November 29, 1953 - Rosemary West
Her case stands out not only for its duration and scope but for the domestic setting in which the crimes unfolded — a family home that concealed the remains of victims for years. The partnership with her husband amplified the harm each might have caused alone, and her active role throughout placed her among a rare cohort of women convicted of serial murder in Britain. She remains one of only a small number of people in England and Wales subject to a whole life order, meaning release is categorically excluded.
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Rosemary Pauline West (née Letts; born 29 November 1953) is an English serial killer who collaborated with her husband, Fred West, in the torture and murder of at least nine young women between 1973 and 1987; she also murdered her eight-year-old stepdaughter, Charmaine, in 1971. The majority of these murders took place at the West residence at 25 Cromwell Street in Gloucester.
Rose is currently an inmate at New Hall Prison in Flockton, West Yorkshire, after being convicted in 1995 and sentenced to ten life terms with a whole life order. Fred committed suicide in prison that same year while awaiting trial, following the couple's arrest in 1994.
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