Before he killed a series of women with his husband, Rosemary West experienced a tragic childhood and was thought to be psychologically affected by the fetus.

Rosemary's parents are Bill and Daisy Letts. Daisy was described as a beautiful but shy and depressive woman who had to be treated with electric shock during Rosemary's pregnancy. Some experts later said that the exposure to electricity may have hurt Rosemary's psychology from the womb, making the woman tend to be violent even before she was born.

After being born in 1953 in the town of Northam, Devon County, England, Rosemary was not raised in a normal environment. Bill, a former naval officer, is obsessed with cleanliness and regularly beats his wife and children whenever they violate this principle. He also suffers from psychological problems, particularly schizophrenia, and is said to have sexually abused his own daughter.

However, Rosemary even found her own experience by harassing two younger brothers and boys living close to home. "It was a strange girl, but you would never expect her to do that. Letts' family sounds pretty normal, but we never know the things in the house," a neighbor recounted. .

The dark sides of sex and violence that Rosemary soon experienced culminated when she met Fred West at a bus stop in 1969. Fred, then 27, was searching for Charmaine, Rena's stepdaughter Costello, his first wife. Fred and Rosemary immediately fell in love with each other.

"Being abused by his father helps Rosemary no longer get beaten up, making her think that this is a way of showing her father's affection and actions. With these experiences, Rosemary feels comfortable with her actions. emotionally, although Fred is 12 years older than her, "criminologist Jane Carter Woodrow wrote in" Rose West: The Making of a Devil. "

Shortly after meeting, Rosemary married Fred and moved to live with him in the town of Gloucester despite his father's protests. However, Fred was sentenced to 9 months in 1971 for stealing, leaving Rosemary to take care of Heather, her first child with Fred and Anne Marie, Fred's biological son with Rena, as well as Charmaine.

Rosemary grew to hate Charmaine for the rebellion of this 8-year-old girl and killed her in the summer of 1971. Also during her husband's imprisonment, Rosemary began to work as a prostitute in their own home at 25 Cromwell Street. After Fred was released from prison, the couple buried Charmaine's body in the backyard and murdered her mother, Rena, when the woman came to find her child.

Fred and Rosemary went on to commit a series of crimes when they opened room service for passers-by, targeting frail young girls traveling alone in the city of Gloucester. Once entering this house, they are no longer able to escape.

Children living in the West family, including two daughters and one son of Rosemary, also endured a "hell-like" life due to beatings and rape. "People said that I was lucky to survive, but I once wished to die. I still feel fear and pain," Anne Marie said.

Anne Marie and Mae, Rosemary's biological daughters, were raped by their fathers and West payers. Anne Marie even had sexually transmitted diseases from her father as a teenager. This girl later became a witness against Fred and Rosemary in court.

The couple committed a series of crimes for many years, until Heather, their first child, disappeared in June 1987. Rosemary said her 16-year-old son was not missing, but decided to leave because he was a lesbian and wanted to have his own life.

However, the social workers responsible for investigating the risk of abuse at the West family alerted the police when the children expressed fears that they "would end up like Heather". In 1994, after searching the basement, the garden, and under the bathroom floor of the West family home, police discovered the bodies of Heather, Charmaine, Rena and eight other women.

Fred initially admitted all the sins and seemed to think this would make his wife feel grateful. However, Rosemary did not show any emotion when standing with her husband in court and confirmed that Fred was the only person responsible. Despite Rosemary's denial attempt, an autopsy showed that Charmaine was killed while Fred was in prison, meaning that the one who could only be Rosemary.

Fred hanged himself in his cell on January 1, 1995, weeks before the couple's trial. In October 1995, Rosemary was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 10 women, including Charmaine and Heather.