Even after Dave admitted to them that he was actually 48, 1 year older than Kellys dad. I know your only saying this to get attention & unfortunately we are giving it to you!! Margaret Bates contacted the local police before her daughters death and described her concerns: Bates regularly came home with bruises and occasionally with bite marks. . European countries are lax on punishment for violent crimes. Their son, Jack was born in 1998. Obituary James Patterson Smith 1935 - 2020 Leave a Tribute. Warning signs arose as Bates's relationship with Smith progressed. The book featuring Alex Cross, an African-American homicide detective, topped the bestseller charts not only due to its racy plot but also due to Patterson using all his advertising experience to create a TV commercial to promote the book, a step that was completely out of the ordinary in the publishing industry of those times. That way Kelly would still be alive., Jeffrey Dahmer, also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal, was one of America's most notorious serial killers. Home; Bibliography; . She told her parents about it who tried to stop her from moving in with him, but couldnt do anything. Despite the overwhelming evidence of his torture, James maintained Kellys death happened on accident, and that her injuries were self-inflicted. James Brendan Patterson was born in Newburgh, New York on March 22, 1947 to Charles and Isabelle Patterson. Margret searched around for more details about her daughters boyfriend but came up empty-handed because she asked if anyone knew the 32-year-old James Patterson Smith, but in fact, Smith was actually 49 years old,33 years older than Kelly. She no longer went out. You are a highly dangerous person. 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In the month before her death, Batess family lost all contact with her. An initially taken-aback Little, Brown and Company came on board and agreed to share half the cost of production and telecast of the commercial with Patterson footing the other half. Yall crack me up. Even with all of the proof that this was obviously a murder, James stuck to his story: hed done nothing wrong at all Kelly Ann had been crazy, every bit of this had been self inflicted, shed tortured herself! Kelly often babysat for families in her area. In the tenth and final episode of British Murders Season 4, I tell the story of James Patterson Smith and Kelly-Anne Bates. On April 16, 1996, middle-aged James Smith drowned his 17-year-old girlfriend, Kelly-Anne, in the bath. Kelly-Anne had been brutally tortured by James for around 4 weeks prior to being murdered. Poor girl. She also maintained her bite marks happened on "accident.". She was tortured by him over a period of four weeks . Over the next few months, Kelly continued to see James off and on. He was born January 17, 1944, in Clarksville, Arkansas, to the late Franklin Marion (F. M.) and Lucy Leo Patterson and moved to Fort Smith with his family as a child. Even though she was only 17 at the time, she could legally decide to live with Smith in the eyes of the law. Before she drowned, she had been beaten over the head with the shower head. As a teenager, James took up employment as an orderly working the night shifts in Mclean Hospital in Belmont to pay the college fee. Despite the intense suffering that Kelly Anne must have experienced in the weeks leading up to her death, it appears to me that because her murder was the only one Smith had been convicted of, giving him a whole life sentence was not something the judge had the power to do. In 2005, James Patterson wrote the first of the Maximum Ride series of science-fiction novels after realizing that his son, Jack, did not show much of an interest in reading. Her mother begs her to leave Dave, but Kelly refuses. In 1973, Britain was rocked by the extremely grisly murder of three young children by Christine Paolilla was bullied at school because of her alopecia. Soon Margret and Tammy had enough of Kelly not visiting their home for several days and wanted to meet her to see how she was doing. She knew something was wrong, but was powerless to intervene. Sentencing him, the judge Mr Justice Sachs said: 'This has been a terrible case; a catalogue of depravity by one human being upon another. Just asking cuz u talk differently than we do. While trips to Smiths house were common for Kelly, her parents once followed her to Smiths house. That will be the last time they spoke to each other. She always claimed she fell or even tripped. Yeah, hes a goof, but you dont have to use derogatory terms pertaining to intellectual disability and female genitalia to insult the pos. James Patterson Smith, 49, was found guilty of murdering Kelly He worked on The Midnight Club by first making a draft of the plot with all the important events and then fleshed out the story with description and detail while improving the language. Your a Dumb Bitch to Blame the Parents. She came home and one side of her face