Perpetrator
Constance Kent
- Born
- 6 February 1844
- Died
- 10 April 1944, aged about 100
- Record
- Wikidata Q5163554 · Wikipedia
Perpetrator in The Road Hill House Murder
Francis's half-sister; confessed in 1865, served twenty years, and later lived in Australia as nurse Ruth Emilie Kaye.
1860–1865 · Road (now Rode), Wiltshire, England · Convicted
A three-year-old taken from his cot in a Wiltshire country house in 1860. Five years later his half-sister walked into Bow Street and confessed. Read the case.
Dated events
Constance Kent is born at Sidmouth, Devon.
Constance's mother dies; Samuel Kent later marries the family governess, Mary Pratt.
Francis Saville Kent is found dead in the garden privy at Road Hill House.