The Young Mum who May Have Been Secret Victim of Serial Killer Fred West". The Birmingham Mail. 8 April 2018 . Retrieved 4 March 2021. Hospital records reveal Charmaine had received treatment for a severe puncture wound to her left ankle in the casualty unit of the Gloucester Royal Hospital on 28 March 1971. This incident was explained by Rose to have resulted from a household accident. [64] Murder of Charmaine West [ edit ] He pointed out that Fred was incarcerated when Charmaine West was killed; claimed that the Wests had each learned from their mistake in allowing Caroline Owens to live (they "would never be so trusting again"); [182] and said that the gag on victim Thérèse Siegenthaler had a "feminine" touch‍—‌a scarf tied in a bow. [183]

By 1957, Fred and his brother John frequently socialised at a youth club in nearby Ledbury, where his distinct and guttural Herefordshire accent marked him as a " country bumpkin". He aggressively pestered women and girls, whom he objectified as sources of pleasure to be used as he saw fit, and would abruptly approach and fondle them. [12] When a girl accepted his advances, she would find his sexual performance unsatisfying, as his primary objective was his own gratification. [13] Appropriate Adult ITV1 Review". The Telegraph. 5 September 2011. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 20 June 2017. Fred West". The Biography Channel. Archived from the original on 29 August 2009 . Retrieved 18 July 2007. Police Dig for Bodies in Farm Field: House of Death Search Moves to Countryside as Specialists Begin Archaeological-style Exercise". The Independent. 30 March 1994 . Retrieved 16 May 2020. Youngest Son of Fred and Rose West Found Dead After Suspected Overdose". Gloucester Live. 1 November 2020 . Retrieved 1 November 2020.Giordano, Chiara (31 January 2019). "Fred and Rose West Documentary Cancelled by ITV Just Hours Before Broadcast". The Independent . Retrieved 16 February 2019. Manhunt under way after suspected terror cell cross the Channel to the UK on a small boat then vanish

a b "Fred West Police Begin Cellar Search for Mary Bastholm". BBC News Online. 13 May 2021 . Retrieved 15 May 2021. Ferguson, Ian (15 February 2004). "There's Nobody Home..." The Guardian . Retrieved 31 December 2015. In the early hours of the following morning, as his son Stephen was about to leave for work, Fred informed him: "Look son, look after mum and sell the house [...] I've done something really bad. I want you to go to the papers and make as much money as you can." [156] Shortly thereafter, police returned to Cromwell Street to continue their search for Heather's body. Upon their arrival, Fred indicated his wish to be arrested for Heather's murder and to be taken to Bearland police station to provide a full confession; he was then arrested and formally cautioned. [155] Discoveries [ edit ]Kelleher, Michael D. (1999). Murder Most Rare: The Female Serial Killer. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-275-96003-2. Fred and Rose West – Fred". TruTv. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011 . Retrieved 13 July 2007. At the bottom of the suicide note found in his cell was a drawing of a gravestone, within which was written: "In loving memory. Fred West. Rose West. Rest in peace where no shadow falls. In perfect peace he waits for Rose, his wife." [174] Trial of Rose West [ edit ] The final murder Fred and Rose are known to have committed with a definite sexual motive occurred on 5 August 1979. The victim was a 16-year-old named Alison Chambers, who had run away from a local children's home to become the Wests' live-in nanny in the middle of 1979. Chambers is believed to have lived within their household for several weeks before her murder, and Rose promised Chambers she could live at a rural "peaceful farm" she claimed she and her husband owned. [122] Her body was also buried in the garden of Cromwell Street, close to the bathroom wall, and although Chambers was likely dismembered, [123] her skeleton was not marked by striations as the earlier victims' bodies had been. In an effort to allay any concerns from Chambers' family (with whom she maintained regular correspondence), Fred and Rose later posted a letter, written by Chambers to her mother prior to her murder, from a Northamptonshire post box. [124] Abuse [ edit ] The West family, pictured in their Cromwell Street home on the date of Anna Marie West's January 1984 marriage. Heather, aged 13, is at the extreme right One victim who was almost certainly killed by West was his former girlfriend Anne McFall who like the others, was found in a shallow grave with body parts missing. West denied it.