Mary Bell was born to cause trouble. From the age of eleven she was already committing hard crimes, such as violent assaults that would take a damaged psyche years to develop into. Bell had a great deal of rage inside of her that was due to a lack of love, support, and stability in her life. Bell’s stepfather was a man who made committing crimes a part of his livelihood. He spent most of his free time behind bars, and could never hold down a stable job to support his wife and child. Bell’s mother, who was only a teenager when she had Bell, would pawn her child off to anyone that would take her, even going so far as to give Bell to a complete stranger outside of an abortion clinic. The lack of love in Bell’s life was insuperable and visibly obvious, as she was known to tell peers in her school of her desires to project physical pain onto others.
Bell lived in a house that was just as empty as her life, and a pig sty, to boot. With parents who never cared about appearance or giving their child a loving home that she could be proud of, it was of no surprise that Bell would not care about the lives of others, as well. Bell was known to appear emotionless, and could never bond. On May 11, 1968, Mary Bell proved just that. From the age of eleven and on, Bell would attack small children with malice, but receive little punishment from the law due to her age. On May 25, 1968, Bell committed her first murder when she killed a four year-old boy. Two months l...
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