was black. Police were unable to pursue Smith at that time because he had no prior criminal record, and no one had previously reported him for domestic abuse. A spokesperson for the Parole Board said: 'We can confirm that a panel of the Parole Board refused the release of James Smith following an oral hearing. Her death must have been merciful, the jury would be told. I know I shouldn't say this, but I wish I'd killed him the first time I saw him. Id happily execute this pos. When Patterson resumed writing, he changed his writing style. The injuries listed to the court included: multiple stab wounds caused by knives, forks and scissors, both eyes gouged out, partial scalping and mutilation to her ears, nose, eyebrows, mouth, lips and genitalia. Smith is a poster-child for human depravity, cruelty, and sheer evil. I am terribly sickened, shocked and disgusted by what was done to this poor little girl! On April 16, 1996 Smith walked into his local police station to report Kellys accidental death by drowning. Sometimes not returning home for two days at a time. His ex wife described him as a sadistic misogynist and it seems that every female this man had ever been involved with was mercilessly abused. But for 17-year-old Kelly-Anne Bates, that was the horrific reality of the final weeks of her life. She gave everything to her first love even her life. When James was quite young, the entire family moved to Boston, where James lived with his parents, three younger sisters, and his grandmother in a poorhouse. In addition to his staple of crime fiction series, Patterson has regularly written stand-alone novels; while many are thrillers and crime fiction penned in the best traditions of the genres, books like Sundays at Tiffanys (2008), co-written with Gabrielle Charbonnet, were a supernatural romance, The Christmas Wedding (2011), co-authored with Richard DiLallo, a family drama, and The Murder of King Tut: The Plot to Kill the Child King (2009), written in collaboration with Martin Dugard, a historical non-fiction. And his name wasnt Dave, it was Jimmy. She was also starved for a prolonged period of time and even denied water. Despite their 32-year age difference, Bates moved in with Smith. Visitation: Wednesday 2-4 & 6-8 p.m.; Devlin Funeral Home, Inc., Ross Twp. Both of her eyes had been gauged out and her empty eye sockets had been stabbed. The 48 year old unemployed divorcee from Manchester, England offered to walk the girl home, and from that point on he began to groom his future victim. At the trial, James continued to declare his innocence. James Patterson married Susan who also worked in JWT, in 1977, and the couple settled in Florida, where they still spend most of their time. Pathetic cunt. Her parents could have forbade her from seeing Dave, however they took some pride in the independence and confidence she exuded and opted to allow the relationship, for now. If true, youre not telling us the whole storyyou dont get anywhere near that long a sentence for being on drugs. James Patterson - Jane Smith Jane Smith is the first book in the Jane Smith series by James Patterson and Mike Lupica. I would not have been so polite. She did not visit her family and spoke to them on the phone most of the time. On March 10, 1996, Margret called Kelly to inform her that she had missed a dentist appointment. James Patterson Smith was sentenced to serve at least 20 years in prison, and the judge recommended that he never be released and lets hope he never is. Pleased with this new style of colloquial storytelling, by the early 90s, he was writing in an unembellished style streamlined WITH fast-paced plots in small chapters. The date of the next review will be set by the Ministry of Justice.'. James Patterson was born on June 29, 1932 and died on August 19, 1972. Patterson has a history of mistreating the people with whom he shared a home. James Patterson Smith, 49, was found guilty of murdering Kelly Anne Bates at the home they shared in Gorton, Greater Manchester, in the north west. 'Parole Board decisions are solely focused on what risk a prisoner could represent to the public if released and whether that risk is manageable in the community. "This has been a terrible case; a catalogue of depravity by one human being upon another. During the trial, she told the court that he once held her head under water in the kitchen sink. Bates's story is particularly harrowing. Cant think why anybody in their right mind would be happy to live there if they knew about that aspect of its history. She was unaware Smith abused multiple young women prior. Always a mature, bubbly girl, Kelly was friendly with an older crowd, so for her mother Margaret, it was no surprise when at 16-years-old, the teenager told her she had an older boyfriend. However, as Margaret Bates puts it, when she first met Dave Smith, the hairs on the back of my neck went up. Not just an older boyfriend, Smith was in fact 32-years-old. Even if she were 35, thats no excuse. James E. Smith. How could they not? 