Richard Chase

This will be a Richard Trenton Chase blog as he is fascinating and any sources I find I shall put here.

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Richard Trenton Chase

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Richard Trenton Chase, who became known as the ‘Sacramento Vampire,’ began by killing animals and drinking their blood, eating birds alive and injecting himself with rabbit blood. His schizophrenia saw him in and out of mental institutions until 1976, but in January 1977 he went on a four-day murder spree, killing six people and drinking their blood. After the killings, he took various parts of their bodies with him to gnaw on later. On 26 December 1980 Chase was found dead in his prison cell; he had committed suicide by hoarding three weeks’ worth of medication and taking it all in one dose.

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Newspaper article about Richard Chase 

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Full Name: Richard Trenton Chase

Born: May 23, 1950, Santa Clara County, California, USA

Died: Committed suicide by overdose on December 26, 1980

Classification: Spree killer

Characteristics: Meltal illness - Necrophilia - Cannibalism - Mutilation

Victims (6): …

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Everyone has a soap dish. If you lift the soap and find that underneath it is dry, you’re all right. If its gooey, you have the poisoning, which turns your blood to powder. The powder then depletes your energy and eats away at your body.

Richard Trenton Chase

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Richard Trenton Chase(May 23, 1950 – December 26, 1980)

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Robert Ressler’s profile of Richard Chase was as follows:

"White male aged twenty-five to twenty-seven; thin, undernourished appearance; single; living alone in a location within one mile of abandoned station wagon owned by one of the victims. Residence will be extremely slovenly and unkempt, and evidence of the crimes will be found at the residence. Suspect will have a history of mental illness and use of drugs. Suspect will be an unemployed loner who does not associate with either males or females and will probably spend a great deal of time in his own residence. If he resides with anyone, it will be with his parents. However, this is unlikely. Suspect will have no prior military history; will be a high school or college dropout; probably suffers from one or more forms of paranoid psychosis."

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"All I did was kill a couple of dogs."

Richard Trenton Chase was a cannibalistic and necrophiliac serial killer who was active in California from December, 1977 to January, 1978.

Background

Allegedly abused by his mother while growing up, Richard Trenton Chase had already fulfilled the MacDonald Triad (bed wetting, animal torture and fire-setting) by the age of 10. In adolescence, he was already an alcoholic and chronic drug addict. He also suffered from erectile dysfunction. When an adult, he became a hypochondriac, eventually moving out of his mother’s home because he believed she was trying to poison him. He then moved into an apartment with some friends, who complained about his abuse of alcohol, marijuana and acid. Chase paid no attention to guests and would sometimes walk around naked when his roommates had people over. His roommates got tired of him quickly and, when they tried to throw him out, he refused. In the end, they moved out instead. Alone in the apartment, Chase began capturing, killing and disemboweling animals, consuming them raw. Sometimes, he would blend them with Coca-Cola and drink the remains as a milkshake, allegedly to prevent his heart from shrinking. In 1975, he was involuntarily institutionalized after being treated at a hospital for blood poisoning, which he had contracted by injecting animal blood into his veins. His bizarre behavior continued while he was in treatment (the staff even took to calling him “Dracula”), until he was prescribed psychotropic drugs. In 1976, he was deemed safe and placed in the care of his mother, who eventually prevented him from taking his anti-psychotic medications, allegedly because they dulled him, and got him his own apartment.

Pathology 

Richard’s killings were attempts at self-preservation— or so he believed. He had delusions of persecution by alien forces and insisted that he only ingested human flesh and blood to protect himself from “outside forces” that were trying to steal his blood[1]. He thought his heart was shrinking and believed drinking blood would stop it. These paranoid delusions, coupled with schizophrenia, had been noticed in his childhood, and only became more severe as he got older. He was in his early twenties when his ability to maintain a stable life on his own began to crumble, and he was institutionalized. Once he was released, his killings would begin,—though he had murdered at least one victim beforehand.

Robert Ressler’s (who later interviewed him after he was caught) profile of Richard was as follows:

"White male aged twenty-five to twenty-seven; thin, undernourished appearance; single; living alone in a location within one mile of abandoned station wagon owned by one of the victims. Residence will be extremely slovenly and unkempt, and evidence of the crimes will be found at the residence. Suspect will have a history of mental illness and use of drugs. Suspect will be an unemployed loner who does not associate with either males or females and will probably spend a great deal of time in his own residence. If he resides with anyone, it will be with his parents. However, this is unlikely. Suspect will have no prior military history; will be a high school or college dropout; probably suffers from one or more forms of paranoid psychosis."

Modus Operandi 

Richard used a .22 automatic handgun to kill, his first murder being a drive-by shooting, while the rest were home invasions. After shooting his victims, Chase would mutilate the bodies and ingest the blood and organs, also performing sexual acts with the corpses of his female victims.

