Fred West had a troubled childhood, experiencing incest and bestiality at a young age. He had several accidents later in life that seemed to change his personality and make him prone to fits of rage. He was convicted of molesting a teenage girl at age 20. Rose West also experienced abuse and trauma as a child. She met Fred West as a teenager and they later married and killed at least 10 women and girls together between 1967 and 1987, burying many of the victims in their home. They were both eventually arrested and convicted for their crimes.