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In 2021, it was reported that Nizamodeen had told a [[King's Counsel|QC]] that Muriel died of a [[heart attack]] shortly after the kidnapping and provided details of the location of the body at Rooks Farm.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ellery|first=Ben|title=Muriel McKay's kidnap killer reveals burial place after 51 years|newspaper=The Times|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/muriel-mckay-s-kidnap-killer-reveals-burial-place-after-51-years-g36fj2rvb|access-date=18 December 2021|issn=0140-0460|archive-date=18 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218082243/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/muriel-mckay-s-kidnap-killer-reveals-burial-place-after-51-years-g36fj2rvb|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2023, Nizamodeen asked to be allowed back to the UK to show the McKay family where he buried Muriel.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Muriel McKay: Deported killer offers to return to UK to show victim's family where body is buried |url=https://news.sky.com/story/muriel-mckay-deported-killer-offers-to-return-to-uk-to-show-victims-family-where-body-is-buried-13008767 |access-date=17 November 2023 |website=Sky News |archive-date=17 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117012436/https://news.sky.com/story/muriel-mckay-deported-killer-offers-to-return-to-uk-to-show-victims-family-where-body-is-buried-13008767 |url-status=live }}</ref> Muriel's daughter Diane urged the [[Metropolitan Police]] to co-operate to help the recovery of her mother's body.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 December 2023 |title=Muriel McKay's daughter urges Met to let mother's killer find body |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-67589313 |access-date=2 December 2023 |archive-date=2 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202112029/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-67589313 |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2024, Muriel's daughter and grandson met with Nizamodeen in Trinidad to ask him for the truth about the location of Muriel's body.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 January 2024 |title=Muriel McKay: Family comes face-to-face with grandmother's killer |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-68107010 |access-date=29 January 2024 |work=BBC News |archive-date=29 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129201233/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-68107010 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Daughter of Muriel McKay meets her mother's killer in Trinidad |url=https://news.sky.com/video/daughter-of-muriel-mckay-meets-her-mothers-killer-in-trinidad-13059170 |access-date=29 January 2024 |website=Sky News |language=en |archive-date=29 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129194309/https://news.sky.com/video/daughter-of-muriel-mckay-meets-her-mothers-killer-in-trinidad-13059170 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
A book about the case, [https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/a-desperate-business/ A Desperate Business: The Murder of Muriel McKay] by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Farquhar|[Simon Farquhar]]] was published in 2022. It contained interviews with surviving witnesses (including Nizamodeen Hosein) and extensive use of documents previously not in the public domain, as well as proposing a possible solution to the case.
 
Nizamodeen signed a £40,000 contract with the McKay family to reveal where Muriel is buried. He then turned down the money and pointed out on a map where she is buried.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/muriel-mckay-convicted-killer-signed-50-000-contract-with-victims-family-to-reveal-what-happened-to-her-body-13018581|title=Muriel McKay: Convicted killer signed £40,000 contract with victim's family to reveal what happened to her body|website=Sky News|accessdate=9 March 2024}}</ref> He revealed to Mark Dyer, Muriel's grandson, his involvement in the kidnap and her burial location in an [[affidavit]] dated 11 December 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ellery |first=Ben |date=9 March 2024 |title=Muriel McKay's family to give police 'credible' evidence from killer |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/muriel-mckays-family-to-give-police-credible-evidence-from-killer-wbnspnxgf |access-date=9 March 2024 |language=en |issn=0140-0460}}</ref>