Fred West nació el 29 de septiembre de 1941 en Reino Unido. Estuvo casado con Rosemary West y Rena West. Murió el 1 de enero de 1995 en Birmingham, West Midlands, Inglaterra.
With his wife, Rosemary West, murdered twelve girls between the ages of seven
and twenty-seven, including his first wife, his stepdaughter and their
daughter, Heather, killings which mostly took place at their infamous residence,
25 Cromwell Street, Gloucester. West hanged himself in prison despite being on suicide watch, before he could be convicted.