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Vicious crimes of 11-year-old child killer Mary Bell who was granted lifelong anonymity
The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxA day after her 11th birthday, Mary Bell strangled a 4-year-old boy to death in an abandoned home near Scotswood in Newcastle.She left a sloppy, handwritten note nearby, which said: “I murder so that I may come back.”Two months later, on July 31 1968, another child, 3-year-old Brian Howe, was strangled and killed in the same area.He was found with an “M” carved into his abdomen, with his hair cut off and his legs and genitals mutilated.Mary Bell killed Brian and told her friend Norma Bell, no relation.
