I had never heard of this until I found it on Reddit and was horrified. Kelly Anne, a 16 year old girl, was murdered by her 48 year old boyfriend, James Patterson Smith, in Manchester, England, in 1996. The two began a relationship when Bates was only 14. It ended with her death by drowning, following a month of torture by Smith. The pathologist who performed Kelly Anne's autopsy said her injuries were the most extensive he has ever seen. They included burns, broken bones, stab wounds, partial scalping, crush type injuries, genital and other mutilation, as well as the gouging out of the girl's eyes days - and possibly weeks - before her death. She was beaten severely before Smith drowned her in the bathtub, an act he reported to the police as an accident.
Smith was convicted of Kelly Anne's murder and is currently serving a life sentence.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murd...lly_Anne_Bates
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