Spencer later said, "I asked for a radio and he bought me a gun." 88. /Span<>> BDC [(\223H)23 (earing 1994,)80 (\224 pp. )]TJ ( p. The issue is in plain sight but nobody in the right places of power wants to say it because its easier to point fingers. (62)Tj Examinations conducted at the time of the crime, refute this version. We have estimated EMC -2.118 -1.529 Td Brenda Spencer excuse was that she had been abused by her father, yet i dont believe that is a true motive as there are hundreds of other victims and not all of them end up shooting elementary schools. 85. )Tj www.schoolshooters.info -2.118 -1.529 Td 0.238 Tw /Span<>> BDC Her reasons for doing this school shooting makes me so mad and upset. Brenda aimed the rifle at the schoolyard from her bedroom. Some lawyers involved in the case believe she will soon succeed in a parole application. Her behaviour including telling a friend she wanted to kill someone, probably a police officer became increasingly disturbing. [1] Another nine got hurt during that incident. There was also a statement from the principals daughter. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td )Tj 8.4751 0 0 8.5 318 581.5 Tm EMC A)40 (vailable at www)80 (.scho)-4.9 (olsho)-5 (ot)-10 (ers.info. Waking on the single mattress she shared with her father in the living room of their squalid suburban California home, Brenda Spencer remembers starting that day by taking her epilepsy medicine, washed down with whisky. /Span<>> BDC Five students were killed and thirty were injured. /T1_5 1 Tf -2.118 -1.529 Td [(W)5 (ithout Conscience,)]TJ 6. Only after this time, she voluntarily surrendered to the hands of justice. ( )Tj /T1_4 1 Tf )Tj Three shots rang out. [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ [(www)80 (.scho)-5 (olsho)-5 (ot)-10 (ers.info. Brenda pled guilty to two counts of murder and assault with a deadly weapon. converted 0.006 Tw 2.118 0 Td Do you have any idea why youd go out of your way to harm so many innocent people? the commissioner asked, I didnt consider that other people would get hurt, she said. The search showed that there was a bank of beer in the house, there was a bottle of whiskey, but the policemen who detained the criminal stated that she was sober. EMC She was suffering from poverty with his alcoholic father since her parents separated. 0.237 Tw /Span<>> BDC The board denied her and she will not be eligible for another hearing until 2019. (-)Tj [(W)5 (ithout Conscience,)]TJ I was shooting into the parking lot.. ( p. EMC She had a parole hearing in September 2021, but she waived the hearing for one in 2022. She described going to the school to collect her fathers personal effects. /T1_4 1 Tf The school was closed in 1983, along with a dozen other schools around the city, due to declining enrollment. EMC A 16-year-old girl, Brenda Spencer, who lived in a house across the street from the school, was convicted of the shootings. /T1_3 1 Tf She said she had been under the influence of alcohol, pot, and downers. /T1_4 1 Tf EMC EMC /Span<>> BDC (75)Tj ( )Tj /T1_4 1 Tf That had been just before Christmas. However, her method of expressing her resentment is definitely unjustifiable. -2.118 -1.529 Td /Span<>> BDC She confirmed that she had heard the kids in the school across the street. My dad and Mike were the only two to die that day, he said, The kids that they were trying to save all lived. /T1_3 1 Tf The tragedy happened on Monday, so the killer ended her speech with the phrase: "I just do not like Mondays". /T1_4 1 Tf EMC Every new school shooting by a teenager reinforces the argument that she was not uniquely wicked or crazed. Murdaugh is heckled as he leaves court, Ken Bruce finishes his 30-year tenure as host of BBC Radio 2, Ukrainian soldier takes out five tanks with Javelin missiles, Family of a 10-month-old baby filmed vaping open up, Missing hiker buried under snow forces arm out to wave to helicopter, Hershey's Canada releases HER for SHE bars featuring a trans activist, Moment teenager crashes into back of lorry after 100mph police race. /Span<>> BDC But to a San Diego elementary school, and to a troubled sixteen year old, Monday, January 29, 1979 held an even more distressing meaning. I think her premature death in 1991 was at least partly the result of this traumatic