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An English serial killer who collaborated with her husband, in the torture and murder of at least nine young women

Rose and Fred West

By Lesedi MolutsiPublished about a month ago 11 min read
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Behind closed doors, on a peaceful Gloucester, England street, there is a cruel atrocity occurring—the most heinous act of violence you can imagine—that is unthinkably evil. Caroline Roberts, 17, is being held captive by a husband and a wife, a couple who take great pleasure in torturing her. I have never come across an instance of sexual predators as horrible as this one. After being raped and beaten for twelve hours, Caroline believes her time is running out. I almost died the night they had me. She is the one who choked me. Once you have been there and experienced that, you will never be the same. Caroline is the only surviver of a horrifying 20-year murderous spree.

A house of horrors buried the majority of the twelve young women who had been raped, tortured, and disfigured. Rose and Fred West lived 25 Cromwell Street. The extent of their devastation is nearly inconceivable. Over two decades of sexual assault and death. When biographer Jeffrey traces the Wests' history, it will astound you. He discovers an instantaneous, deadly love. Frederick West picked up fifteen-year-old Rosemarie at a bus stop. It appeared to be a magnetic force. One saw in the other that the other was a manipulator and the other was a victim, and vice versa. Rose, in my opinion, tricked Fred more than he liked to admit.

Despite his early sexual obsession, Fred West finds his equal in Rose. Rose West suffered from severe childhood maltreatment at the hands of her father starting at an early age. She thus utilised her sexuality as a form of protection, but she also began to relish the ability to manipulate others. The Wests' life will be dominated by sex, but they will not settle for the comforts of a typical marriage. For many years, Frederick West shared Rose without any trouble at all with a wide range of individuals. Rosemary West was sexualized in a way that was addictive. An addictive quality to her character that was further fueled and intensified, made even more incendiary by West, which just becomes a forest fire you cannot stop. 

In search of a fresh sexual thrill, the Wests scour the countryside ahead in search of hitchhikers and come across Caroline Roberts. A part of her was telling her not to be impolite, even if her first instinct was to not get in the car. Caroline's hasty decision will alter her life indefinitely. She have been raped, battered, and sexually assaulted for twelve hours. Ultimately, she was prepared to pass away. She hears someone outside and realises it is her time to get away. She simply thought, Give me death. It was suffocating her. Let me die, she thought, but something keeps the Wests from killing her. Caroline is free to go. Caroline always seemed so lucky to me. The Wests' attack on Caroline Roberts results in their conviction for indecent assault.

They receive a meagre fine and are free to leave. Such leniency will not be extended to the next group of females that the Wests kidnap. Lead investigator in a case that will plague England for generations was Detective John Bennett. Anyone who came into contact with this string of crimes in any way was startled. Fred West has been getting away with murder for years. Rose West was a local resident who worked as a landlord, a wife, and a mother. She spoke with the neighbours, and none wanted to think that a lady could be responsible for the crimes that she was.

Rose and Fred's covert double life consists of stalking the English countryside in search of young girls to prey on. Eight of these women will be buried beneath the West residence by 1978. Regretfully, in my opinion, the final breath these young victims took before passing away was the finest thing that could have happened to them. For days or perhaps weeks, the Wests' victims endure sexual torture. Fred West lacked morality and was a truly terrible man. Adolescent girls were his intended victims. Fred's wife is the one thing that surpasses his twisted ambitions. Rose West would be engaged in endless, day-in, day-out sexual activities of every imaginable heinous kind.

Rose and Fred are willing to kill their own flesh and blood. Their daughter Heather is discovered disclosing some of her parents' secrets in 1987. Nobody was safe in their presence, not even their own kids. Heather, like the eleven women who came before her, will perish in 1994. Following claims of sexual assault, social services are tasked with overseeing the West children. The terrifying family secret is revealed. After being taken away, the little children began to tell their carers about the family joke about where Heather was. What the police discover when they excavate the West family's home disgusts them. Skeletons mutilated and devoid of bones. Kneecaps: where were they? The finger bones were missing. Where were they? Where are the tiny bits of the toes?

I have always been positive that Fred took them out while the victims were still alive in order to immobilise them and keep them in the cellar. In addition to tying them up, you make sure they cannot escape. They have arrested the Wests. Fred confesses to nine murders within days. Fred ends his life to avoid a trial. Rose, who is accused of ten killings, briefly entered a plea of innocence at one stage during the trial and attempted to show remorse by shedding tears they questioned her about Heather. It is possible that those seated farther away believed there were tears present. There were no tears in her eyes, an individual sitting three or four feet away from her was observing her.

Though she might have desired to cry, the tears were absent. Caroline Roberts, who has been out of the West for almost 25 years, witnesses Rose's life sentence. The neighbourhood takes action after learning of the atrocities at 25 Cromwell Street, and the house is demolished to make space for a public promenade. The horror of what happened there will  never be erased.

