Kelly Ann Bates

Kelly Ann Bates () was an English girl who was abducted, raped, abused, neglected, malnourished, starved, dehydrated, and torture-murdered.Ward, David; Wilson, Jamie (20 November 1997). "Man who tortured girl to death jailed for life". The Guardian. London. p. 9. Her abusive groomer, James Patterson Smith, abducted and abused her for about a month before drowning her in his bathtub. 

Smith was arrested and sentenced to life in prison.Greer, Germaine (1999). The Whole Woman. New York: A. A. Knopf. pp. 296–297. ISBN 978-0-375-40747-5.

 Biography   
Kelly Ann Bates was born in Hattersley, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom. Her mother, Margaret Bates, was born in  and died in 2020.

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Category:Murder in England
Category:Murder in 1996
Category:Violence against women
Category:Murdered children
Category:Torture victims