Are you looking for your Brian?" asked Mary Bell. Brian’s sister, Pat, was worried about the missing toddler, who should have been home by now. A small, three-year-old boy with fair hair, Brian Howe usually played close to home. Mary and her best friend, Norma, eagerly offered to help search for him. They led Pat through the neighborhood, looking here and there, all the while knowing exactly where Brian was. Mary Bell at 10 They …showed first 75 words of 600 total…

…showed last 75 words of 600 total…or both, had seen Brian die. And one of them was probably the killer. Brian Howe was buried on August 7th. Detective Dobson was there: "Mary Bell was standing in front of the Howe’s house when the coffin was brought out. I was, of course, watching her. And it was when I saw her there that I knew I did not dare risk another day. She stood there, laughing. Laughing and rubbing her hands.