Sometime during the night of 29 June and the morning of 30 June 1860, Francis "Saville" Kent, almost four years old, disappeared from his room in his father's, Samuel Kent's, house called the Road Hill House, in the village of Rode, then in Wiltshire. His body was found in the vault of an outhouse on the property. The child, still dressed in his nightshirt and wrapped in a blanket, had knife wounds on his chest and hands, and his throat was slashed so deeply that the body was almost decapitated. The boy's nursemaid, Elizabeth Gough, was initially arrested but later released.
Constance was prosecuted for the murder five years later, in 1865. She was sentenced to death, but this was commuted to life in prison owing to her youth at the time and her confession. She served twenty years in a number of gaols, including Millbank Prison, and was released in 1885, at the age of 41. During her time in prison, she produced mosaics for a number of churches, including work for the crypt of St. Paul's cathedral.
To read Constance's full story and life history follow this Wikipedia link
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Kent
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65158658/constance-emily-kent/
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