According to a British media report on September 18, on September 11, a murder case occurred in the city of Spire Hedingham in Essex, UK. In an apartment, a father and his daughter were found dead with knife wounds. The police initially speculated that the father killed his daughter and then committed suicide, but the latest investigation revealed that the 16-year-old daughter was the murderer, who killed her father and then took her own life. What deep hatred could have driven the daughter to kill her father?
On the morning of September 11, a picturesque village in Spire Hedingham was still immersed in tranquility, but after just a few minutes, the shrill sound of police cars woke up the sleeping residents. From a £750,000 apartment, the police first carried out the male owner, Costes, who had been stabbed multiple times and was already dead. Then they carried out Margaret, the eldest daughter of the family, who was barely alive. Not long after being sent to the hospital, Margaret succumbed to her injuries.
The police's preliminary investigation stated that the 48-year-old Costes used a knife to kill his 16-year-old daughter before committing suicide. After the incident, the victims' families and neighbors around them did not doubt the police's inference, as Costes, who was successful in his career, had a fiery temper, and people believed it was possible for him to do something foolish in a fit of rage. However, the subsequent investigation results were completely opposite.
Margaret, who was 16 years old, liked music, shopping, and chocolate. She was not only pretty but also well-liked by others. But only Margaret's parents knew that they had been battling with this "good girl" for nearly a year, trying hard to bring back their increasingly wayward daughter. Margaret met some delinquents at a bar and learned how to drink, smoke, and even consume marijuana from them. Later, she started staying out all night frequently. September 11 was the birthday of one of Margaret's younger sisters. That evening, Bernard was playing with the children in the living room while Margaret was called into the bedroom by her father for a talk. According to Bernard, she heard her husband shouting at their daughter and scolding her for getting involved with drugs. Afterward, several screams were heard. The police said that Margaret stabbed her father, Costes, fiercely in the chest several times and, in a panic, stabbed herself in the abdomen, leading to the occurrence of this bloody tragedy.
Translated by: Zhu Lei