experience.. Biography EMC 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td The second victim, Michael Sucher, got his bullet, trying to save his fallen colleague. [(Scho)-5 (ol Sho)-5 (oters: Und)-4.9 (erstanding H)23 (igh Scho)-5 (ol, College, )]TJ Spencer was sentenced to only 25 years to life, despite the cruelty of her crime. The pain these children must have felt is unforgivable. (81)Tj /T1_4 1 Tf I walked into court and saw this monster glaring at me, he remembered. Spenser's relatives tried in vain to prevent the release of the hit. Her father still lives in the house where the shooting took place. False ( )Tj (89)Tj Brenda threatened with new shots, so for such a long time she could not be forced to surrender to the police. The 1999 book Babyface Killers: Horrifying True Stories of America's Youngest Murderers, authored by Clifford L. Linedecker dedicates the book's prologue to Spencer and refers to her crimes in multiple chapters. On the other hand, I also did not know that this event was listed as the first high profile school shooting. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td /Span<>> BDC Almost a year after receiving the semi-automatic weapons of the 22nd caliber, namely on January 9, 1979, shooting took place in the school, which took the lives of several people. The look at Brenda Foster gave me was enough to scare any young child to death.. /T1_4 1 Tf 1 0 obj <>>> endobj 2 0 obj <>stream EMC On April 4, 1980, a day after her 18th birthday, she was sentenced to 25 years to life. Let alone an elementary school shooting. /T1_4 1 Tf ( )Tj 0.298 Tw /Span<>> BDC (98)Tj HtyTY Q" }]iwQQ*=L`:i_L{NSTw)k+CZ"Rhtn Discover today's celebrity birthdays and explore famous people who share your birthday. /T1_3 1 Tf As of December2015, she has been unsuccessful at four parole board hearings. After firing 30-36 rounds of ammunition, Spencer barricaded herself inside her home for nearly seven hours. The shooter killed a principal and a custodian as they tried to pull students into safety. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td Ive seen first hand how these tragedies affect a community. By chance, one of the numbers he called was answered by Spencer herself. ( )Tj (157 cm) and had bright red hair. Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 58 years old? /T1_3 1 Tf During the uninterrupted shooting, two teachers were killed, who saved their children at the cost of their lives. She shot eight children, and she shot a responding police officer, Robert Robb, in the neck. She often spent her time copying out the lyrics of violent punk songs. _+lM.>c'WiUZ^;>\9Mi\4U2)tR^{pWZSbQUpL"1^|_eQU]'g$4J]]DSlgm40K0brD{:\w\+ O 4s(J(cPDF(iCky%5xw6??J_~s7\b\tc'^K@7C z{O"~~X` 29.647 36.706 Td He said his wife had heard on the radio of a shooting at the school and called him at work. This is a very interesting article and also very relevant to today, as we hear about shootings quite often. Grover Cleveland Elementary School, San Diego, CA. Former student 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td )]TJ 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td /T1_3 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf When asked why she said "I hate Mondays" prompting the Boomtown Rats hit song. )]TJ /T1_0 1 Tf ( )Tj In prison, Spencer was diagnosed as an epileptic and received medication to treat her epilepsy and depression. EMC In December 1978, Spencers probation officer recommended her being admitted to a mental facility, but her father refused to give permission. Deadly Women Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Spencer fired three shots and hit Suchar fatally. ( )Tj People have told me that I look like him, act like him, that my kids are the spitting image of him, she said. Brenda would go to claim sexual abuse by her father. Tom Leonard for the Daily Mail, Sleeping girls, 10 and 13, are shot as home is sprayed with 17 bullets during second drive-by in the neighborhood in just 24 hours, One person killed and two police have been shot by a gunman suspected of holding a teen hostage near Atlanta, Isabel Oakeshott receives 'menacing' message from Matt Hancock, Insane moment river of rocks falls onto Malibu Canyon in CA, Mom who lost both sons to fentanyl blasts laughing Biden, Pavement where disabled woman