'It is standard for the prisoner and witnesses to be questioned at length during the hearing which often lasts a full day or more. It was determined that Bates could have been blinded up to three weeks before finally perishing. I know it said she wanted to be a teacher and she did sports but thats really vague. This man had tried to drown the 15 year old girlfriend hed been with just before Kelly Anne by holding her head under the kitchen sink. Her emaciated body revealed 150 separate injury sites. Her emaciated body revealed 150 separate injury sites. For the shit he did to her i wish he has a life of painful guilt. While growing up, Bates was a strong girl that loved playing sports. I suspected Smith was hitting her, but Kelly-Anne denied it.'. She had been beaten, burned and stabbed; her kneecaps had been smashed so she couldnt walk, she had been blinded, starved, refused water, tied up and finally drowned, after being knocked unconscious with a showerhead. William Lawler, the Home Office pathologist who examined her body said: 'In my career, I have examined almost 600 bodies of victims of homicide but I have never come across injuries so extensive.'. I am filled will disgust at this man, like wth makes some body be such an revolting person. He did no violant crimes, wasnt a thieve, wasnt an abuser, had a good job and a productive member of society. He killed her months later. He was no different to Kelly Anne Bates but instead escalated the abuse to a frightening new level. Fingertip bruising around her neck. Kelly told her family that she and her boyfriend met in 1993 when Kelly was 14 years old. James "Bootsy" Patterson, 64, of Beaufort, passed away on Monday, January 2, 2023, at the Crystal Coast Hospice House of Newport. Thomas Alexander Downie, 99, Bradenton, died March 7, 2017. He is a very evil man. Prior to her death, Kelly-Anne had suffered shocking injuries including scolding of her buttocks and legs, stab wounds inside her mouth and mutilation of her body. In addition to the Alex Cross crime novels that had caught the fancy of the readers, many of which, have also been made into films, Patterson has written many other crime novel series like Women's Murder Club series, Michael Bennett series, Private series, and NYPD Red series. She had been partially scalped. Proudly powered by WordPress He achieved his first big success with his novel Along Came a Spider in 1993. I need a cheap laptop, microphones, etc. He turned to Smith and said: You are an abuser of women and I intent, so far as it is in my power, that you will abuse no more.. Is the house in which she was tortured and murdered still standing, I wonder? James Patterson Smith. The case went to trial, and prosecutors outlined the torture the girl suffered until she died, with one prosecutor telling the jury that the girls physical pain would have been intense, causing anguish and torment to the point of mental breakdown and collapse. Women who had been abused by Smith came forward during the trial to tell the court what he had done to them. He was commissioned a U.S. Margret was worried from the beginning, she wanted to go to the police, but Kelly was too old for the police to do anything, and she didnt listen to her mother. Reportedly, Smith used knives, pruning shears, forks, several pairs of scissors, and a spade to systematically harm the teen. I didnt know what to do. Her parents were apprehensive about going to the house and checking up on her as they were afraid that their interference could backfire and push their daughter even further away. Smith claimed they had been going at it in the bath when she swallowed water and accidentally died.3 However, it was as clear as day that this was no accident. Find details for every James Patterson book, including a complete list of all his books in order. By Andy Gardner For Mailonline Smith allegedly kept Bates in the same hole months later. Playing the perfect gentleman, he walked her home that night to keep her safe.1 The grooming process was so secretive that Bates parents didnt even meet Smith until two years later, when they were finally introduced to the much-older man. Devastated by the death of his girlfriend, Jane, due to a brain tumor, he developed high blood pressure and other medical conditions and quit writing to focus on his job. Kelly promised she would come home to visit the family on Mothers Day the next Sunday, but she never did. he is going to die alone in prison as a sick sad old man. But even after her eyeballs had been removed, theres proof that her killer often stabbed her through the empty sockets. James grew up in Bloomfield, Indiana and was raised on his parents' farm. By age 16, she is spending even more time with him at his home, not even bothering to call her parents. Her hair was dirty, greasy and unkempt. This man,s depravity coupled by the lack of awareness of his actions are highly appalling. Her parents noted how the 16-year-old repeatedly came home with bruises and bite marks, which she dismissed. Within a couple of years, he rose to become the creative director of JWT. James was born on February 20, 1928, to the late Willis and Glenna Smith. The coroner reported Bates had a broken arm and shattered kneecaps. He is currently a misogynist, sadist , and torture murderer . Nicely put , my dear. He will only be in his 60s when he has a chance of getting out!! Once I was having a bath and he got me by the throat and tried to push me under the water.4, During the trial, Smith claimed that Bates would put me through hell winding me up. In an attempt to excuse his violent actions, he told the jury that Bates taunted him about his dead mother. 