Step-daughter Charmaine was first to die
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Rosemary West has been found guilty of the murders of Heather West, her eldest daughter, Charmaine West, the daughter of the first wife of her husband Frederick, and Shirley Robinson, an 18-year-old from a broken home who came to live with the West family and was pregnant by Frederick West. Charmaine, the first to be murdered, disappeared in around Jun 1971, with other members of the family having been told that she had gone to live with her mother.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1995
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'I made them, I can do what I like with them.' (Frederick and Rosemary West both had backgrounds which made them turn to murder)
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Frederick and Rosemary West both came from dysfunctional homes, and were brought up in an atmosphere of fear and repression. This background made them capable of great evil, even towards their own children. Rosemary West became increasingly dominant in their relationship, and had an extremely violent temper. They sexually abused their own children, with one daughter even becoming pregnant by her own father.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1995
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