the father rapes his daughter not once but twice or more and video tapes it
not only that both the wife n husband killed almost abt 30 people
Investigation, arrest, and conviction
Their only known victim after 1979 was their daughter Heather, who was killed in June 1987 at the age of 16.
In May 1992, West raped his 13-year-old daughter at Cromwell Street and filmed it, and then raped her twice afterwards. She discussed the incident with her brothers and sisters, who told friends at school. In early August, the police decided to investigate, leading to Fred West being charged with 12 counts of murder, with Rose as an accomplice. She was also charged with child cruelty, and the remaining children were placed in foster care.
The rape case against the Wests collapsed when the two main witnesses declined to testify on June 7, 1993. The police obtained a further search warrant in February 1994, allowing them to excavate the garden in search of Heather. They started searching the house and excavating the garden on February 25, 1994. After Fred's arrest, the police uncovered human bones.[5] West confessed, retracted and then re-confessed to the murder of his daughter, denying that Rose was involved. Rose was not arrested until April 1994, initially on sex offences but later charged with murder. Further bodies were found and, on March 4, West admitted nine more murders, including his first wife and Anna McFall.
Fred and Rose West were tried in Gloucester on June 30, 1994. Fred was charged with 11 murders and Rosemary with 10. Immediately afterwards Fred West was arrested on suspicion of murdering Ann McFall, whose body had been found on June 7, 1994. On the evening of July 3, 1994, he was charged with her murder. The following morning he was returned to Winson Green Prison, Birmingham, where he had been held for several weeks before the hearing.
On January 1, 1995, Fred West committed suicide in his cell at Winson Green by hanging himself. His brief funeral was held in Coventry on March 29, 1995. West was cremated with only three of his children present.
The evidence against Rose was circumstantial; unlike her husband, she did not confess. She was tried in October 1995, found guilty of all 10 murders and sentenced to life imprisonment.[6] The trial judge recommended that she should never be released, and 18 months later Home Secretary Jack Straw agreed with this recommendation.
In October 1996 the Wests' house at 25 Cromwell Street was demolished and the site made into a pathway. Every brick was crushed and every timber was burnt to discourage souvenir hunters.
During questioning, Fred West had confessed to killing up to 30 people. Nearly 13 years after his death, police have not identified or discovered any more victims.
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