gestured at cyclist before fatal crash, Pro-Ukrainian drone lands on Russian spy planes exposing location, 'Buster is next!' He is one of many opposing her release on grounds that she remains a risk to the people of his city. A hunting enthusiast, he had enough ammunition in the house for a small army, according to one of his daughters classmates. -2.118 -1.529 Td When asked why he might have done that, she answered, "I felt like he wanted me to kill myself.". (contr4488032) Brenda Ann Spencer passed away peacefully surrounded by family Thursday March 30, 2017. The uninjured looked around confused as to what was happening. Mental health needs to be addressed everywhere and not just when someone acts out like this. The Investigation Discovery network portrayed Brenda Spencer's crimes in one of the three cases presented in the premiere episode of season 2 on the crime documentary series Deadly Women, titled "Thrill Killers", first air date: October 9, 2008. [( N)23 (ew Y)60 (ork: G)30 (uilford, 1999, p. /T1_4 1 Tf The diminutive 16-year-old with bright red hair then armed herself with the .22 rifle and telescopic sight that her father, Wally, had given her for Christmas and started firing shots from a window. She had submitted a written statement in which she alleged that her father had begun fondling her when she was 9 and had sexually assaulted her virtually every night. California rarely grants parole for people convicted of murder, but it hasnt stopped Brenda from trying. 42. from application/x-indesign to application/pdf ( )Tj ( )Tj /T1_4 1 Tf /Span<>> BDC Spencer remains in prison despite parole hearings. She said the psychiatrist had recommended she be hospitalized as a danger to herself and to others. -2.118 -1.529 Td /Span<>> BDC 7)30 (3, 75. /T1_1 1 Tf Her father left home for work around 7 oclock in the morning. (MD)Tj Spencer has also stated in a letter from prison that she experiences grand mal seizures that she has to counteract with medications.5 Such a brain injury would definitely be a precursor to epilepsy, which is two to four times more common among violent offenders than the public.6 The lack of treatment she received for this disease, to some, proves the neglect that she experienced from her family and in her childhood. ( )Tj And apparently you two slept in the same bed?. Spencer, who was charged in court as an adult, pleaded guilty in 1980 to two counts of murder. Neighbors claimed Spencer had . EMC /T1_3 1 Tf EMC I think that article such as these, that have to do with people like this that kill or shoot up schools filled with little kids are so heartbreaking to read. /T1_3 1 Tf [(Y)60.1 (o)-4.9 (chelson, S. and S)23.1 (amenow)80.1 (, S. )]TJ Children were going to school as the birds chirped. She did it, she said, because she didn't like Mondays. Police later found half empty alcohol bottles throughout the house. One was from Wilfred Suchar, son of the murdered custodian, Michael Suchar. My name is Crystal Hardy, one began. 0.259 Tw /Span<>> BDC You didnt follow through with your plan.. /Span<>> BDC [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td He recently pointed out that she cried frequently at her last parole eligibility hearing, in 2016, demonstrating what he called her continued emotional instability. I was just set on committing suicide., I am sorry you had to go through everything you went through, but what Im trying to do is find out why you would open fire and kill two people and hurt so many others, the commissioner said. 1.647 0 Td 46. I understand that she was not mentally stable but killing innocent people is not justifiable. Spencer told police negotiators she had shot the children and staff because they made such easy targets. 0 Tc 0 Tw 8.4751 0 0 8.5 561.6812 581.5 Tm Spencer barricaded herself in her house for hours before an offer for a Burger King meal from negotiators convinced her to surrender. /T1_4 1 Tf As the children lined up outside the gate, Spencer took out the Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic .22 caliber rifle that she'd gotten as a Christmas gift. 0.244 Tw /Span<>> BDC (95)Tj ( )Tj Nothing was different for Brenda Ann Spencer; she was one of the girls who typically hated Mondays. /T1_4 1 Tf She was so young and ruined her life so quickly. Brenda told police negotiators that the children were easy targets and warned that she would come out shooting.. [(\223H)23 (earing 2009,)80 (\224 p. ( )Tj 20:55 EST 04 Apr 2019. After the first bell rang, Brenda broke the panels on the front door of her home, which was located right across the street from the elementary school. Are you pretty good with a rifle? he asked. