According to a report by British media on September 18, on September 11, a homicide occurred in the city of Spel·Hedingham in Essex, England. A father and daughter were found dead in an apartment with stab wounds. The police initially speculated that the father had killed his daughter before committing suicide, but the latest investigation revealed that the 16-year-old daughter was the murderer, having killed her father before taking her own life. What deep grudge could have driven the daughter to kill her father?
On the morning of September 11, the picturesque village of Spel·Hedingham was still immersed in tranquility. Just minutes later, the shrill sound of police sirens woke up the sleeping residents. From a £750,000 apartment, the police first carried out the male owner, Costes, who had died from multiple stab wounds. Subsequently, 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 had used a knife to kill his 16-year-old daughter before committing suicide. After the incident, the victims' families and neighbors all accepted the police's conclusion without doubt because Costes, who was successful in his career, had a bad temper, and people believed it was possible for him to do something reckless in a fit of anger. However, the subsequent investigation results were completely contrary to this.
Margaret, aged 16, loved music, shopping, and chocolate. She was not only beautiful but also well-liked. But only Margaret's parents knew that they had been struggling with their "good girl" for nearly a year as they tried to bring their increasingly wayward daughter back on track. Margaret met some delinquents at a bar where she learned to drink, smoke, and even use marijuana. Eventually, she started staying out all night. 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, there were several screams. The police said that Margaret brutally stabbed her father several times in the chest and, in a panic, also stabbed herself in the abdomen, leading to this bloody tragedy.
Compiled and translated by Zhu Lei