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At first I wasn't sure where to put this as although the child was severely abused and the story could therefore fit into the Crimes Against Children forum, I thought it a better fit here in view of how her life has turned out.
Ask a six year old girl what her dreams are, and she might tell you she wishes for a pony, or glittery bike - little Beth Thomas just longed to murder her parents and baby brother.
In chilling scenes which aired as part of a 1990 TV documentary titled Child of Rage, Beth matter-of-factly recalls torturing animals, killing nestfuls of baby birds and repeatedly smashing her younger sibling's head into the concrete floor of the family's basement.
Beth was so intent on killing her brother - and good at stealing knives from the kitchen - that their adoptive parents, Tim and Julie Tennent, would lock her in her room at night.
But Beth wasn't an evil child - she had been a victim of emotional and sexual abuse before she could walk, which led to her developing a rare attachment disorder which stopped her from trusting people, or knowing right from wrong.
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Whatever happened to the Child of Rage? A 1990 documentary about an emotionally neglected girl who wanted to kill her family in their sleep shocked the world... 35 years on, this is how her life turned out
Ask a six year old girl what her dreams are, and she might tell you she wishes for a pony, or glittery bike - little Beth Thomas just longed to murder her parents and baby brother.
In chilling scenes which aired as part of a 1990 TV documentary titled Child of Rage, Beth matter-of-factly recalls torturing animals, killing nestfuls of baby birds and repeatedly smashing her younger sibling's head into the concrete floor of the family's basement.
Beth was so intent on killing her brother - and good at stealing knives from the kitchen - that their adoptive parents, Tim and Julie Tennent, would lock her in her room at night.
But Beth wasn't an evil child - she had been a victim of emotional and sexual abuse before she could walk, which led to her developing a rare attachment disorder which stopped her from trusting people, or knowing right from wrong.
Child of Rage: How 'psychopath child' became award-winning nurse
Ask a six year old girl what her dreams are, and she might tell you she wishes for a pony, or glittery bike - little Beth Thomas just longed to murder her parents and baby brother.