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td 0.521 Tw /Span<>> BDC Spencers absent mother, Dot, claimed she suspected father and daughter had an unhealthy relationship but insisted she couldnt afford a lawyer to fight for custody. Another, Christy Buell, was shot through her abdomen and in the buttocks, and had to undergo surgery in order to repair her intestine.2, When Gus Stevens, a reporter for the San Diego Evening Tribune, began calling around the area to gain more information about the shooting, he coincidentally placed a call to Spencers home where she gave him exactly what he wanted. Its entirely possible I said that, Spencer told the parole board. [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ /T1_4 1 Tf She hurt so many people and had so much to do with starting a deadly trend in America, said San Diego Country deputy district attorney Richard Sachs. After her parents separated, she lived with her father, Wallace Spencer, in poverty. I dont remember aiming at anybody, Spencer insisted. 0 Tc 0 Tw 0.471 0 Td This was a Monday morning in January 1979. endstream endobj 3 0 obj <> endobj 5 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 612.0 792.0]/Type/Page>> endobj 6 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 612.0 792.0]/Type/Page>> endobj 7 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 612.0 792.0]/Type/Page>> endobj 8 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 612.0 792.0]/Type/Page>> endobj 9 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 612.0 792.0]/Type/Page>> endobj 10 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 612.0 792.0]/Type/Page>> endobj 11 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 612.0 792.0]/Type/Page>> endobj 12 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 612.0 792.0]/Type/Page>> endobj 13 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 612.0 792.0]/Type/Page>> endobj 33 0 obj <>stream Basically, what shes telling this board are a series of untruths, the representative concluded. The song never mentions her name and Geldof admitted that most fans thought it was about how having a hangover made Mondays unbearable. (A Pro\036le for Change. Spencer who says she was gay from birth lived with her university technician father from the age of nine after her parents broke up. ( )Tj ET 76\22677)70 (. /T1_5 1 Tf Numerous tests and examinations proved that Spencer was absolutely adequate, she was not offended at school, loved at home, and she was absolutely sober at the time of the murder. ( p. -2.118 -1.529 Td (72)Tj ( )Tj /T1_4 1 Tf The woman eventually left. /T1_5 1 Tf (69)Tj [(\223H)23 (earing 2001,)80 (\224 p. She was later diagnosed with depression and epilepsy and received medication to treat her mental issues. However, lawyer Michael McGlinn, who defended Spencer at her trial, told me he continues to believe she will never reoffend. 0 0 0 1 scn 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td ( )Tj The shooting was already on the news before Brenda stopped shooting. It didnt upset you that they seemed to have happier lives?, No, she said. )]TJ He believes that the shame, ridicule, inferiority, and powerlessness that she felt encouraged her to go as far as she did. 0.305 Tw /Span<>> BDC -2.118 -1.529 Td /Span<>> BDC View popular celebrities life details, birth signs and real ages. /T1_2 1 Tf Suddenly, he was gone. /Span<>> BDC Grover Cleveland Elementary School, San Diego, CA She injured eight children and a police officer, and killed the principal and a custodian. ( )Tj The perfect crime has no motive, people have paid with their lives only for the sake of fun bored girl. The San Diego District Attorneys Office sent a representative to the hearing. Spencer has tried to garner sympathy by stating that her father beat and sexually abused her. 0.177 Tw /Span<>> BDC -2.118 -1.529 Td [(\223H)23 (earing 2009,)80 (\224 pp. /T1_4 1 Tf Youre shooting these people as they become targets, and