rena costello was fred west‘s first wife, charmaine‘s mother.marcle with another victim, anne mcfall discovered nearby. to stand there and think that somebody has actually come up here and disposed of two sets of remains, it was chilling. were you close with your brother? well, yeah, we were always close, but, i mean, we didn't live in one another's pockets. it was particularly hard for the west family, wasn‘t it, who still lived at much marcle? you‘ve still got doug west living in the village, and we spoke on several occasions. i‘d known doug from some years before as well. i think you had to feel somewhat sorry that they were being put into this predicament, this situation, that an element of their family had been carrying out such horrendous crimes. as far as i knew, that he wasjust the same as us, a happy family man. you see it on plays and television, and it goes on and on, and you think, well, that could never happen in real life. but it has. by the middle ofjune, the body count had reached 12, and fred and rose west were being held in cus