House of Horrors: A Tale of Unfathomable Crime

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Continuing her act, when Fred attempted to contact her, she snubbed him not wanting to have anything to do with such a despicable person.
After making bail, Rose moved into a halfway house with her son Stephen and her daughter Mae. The police weren’t convinced of her innocence and bugged the house. Nevertheless, Rose stuck to it and never spoke of anything that would involve her in murder. Only charges of sexual offense remained against her.
As can be imagined, the town of Glouchester was flooded with the media. The attention had a tremendous impact on the small town. The West’s house came to be called by the fitting name of “House of Horrors”. The residents there were in disbelief that this unimaginable crime spree had been going on in their town for 20 years.

The Trial
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She watched as they were tortured and raped. She was then raped by Fred and sexually assaulted by Rose. She was one of the lucky ones that left with her life.
It wasn’t hard for the jury to come back with a unanimous verdict of guilty on 10 counts of murder. Rose received life in prison.

The Aftermath
The “House of Horrors” at 25 Cromwell Street in Gloucester where nine bodies were found was demolished in October of 1996. However, there seemed to be a curse that affected many of the people associated with Rose and Fred West.
John West, Fred’s brother, hanged himself while awaiting the verdict for the rape of his own niece Anne Marie.
Anne Marie continued to suffer from the memories of her distorted childhood. In 1999, she attempted suicide by jumping from a bridge. She was rescued leaving her to live another day with the memory of the horrors from her childhood.
Stephen West, the son of Rose and Fred, attempted to commit suicide in 2002 in the same manner as his father and uncle by hanging himself. However, it wasn’t meant to be because the rope

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