44: Murders by Children: Bresha Meadows & Mary Bell

This week we bring you two cases of CHILDREN WHO MURDER. Rachel tells the story of Bresha Meadows. After experiencing years of horrific abuse, a 14-year-old Bresha took matters into her own hands. One day when her father was asleep on the couch, Bresha found the gun he kept under his pillow and shot him. She thought the police would be on her side but instead, they arrested her. She was charged with involuntary manslaughter. Luckily, she avoided being charged as an adult, meaning she would not be sentenced to life in prison. Still, Bresha's symptoms of PTSD and depression worsened when she was in juvenile detention. Nathalie then tells the story of Mary Bell. As a young girl, Mary seemed to derive great joy from strangling other children. There were many incidents that were ignored or not taken seriously by adults where Mary became violent with others. When she was just ten years old, she murdered two young boys by strangling them. Mary was eventually and remained in custody until she was 23. She did not commit any additional murders (to our knowledge) after her release. Rachel's Sources: https://www.standffov.org/statistics https://www.thehotline.org/ https://ncadv.org/STATISTICS https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bresha-meadows-thought-youd-understand_n_5da48081e4b087efdbb23973?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGqv43kalf043qklyzwdpysufNyo8O9_4VsFyQQucZC-YJWhmMjolI2pbvzdirDnO7IL1xODqL6sEX5Bm4XaWLX-5c4jrcBcw9aJYAgb7iQF8VAOcjNJ6Q9Mjy2oztxvNzSneulHP5EdzpvgWJ4Dtk9CZQJK3yD9pNF3RjAp-dpZ