Editing Moors murders (section)

===Pauline Reade===
On 12 July 1963, Brady told Hindley that he wanted to commit the "perfect murder." After work he instructed her to drive a borrowed van around the area while he followed on his motorcycle; when he spotted a likely victim he would flash his headlight.{{sfnp|Topping|1989|pp=82–85|ps=none}} Driving down Gorton Lane, Brady saw a young girl and signalled Hindley, who did not stop because she recognised the girl as an eight-year-old neighbour of her mother.{{sfnp|Lee|2010|p=112|ps=none}} Sometime after 7:30 p.m.,{{sfnp|Ritchie|1988|p=43|ps=none}} on Froxmer Street, Brady signalled Hindley to stop for 16-year-old Pauline Reade, a schoolmate of Hindley's sister Maureen on her way to a dance; Hindley offered Reade a lift. At various times Hindley gave conflicting statements about the extent to which she, versus Brady, was responsible for Reade being selected as their first victim,{{sfnp|Lee|2010|pp=110–113|ps=none}} but said she felt that there would be less attention given to the disappearance of a teenager than of a young child.{{sfnp|Topping|1989|p=83|ps=none}}

Once Reade was in the van, Hindley asked her to help in searching Saddleworth Moor for an expensive lost glove; Reade agreed and they drove there. When Brady arrived on his motorcycle, Hindley told Reade he would be helping in the search. Hindley later claimed that she waited in the van while Brady took Reade onto the moor. Brady returned alone after about thirty minutes, and took Hindley to the spot where Reade lay dying; Reade's clothes were in disarray and she had been nearly [[decapitation|decapitated]]{{sfnp|Lee|2010|pp=114–116|ps=none}} by two cuts to the throat, including a four-inch incision across her voice box "inflicted with considerable force" and into which the collar of her coat and a throat chain had been pushed.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19880413&id=vThAAAAAIBAJ&pg=4902,3144112|title=Coroner commends police after Moors verdict|work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]] – Google News Archive Search|date=13 April 1988|access-date=17 October 2016|mode=cs2}}</ref> When Hindley asked Brady whether he had [[Rape in English law|raped]] Reade, Brady replied, "Of course I did." Hindley stayed with Reade while Brady retrieved a spade he had hidden nearby on a previous visit, then returned to the van while Brady buried Reade. In Brady's account, Hindley was not only present for the attack, but participated in the [[sexual assault]].{{sfnp|Lee|2010|pp=115–116|ps=none}}