Serial Killer

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Richard Trenton Chase

• Serial Killer

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Background

• Born in Santa Clara, California on May 23, 1950
• Died in jail on December 26, 1980 because of an
  overdose on prescribed medication that he had
  been saving up
• Family members include a mother, father, and a
  sister four years younger than him.

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Childhood

• He grew up in Santa Clara, California playing
  with fire and torturing animals. As a teenager he
  smoked marijuana and drank. It was said that his
  mother abused him and that he believed that the
  Nazis told his mother to poison him to turn his
  blood into powder. That is why he started
  drinking animal blood and eating their organs.

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Disorganized, Organized, or Mixed?

• Disorganized killer he left bloody footprints
  and fingerprints all over the crime scene. He
  made no conscious effort to clean up after
  himself whatsoever

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MO

• Shot victims and then stabbed them, taking out
  intestines and organs, and also just mutilating
  the body in general. He would pour blood into
  containers and then he would drink it. He would
  cover himself in the victims blood. He also
  sodomized the women.

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Diagnosed?

• When he was 18 he saw a psychiatrist that thought
  he might have a mental illness , but he was never
  committed. After injecting rabbit blood into his
  veins, he was committed as a schizophrenic. The
  court ruled him sane after deliberating for
  hours. After committing suicide in jail, a
  psychiatrist said that he was psychotic when
  entering prison.

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Crime Details

• He was a serial killer
• There were six victims
• He wasnt a trophy collector, but he did take
  body parts home to snack on
• Yes, he was caught and put in jail. He was
  sentenced to be put to death in a gas chamber at
  San Quentin Penitentiary, but committed suicide
  first

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Websites Used

• http//www.worst-killers.com/Killers/Worst-Killers
  -in-the-world-Richard-Trenton-Chase-serial-killing
  .htm
• http//roswell.fortunecity.com/seance/500/killers/
  chase.html
• http//www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/
  weird/chase/vampire_5.html