Post by Kestrel Savage. on Aug 20, 2010 18:24:04 GMT
"...Chase developed hypochondria as he matured. He often complained that his heart would occasionally "stop beating", or that "someone had stolen his pulmonary artery".He would hold oranges on his head, believing the Vitamin C would be absorbed by his brain via diffusion. Chase also believed that his cranial bones had become separated and were moving around, so he shaved his head in order to watch this activity.
"After leaving his mother's house (believing she was attempting to poison him), Chase rented an apartment with friends. Chase's roommates complained that he was constantly intoxicated on alcohol, marijuana, and acid. Chase would also walk around the apartment nude, even in front of company. Chase's roommates demanded that he move out. When he refused, the roommates moved out instead.
"Once alone in the apartment, Chase began to capture, kill, and disembowel various animals, which he would then devour raw, sometimes mixing the raw organs with Coca-Cola in a blender and drinking the concoction like a milkshake. Chase reasoned that by ingesting the creatures he was preventing his heart from shrinking.
"On December 29, 1977, Chase killed his first known victim in a drive-by shooting. The victim, Ambrose Griffin, was a 51-year-old engineer and father of two. After the shooting, one of Griffin's sons reported seeing a neighbor walking around their East Sacramento neighborhood with a .22 caliber rifle. The neighbor's rifle was seized, but ballistics tests determined that it was not the murder weapon.
"On January 11, 1978, Chase asked his neighbor for a cigarette and then forcibly restrained her until she gave him every cigarette in the house.
"Two weeks later, he attempted to enter the home of another woman but, finding that her doors were locked, walked away; Chase later told detectives that he took locked doors as a sign that he was not welcome, but that unlocked doors were an invitation to come inside. He was later chased off by a returning couple as he pilfered belongings from their home and urinated and defecated on their beds and clothing.
"Teresa Wallin was Chase's next victim on January 21. Three months pregnant, Wallin was surprised at her home by Chase, who shot her three times, killing her. He then had sex with the corpse, mutilated it, and bathed in the dead woman's blood.
"Two days after killing Wallin, Chase purchased two puppies from a neighbor. He killed them and drank their blood.
"On January 27, Chase committed his final murders. Entering the home of 38-year-old Evelyn Miroth, he encountered her friend, Danny Meredith, whom he shot with his .22 handgun. Stealing Meredith's wallet and car keys, he rampaged through the house, fatally shooting Miroth, her six-year-old son Jason, and her 22-month-old nephew, David. As with Wallin, Chase engaged in necrophilia and cannibalism with Meredith's corpse."
"Sir?"
Every student in the lecture hall turned to look at me as I interrupted Professor Giles. I felt a flush of embarassment as I realized I'd done it again -- I'd called attention on myself involuntarily.
"Yes?" Giles asked impatiently. I could almost hear his foot tapping on the floor.
"It's just... It was Miroth's corpse, not Meredith's..." I trailed off. The good Professor glanced down at his book.
"I stand corrected," he muttered, annoyed. I could hear several students scratching out the name Meredith and writing in Miroth. "Did you... Did you read that in a textbook?" the professor asked, his eyes searching my little desk for anything that I could have been reading.
"I remembered it," I mumbled, "From a book I read once," I looked down. Giles coughed and resumed his lecture.
"After leaving his mother's house (believing she was attempting to poison him), Chase rented an apartment with friends. Chase's roommates complained that he was constantly intoxicated on alcohol, marijuana, and acid. Chase would also walk around the apartment nude, even in front of company. Chase's roommates demanded that he move out. When he refused, the roommates moved out instead.
"Once alone in the apartment, Chase began to capture, kill, and disembowel various animals, which he would then devour raw, sometimes mixing the raw organs with Coca-Cola in a blender and drinking the concoction like a milkshake. Chase reasoned that by ingesting the creatures he was preventing his heart from shrinking.
"On December 29, 1977, Chase killed his first known victim in a drive-by shooting. The victim, Ambrose Griffin, was a 51-year-old engineer and father of two. After the shooting, one of Griffin's sons reported seeing a neighbor walking around their East Sacramento neighborhood with a .22 caliber rifle. The neighbor's rifle was seized, but ballistics tests determined that it was not the murder weapon.
"On January 11, 1978, Chase asked his neighbor for a cigarette and then forcibly restrained her until she gave him every cigarette in the house.
"Two weeks later, he attempted to enter the home of another woman but, finding that her doors were locked, walked away; Chase later told detectives that he took locked doors as a sign that he was not welcome, but that unlocked doors were an invitation to come inside. He was later chased off by a returning couple as he pilfered belongings from their home and urinated and defecated on their beds and clothing.
"Teresa Wallin was Chase's next victim on January 21. Three months pregnant, Wallin was surprised at her home by Chase, who shot her three times, killing her. He then had sex with the corpse, mutilated it, and bathed in the dead woman's blood.
"Two days after killing Wallin, Chase purchased two puppies from a neighbor. He killed them and drank their blood.
"On January 27, Chase committed his final murders. Entering the home of 38-year-old Evelyn Miroth, he encountered her friend, Danny Meredith, whom he shot with his .22 handgun. Stealing Meredith's wallet and car keys, he rampaged through the house, fatally shooting Miroth, her six-year-old son Jason, and her 22-month-old nephew, David. As with Wallin, Chase engaged in necrophilia and cannibalism with Meredith's corpse."
"Sir?"
Every student in the lecture hall turned to look at me as I interrupted Professor Giles. I felt a flush of embarassment as I realized I'd done it again -- I'd called attention on myself involuntarily.
"Yes?" Giles asked impatiently. I could almost hear his foot tapping on the floor.
"It's just... It was Miroth's corpse, not Meredith's..." I trailed off. The good Professor glanced down at his book.
"I stand corrected," he muttered, annoyed. I could hear several students scratching out the name Meredith and writing in Miroth. "Did you... Did you read that in a textbook?" the professor asked, his eyes searching my little desk for anything that I could have been reading.
"I remembered it," I mumbled, "From a book I read once," I looked down. Giles coughed and resumed his lecture.