Video: Murdered pensioner Betty Yates will not be 'defined by the brutality of her death' Betty Yates, who was found dead at her cottage in Bewdley, Worcestershire, on January 4, having been killed two days earlier. Stephen Farrow, a homeless drifter, will spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of her brutal murder and that of vicar Revd John Suddards. Outside court, Hazel Costello, said: "For our mother there is now some public justice, but our personal loss remains and will continue.