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Why Kelly Anne Bates’ Murder Is One Of The Most Disturbing In History On April 16, 1996, James Patterson Smith told police that his teenage girlfriend, Kelly Anne Bates, had accidentally drowned. But the injuries found on her body indicated torture and murder far worse than they could ever imagine.⠀ ⠀ Smith had a long history of abusing the women he lived with. His first marriage ended in accusations of physical violence. And other women Smith had dated told similar stories. Ironically, he even tried to drown a 15-year-old girlfriend years earlier. ⠀ ⠀ Click the link in our bio for the full story. Kelly Anne Bates (18 May 1978 – 16 April 1996) was an English teenager who was murdered in Manchester, England at the age of 17 by her abuser, James Patterson Smith (born c. 1948). She was tortured by him over a period of four weeks, including having her eyes gouged from their sockets up to three weeks before her death, before being drowned in a bathtub. The murder inquiry was headed by Detec
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