A Judge Called Mary Bell A Monster When She Was Just 10 Years Old
Here’s what no one knew and she didn’t tell for 27 years.
Mary Bell was a monster at age 10. At least, that’s what adults said.
The judge said it. The prosecutor and doctor both said it. The jury said it. And most certainly the mothers of the two little boys she murdered said it.
A monster. Insane. Psychopath. Born evil, they said.
She murdered a four year old when she was 10. Enticed him into an abandoned building and squeezed her little hands around his neck until he was still. She was so little herself they couldn’t even tell how he died.
Police called his death a tragic accident, but a few days later, the little boy’s nursery school was vandalized. The vandals left notes to let police know it was murder. One note said “we did murder Martin Brown.”
The notes were written in Crayola. Crayon messages by a child. Investigators didn’t know if it was a sick joke or if they should take it seriously.
It was a rough and ugly neighborhood. Prostitution, poverty and drunks everywhere…