Martha Beck

She made an impulsive choice to pursue a man. She desired to be loved by someone. She yearned for love, but her love quest will take her down a bad path. When two individuals unite, you never know what will transpire. The lonely life of Martha Beck will never be the same. He loved her regardless of how bad she was or how obese she was. A man and Martha Beck are going on their first date. Fernandes is really lovely. He had a really polished, smooth speaking style and came across as a rather worldly man. She fell fast in love with him. She wanted to date him.

She was unaware of his true identity. Ray Fernandez was chasing the gold and the money, not the love. Fernandez is a con artist who preys on lonely hearts like Martha Beck, and that is what he wanted. She was a mark, prey, and someone to try to take advantage of. When he realised that she did not have a lot of money, he was not interested in Martha anymore.  Martha wanted Ray Fernandez to love her so much. She will give up everything.

She decides to give up her kids because she is so devoted to this romanticised idea of who he is and what their relationship can be. The first indication that Martha Beck was becoming obsessed, is when she marches her two children to the Salvation Army, leaves them there, and never sees them again. This is practically a pathological commitment to Ray Fernandez, a man she hardly knows, but it is also a heartwarming display of devotion. In some way, he accepts the idea that she genuinely supports him and cares for him. At some point in a rather short duration of time he decides to put his cards on the table.

Ray admits to Martha that he makes a living by luring unmarried ladies and stealing their savings. That is a great idea, she remarked; I can be your sister and we can just work on it together. Beck was not repulsed to learn that Fernandez was defrauding ladies of their money. She did not like women, but she liked the thought of taking advantage of them, so it linked her to him. She was upset with them, and this gave her a chance to exact revenge on all the skinny girls who had gotten the gentlemen. 66-year-old Janet Fay, who is apparently much older and has the appearance of an elderly woman, joined forces with the deadly lovers and went after her lonely heart.

He believed they might take her belongings and money, which would last him for a long time. Martha poses as Ray's sister while he pursues his most recent target. Martha's jealousy is raging. She was unable to hide it on several occasions, which had dramatic consequences. In 1947, on Long Island, New York, two murderous lovers are working on their most recent victim; they were an odd couple. Although Martha Beck is not Ray's sister, these other women must have thought it odd because while Ray was wooing them, his sister was frequently around. The only lady who knows the true Ray Fernandez is her, and she is his lover.

A ship's hatch once collapsed on top of his head when he was a young man, and the accident was so bad that he lost a lot of his gorgeous, thick, dark hair. It had a significant impact on him. The portion of him that detested himself, the man who felt unattractive and ruined Ray's revelation, just makes Martha want him more. Ray was Martha's favourite, and she had no desire to share him with anyone. Due to her intense longing, Martha Beck and Janet Fay—Ray's most recent lonely heart—end up colliding. She was at her breaking point. She struck Janet so hard that she was gushing blood. Despite having a head wound, she was still alive.

That was not intended to happen. Ray finally killed Janet by strangulation; in the process, her teeth came loose because the con artist had turned into a killer. To give the impression that Janet is still alive, the murderous couple disposes of Janet's body and writes a letter to her daughter. Ray tells Martha a secret. Fernandez was drawn to Voodoo's darker side, almost its Hollywood aspect. He eventually started to believe that he could truly make love to and entice ladies. He thinks voodoo helps him choose susceptible ladies, such as Delphine Downing, a single mother, who will be readily enchanted.

Martha and Ray's next victim Delphine thought that her troubles in life would be resolved, she would live happily ever after, and she had at last found a spouse and a father for her small kid. She had no idea what was coming. When she saw Ray one day without his moustache, she was completely taken aback. When she realised she was being tricked by this phoney, she grew enraged and attempted to kick him out of the house. Ray feels insecure to the core, and Delphine's response hits it. After finding a gun inside the house, Ray put it to her head and squeezed the trigger.

They are now faced with a dilemma, even though they have removed Delphine, they still need to cope with the child. The child without a mother. The child was taken to the basement by Martha, who drowned her in a bathtub. Because of her relationship with Fernandez, Martha turned into a very terrible person who was so callous that she killed a victim's small toddler. Due to a suspicious letter sent to Janet Fay's daughter, the police are closing in on the cold-blooded murdering spree that was started by Martha and Ray's love. In order to provide the impression that she was still alive, Ray and Martha kept writing letters back, but they made a mistake. Mrs. Faye was not proficient at typing, therefore they were typing these on a typewriter. Delphine's home was searched by the police and they went down in the cellar. 

Inside the building, they discovered damp cement. The bodies of Delphine and her daughter were under the cement. On Long Island, Janet's body is discovered in another home. Fernandez and Martha were found guilty of first-degree capital murder following a contentious 44-day trial. Their love endures despite the weight of a death sentence. Even after their conviction in the death house, their relationship remained extremely turbulent. They would exchange letters in which they would vent their anger and jealously towards one another, make up, and finally declare their love for one another. Martha Beck had lost her children, her compassion, and her freedom because of her love for Ray Fernandez.

Now, it would finally claim her life in the notorious sing-sing death home. One of the most horrifying executions in the death house's history was that of Martha. It took four electrical shocks to kill her in the end. She endured a considerable lot of suffering before being declared deceased.

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