Anne Perry, crime novelist with her own murder record, dies at 84

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15. Unlike her accomplice Pauline Parker, Juliet Hulme never showed real remorse

Ever. And became a wingnut Mormon who denied she had a same-sex relationship, even though she did.

Following her release from prison, Parker was given a new identity as Hilary Nathan, and spent some time in New Zealand under close surveillance before being allowed to leave for England. From at least 1992, she was living in the small village of Hoo, near Strood, Kent, and running a children's riding school. As an adult, she became a devout Roman Catholic. While she has never spoken to the press, in a 1996 statement released through her sister she expressed strong remorse for having killed her mother. Her sister further stated that "[Pauline] committed the most terrible crime and has spent 40 years repaying it by keeping away from people and doing her own little thing ... After it happened, she was very sorry about it. It took her about five years to realise what she had done."

Hulme never made any such statement, and her parents' lofty position in society allowed them to shield her until they could destroy her journals and other evidence. Parker, who was blue collar, did not have that protection.

Watch Heavenly Creatures. It is very accurate, down to Parker's journals being read as narration, and the young Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynsky are so good! Peter Jackson directed and wrote it. I saw it in the theatre -- so good.