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Information about Richard Chase

General Information 

Sex: Male  Race: White  Number of victims: Convicted of 6, confessed to 6  Country where killing occurred: United States  States where killing occurred: California, Nevada  Type of killer: Disorganized Lust  Height: 5’11”

Childhood Information 

Date of birth: May 23, 1950  Location: Santa Clara County, California  Birth order: 1st of 2  Number of siblings: 1 sister  XYY? No  Raised by: Both parents  Birth category: Oldest  Parent’s marital status: Divorced- November 1972 (Chase was 22 years old)  Family event: Family lost house, parents’ divorce- Chase’s mother believed her husband was poisoning her  Age of family event: Age 11 (house), age 22 (divorce)  Problems in school? No- passive temperament, no disciplinary problems; however, he did enjoy matching with matches  Teased while in school? Yes  Physically attractive? No  Physical defect? Impotence  Speech defect? No  Head injury? No  Physically abused? Yes, he grew up in an unhappy, strict, and angry household and was beaten often.  Psychologically abused? Yes- constant bickering, accusations, and tension. Mother believed husband to be unfaithful and was trying to poison her.  Sexually abused? No  Father’s occupation: Unknown  Mother’s occupation: Unknown  Age of first sexual experience: Attempted in high school- sophomore year  Age when first had intercourse: High school- went on many dates with opportunities to have sex, but was impotent  Father abused drugs/alcohol: Yes- alcohol  Mother abused drugs/alcohol: Unknown 

Cognitive Ability Highest grade in school: Completed high school  Highest degree: High school diploma  Grades in school: Mostly Cs, Ds, with several Fs  IQ: 95 

Work History 

Served in the military? No  Applied for job as a cop? No  Worked in law enforcement? No  Fired from jobs? No known jobs  Employment status during series: Unemployed, receiving benefit checks 

Relationships 

Sexual preference: Heterosexual  Marital status: Single  Number of children: None  Lives with his children: No  Living with: Parents or roommates (1971), or grandmother (1973), or by himself 

Triad 

Animal torture: Yes- cats, dogs, rabbits to drink blood  Fire setting: Yes  Bed wetting: Yes- consistently until age 8 

Killer Psychological Information 

Abused drugs? Yes- Marijuana, LSD  Abused alcohol? Yes  Been to a psychologist? Yes- find root cause of anger  Time in forensic hospital? Yes  Diagnosis: Paranoid schizophrenia 

Killer Criminal History 

Committed previous crimes? Yes- weapon charges, possession of marijuana (10th grade)  Spend time in jail? No  Spend time in prison? Yes  Killed prior to series? Age? Yes- animals, age 10 

Serial Killing 

Number of victims: 6  Victim type: Women, men, young boys, babies  Killer age at start of series: 27  Gender of victims: Males, females  Race of victims: Caucasian  Age of victims: 21 months, 6 years, 22 (3 months pregnant), 38, 51  Method of killing: Initial shots (usually to head), the dissection and mutilation of body, drank the blood  Type of serial killer: Disorganized  How close did killer live? Short driving and walking distances – within 5 to 10 miles  Killing occurred in home of victim? Yes  Killing occurred in home of killer? Yes- animals  Weapon: .22 caliber semiautomatic pistol, knife, .22 caliber gun, 30-30 rifle 

Behavior During Crimes 

Rape? Yes - sodomized Evelyn Miroth after killing, and a large quantity of sperm was found within her vaginal cavity  Tortured victims? Yes  Stalked victims? Yes- if animals are considered victims  Overkill? Yes  Quick & efficient? No  Used blindfold? No  Bound the victims? No 

After Death Behavior 

Sex with the body? Yes- raped and sodomized Evelyn Miroth  Mutilated body? Yes  Ate part of the body? Yes  Drank victim’s blood? Yes  Posed the body? No  Took totem – body part Yes- baby David  Took totem – personal item Yes- Meredith’s keys and wallet, Wallin’s kitchen knives, various collars and leashes of dogs and cats  Robbed victim or location: Yes 

Disposal of Body 

Left at scene, no attempt to hide: Yes  Left at scene, hidden: No  Left at scene, buried: Yes- several animals  Moved, no attempt to hide: Yes- within victim’s location (house, etc.) Moved, buried: Yes  Cut-op and disposed of: Yes  Moved, to home: Yes- took baby David back to apartment 

Sentencing 

Date killer arrested: January 29, 1978  Date convicted: May 8, 1979  Sentence: Death  Killer executed? No- committed suicide while on death row  Did killer plead NGRI? Yes  Was the NGRI plea successful? No  Name and state of prison: San Quentin Penitentiary, California  Killer committed suicide? Yes- overdose of anti-depressants  Killer killed in prison? No 

Date of death December 26, 1980 

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Richard Chase and some of his victims