Richard Chase Anna Richard Trenton Chase The Vampire

Richard Trenton Chase • The Vampire of Sacramento • May 23, 1950 – December

Childhood Background • Strict household • Mac. Donald Triad • Drug and Alcohol abuse

Serial Killer Profiling • White American • Male in late 20 s • Menial

Phases • Trolling: mostly random • Wooing: enter unlocked homes • Capture: shoot them

Death Toll • Ambrose Griffin • Teresa Wallin • Dan Meredith • Jason Miroth

Stable and Disorganized • Stable • Same neighborhood • Disorganized • Unplanned • Left

Conviction • Insanity Plea was denied • Convicted of 1 st degree murder •

Interesting Facts • Made animal smoothies • Rampage (1987) • Film loosely based on

Citations • "The Making of a Vampire. " Richard Trenton Chase — — Crime

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Richard Trenton Chase • The Vampire of Sacramento • May 23, 1950 – December 26, 1980 • Years killed: December 1977 – January 1978

Childhood Background • Strict household • Mac. Donald Triad • Drug and Alcohol abuse • Failed relationships due to erectile dysfunction • Paranoid schizophrenic, hypochondriac, Renfield Syndrome

Serial Killer Profiling • White American • Male in late 20 s • Menial job and history of mental illness • Sticks by modus operandi • Kills by stabbing • Sexual motive • Fairly low IQ of 95 • Started with petty crimes

Phases • Trolling: mostly random • Wooing: enter unlocked homes • Capture: shoot them down • Murder Phase: kill them with a. 22 caliber gun • Totem: • • Drank victim’s blood Severed victim’s organs Continually stab victims Necrophilia and sodomy

Death Toll • Ambrose Griffin • Teresa Wallin • Dan Meredith • Jason Miroth • Evelyn Miroth • David

Stable and Disorganized • Stable • Same neighborhood • Disorganized • Unplanned • Left evidence behind • Sloppy

Conviction • Insanity Plea was denied • Convicted of 1 st degree murder • Sentenced to death through gas chamber

Interesting Facts • Made animal smoothies • Rampage (1987) • Film loosely based on Richard Chase • Unspeakable (1992) • A film based on Richard Chase • Conspiracy Theories • • His mother trying to poison him Someone stealing his pulmonary artery Most were health related Believed he killed to save his own life

Citations • "The Making of a Vampire. " Richard Trenton Chase — — Crime Library. N. p. , n. d. Web. 06 May 2014. • "RICHARD CHASE. " Richard Chase. N. p. , n. d. Web. 04 May 2014. • "Richard Chase - The Real Life Vampire. " - News. N. p. , n. d. Web. 06 May 2014. • "Zùn. Léng. " The Vampire of Sacramento – Richard Chase ~. N. p. , n. d. Web. 06 May 2014.