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Mary Bell's Murder
4. Mary Bell

In 1968, an 11-year-old girl, Mary Bell was convicted of murdering two boys, Martin Brown (4) and Brian Howe (3). Bell strangled Martin Brown to death and left his body in an empty House in Newcastle, United Kingdom.

Unlike the first murder incident, two weeks later, Bell and her friend Norma Bell strangling Brian Howe. Bell carved the letter "M" with gungting in the stomach of the victim. Furthermore, he cut the hair of the victims and memutilasi his genitals.

Bell comes from a family that falls apart. His mother was a prostitute who is not present in the life of Bell. In 1980, Bell was released from prison and granted anonymity for life.

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