Muriel Mckay

Muriel McKay and her husband, Alick McKay, were born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. After moving to London for her husband's job as a newspaper executive for Rupert Murdoch's News Limited, they lived in St Mary's House on Arthur Road in Wimbledon, London into which they had moved in 1958 on their arrival in England. Their three adult children, Jennifer, Diane and Ian, also lived in the United Kingdom. On 29 December 1969, assailants broke into the home and abducted McKay while her husband was at work. Returning home at 7:45 pm - and finding the front door unlocked, the telephone ripped from the wall, the contents of his wife's handbag scattered on the stairs, and the house empty - Alick McKay reported her missing at 8 pm. The attack was especially troubling given that jewellery had been stolen in a burglary incident three months earlier, and McKay had become increasingly careful of her personal safety.