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Amanda Bell Murder Case Study
The description of the type of the crime as it was analyzed from the report that was provided, shows us that the murderer suffered from mental disorders, which led him in to doing this action. The case refers to a 13 year old girl from Island Harbor in Wessex named Amanda Bell that was reported to be missing on Thursday 5th July 2012 after she went for a bicycle ride in order to practice for the school sports day. Her parents in cooperation with the police that joined the search started looking for her and finally managed to find her dead the next morning. The fact that she was found partially clothed being naked from the waist down, with her hands bound behind her back, a ligature round her neck and a sanitary towel pushed in to her mouth

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