'I vividly recall seeing our bread knife in the kitchen and wanting to pick it up and stab him in the back. Doc Savage #2. I rescued my son from across the country when he was in trouble. Her parents share the blame. Smith denied murder but the jury took just one hour to find him guilty. J ames Patterson Smith (49) was found guilty of murdering Kelly Anne Bates at the home they shared in Gorton, . All Rights Reserved., Killers found not guilty by reason of insanity. Is a great reason for the monarchy to reinstate beheading. Worse than the case of Sylvia Liken, Just bone chilling. She decided to keep many aspects of their relationship a secret, thinking her parents wouldnt understand. She stops seeing her mother, telling her she got a job, and had opportunity for overtime. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. 'You are a highly dangerous person. Horrifying facts and disturbing details about real cases that shocked. He was charming and Kelly felt good about the attention he gave her. Agence France-Presse Wed, 19 Nov 1997 LONDON, Nov 20 (AFP) - A sadist who systematically tortured his 17-year-old girlfriend for up to a month before drowning her in the bath was jailed for a minimum of 20 years Wednesday. When the phone calls back home became sporadic and the birthday and Christmas cards were signed by Smith and not Bates, her family became increasingly concerned for her well-being and contacted their doctor and the police. A Veteran of the US Air Force he attended Girard . By March 1996, Batess parents - Margaret and Tommy Bates - recall having intermittently talked with their daughter on the phone, but they never saw her once she moved out. When her mom walked in, she found that one side of her face was just black. The reasoning of theyve only killed one person for a murderer to get a lesser sentence is absurd. I think about how much pain she must have been in, how she must have thought we didnt love her because we didnt save her, said her mother. Her parents consistently noticed bruises on their daughter, but as victims of domestic violence usually do, Kelly explained them away. She no longer felt like she could reach out to them, let them know what was happening with her relationship when she had done so much to make them happy with it. I stand by that. Show Notes. Kellys kneecaps and the bones in her hand had been shattered after being smashed, and her arm fractured, so there was no possible way that she couldve possibly fought back. ABSOLUTELY SICKENING. Sadistic James Patterson Smith brutally murdered Kelly-Anne Bates, 17, in 1996 Kelly-Anne was burnt, stabbed and had her eyes gouged out before being killed Smith, now 74, was jailed for 25. Kelly's case sparked fury across the UK when it emerged she had over 150 separate injuries on her body when she died. 'Evidence from witnesses such as probation officers, psychiatrists and psychologists, officials supervising the offender in prison as well as victim personal statements may be given at the hearing. Soon after telling her family about James, on November 30, 1995, Kelly left her family home and moved South to live with her unemployed boyfriend. All of this was revealed on April 16, 1996, when Smith went to the Gorton Police Station and said he had inadvertently killed Kelly Anne Bates while she was lying in a bathtub, drowning her. Another time, her hand was bruised. They knew something was wrong at that point, but Kelly Anne Bates was murdered before they could intervene. She was taken under the As a young boy, Ming Sen Shiue had developed a crush on his algebra teacher. Would love your thoughts, please comment. Knowing Kelly had lied to her parents, not once, but multiple times, he used that to drive a deeper wedge between her and her family. Or hot iron torture. The pathologist stated that, In my career, I have examined almost 600 victims of homicide but I have never come across injuries so extensive.. Kelly, he said, had provoked him to kill her by taunting him about his mothers death. On April 16, 1996, middle-aged James Smith drowned his 17-year-old girlfriend, Kelly-Anne, in the bath.. He had gouged out her eyes, probably with his hands, up to three weeks before her death and stabbed her in the face and body with scissors and forks, Manchester Crown Court heard.