The Fiction-like Reality of A Murderer: Constance Kent
The Road Hill House was gripped in chilling winds when a 16-year-old girl murdered her 3-year-old half-brother.
In the 1800s, England saw the imaginations of writers like Charles Dickens and Arthur Conan Doyle sparked by a gritty murder mystery. It is the chilling case of Constance Kent, who did not accept her crime until years later. The tragedy was deepened by her unnervingly calm reaction following her confession.
A Girl Who Lost Her Mother
During the year 1844 in England, a girl was born in the small town of Sidmouth on 6th February. Constance Kent was the child in the Kent household who proved troublesome as she grew. Due to her father, Samuel, being an inspector in the Home Office, she had a comfortable lifestyle. However, for quite some time, her mother was too weak to provide for her children.
The children, however, were still young and needed someone to look after them. Samuel then appointed Mary Drew Patt, who was way younger than Constance’s mother. When the governess entered the lives of the Kent family…
