“In May 1968, just a day before turning 11, Mary Bell committed her first murder” (History Defined). Shamelessly, the malevolent child left as "four-year-old Martin Brown's lifeless body was discovered lying on the floor inside a boarded-up with blood and saliva trickling down his cheek” (The Crimes). Bell was reported to seem “excited by the murder” as “she kept smiling, as though it was a huge joke” (The Crimes). Instinctive killings are not a part of human nature, but rather gruesome deeds, much like the ones committed by Bell. Mary's mother was extremely abusive, leading her to follow the influences of her mother because her childhood environment shapes morals. At just 5 years old, her mother attempted to “end Mary’s life on multiple occasions,”