uknowme

Because by not telling it keeps everyone in a kind of suspense that gives him power still. It sure keeps the spotlight on him that's what he wants.

alleycat

psychological stuff like postmortem paranoia. he wasn't allowed to tell so as the demon is watching. Or it was the demon who borrowed his body to do it.... etc

Kevy

Murders are different from the normal person. People who murder for sport get a kick out of the sense of power. It is his vindication for sitting in jail that they cannot figure out where the body is, so in his mind, he has still won.

DitaDee

if he reveals the body it ruins any chance for him to get out.

door.uk

Not familiar with the case bu if a body turns up how would this reflect on his parole and as said is their anything else to hide.

It must be terrible on the parents,friends etc not to be able to put someone to rest.

fifilapoo114

he is just messing with their heads. his only power now is psychological and by keeping quiet he is still hurting her family and frustrating the police.

teddy

Because he's amoral, like Myra Hindley and Ian Brady, who tortured and killed numerous children. Never telling the parents of the location of their dead child is a method of keeping control.

The bitter wife

Maybe he is in denial. Maybe he wants to punish the cops & the family for him being in jail & not tell them where she is buried. Maybe thats his only way of having control over everyone is by keeping that to himself. Thats how criminals think.

renae2007_1986

hes a sick animal who dont care what he does to hurt other people.

Alex

It seems that he wants to hold on to the body's location. Everything else has been taken away from him. She is his last bargaining chip. He may reveal where he hid the body if he is offered parole or a lesser sentence. Otherwise, he will continue to keep the hiding place to himself.

snaffle

I suppose it could be the power of being the only one knowing where she is, and like you say, perhaps another body. The fact as mentioned above of being able to appeal on the fact there is no body or even the fact that he doesn't want people to see what he did to the body - maybe there is something that he is ashamed of. Maybe an accomplice and not he buried the body? A lot of killers can convince themselves that they are innocent and didn't commit the crime - could be this too. Whatever it is it's a horrible thing for the family, they have no closure.

daffy duck

as long as he is still pleading innocent he will never tell where the body is. If he does confess where the body is he can no longer plead innocent, he will now be guilty.

artacus

I remember this. I was in Manchester in 1988 and my mum was brought up in Billinge so I remember it.
aybe once you start on a path of lying about what happened there just is no way for him to come clean and no point. If he gets any visits from people trying to find out the truth that may sustain him in his lies. I'm sure Brady got kicks from being taken out to lead the police on another wild goose chase. And the media attention must also feed that need for being in the spotlight.

There could be something that he did that means if Helen's body were found he would be connected with other murders. It's very sad to say but it could also be that he doesn't know, either because he didn't do it (unlikely from what I recall) or because he cared so little and paid so little attention that he doesn't know.Seems unlikely but may be possible.

I think most likely is the sense of power and the attantion afforded by being the only one who knows.
Sad b*****d. Maybe he doesn't realise he's banged up and powerless. Uness he's the one asking the question and we're all pandering to his need for attention!

rudens

fear

crispy

in denial, a lot of people from wigan are!

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