yet you told me that you didnt intend to hit anyone.. EMC [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ ( )Tj /Span<>> BDC I cannot reconcile the fact that Brenda claimed she started shooting just for the fun of it with the trauma she probably experienced in her childhood because both are terrible and inexcusable acts. Do not leave her indifferent and stories about violence. Burton Regg - the teacher, who was waiting for the children, was killed almost immediately. Brenda Spencers income source is mostly from being a successful . Spencer barricaded herself in her house for hours before an offer for a Burger King meal from negotiators convinced her to surrender. ( )Tj /Span<>> BDC ( pp. 0 Tc 0.76 Tw /Span<>> BDC 0.02 Tw /Span<>> BDC EMC ", In early 1978, staff at a facility for problem students, into which Spencer had been referred for truancy, informed her parents that she was suicidal. /T1_4 1 Tf 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td Instead, he gave her a Ruger semi-automatic rifle and 500 rounds of ammunition for Christmas. Supporters, though, say she would not have shot anyone if her emotional problems had been addressed. EMC /T1_4 1 Tf Brenda Spencer, the culprit of this shooting, in case her second statement was true, she should not have opened fire to that school, she should have called the police directly. ( )Tj Which is not a good thing to live with., He added: Not liking Mondays as a reason for doing somebody in is a bit strange. We hear about it so much today, and it is incredibly sad that there are people who are willing to do this to innocent children. She answered a reporters question on why she fired the gun, by saying I dont like Mondays. For what was awarded the Ushakov Medal, The world's first constitution: from Sparta to the US, Platinum hair color: shades, staining, care tips, Canon IXUS 155: user reviews and main features, Conquest of Genghis Khan. KGsvVk4g#|$TQS(kPh=dKIj-\eA /T1_3 1 Tf The shooting at school was over, and the murderer, frightened of the consequences, hid in the house. [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ He informed the board that on the Saturday before the shooting Spencer had told another teen that something big was going to happen on Monday that would be on TV and radio. I dont think the shooting should have been the choice at all, she could have gone to her mom if she had some problems. Even so, her former English teacher, David Barrett, recalled that she seemed pretty harmless and even won first prize in a photography contest run by the Humane Society. [( p. 77)70 (. 0.177 Tw /Span<>> BDC /T1_4 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf She is not dating anyone. [(able at www)80.1 (.scho)-5 (olsho)-4.9 (ot)-10 (ers.info. She did it, she said, because she didn't like Mondays. A good addition to the gift was the box, which contained more than 500 rounds. -2.118 -1.529 Td 0.476 Tw /Span<>> BDC 2016-02-11T19:23:05-05:00 EMC Actor (73)Tj Even as an adult, he was gripped by an abiding fear of leaving his back exposed in restaurants he always sits with his back to the wall. I wasnt specifically aiming at people, she said. The commissioner inquired how many rounds she had fired, and she said she did not recall. 22. The custodians brother, Andrew Suchar also submitted a statement, noting that Michael had survived two ship sinkings during the war only to be killed by a 16-year-old in a schoolyard. /T1_3 1 Tf Adobe InDesign CC 2015 (Macintosh) EMC In 2009, the board again refused her application for parole and ruled it would be ten years before she would be considered again. /T1_4 1 Tf People who knew the girl, claim that in her biography there was a theft. 0 Tc 0 Tw 0.471 0 Td )]TJ /T1_5 1 Tf (100)Tj The place he loved the most. A nine-year-old student, Cam Miller, was struck in the back with a bullet that exited through his chest without hitting any internal organs. 1.647 0 Td I did not know about this case. The parole board chairman said that as she had not previously told any prison staff about the allegations, he doubted whether they were true. 0.02 Tc -0.02 Tw 9.5 0 0 9.5 48 42 Tm ( )Tj 9 year old Cam Miller was wearing a blue vest. She can only ask for pardon after 25 years in prison. I do not feel sorry for the shooters of the crimes. [(and )0.5 (A)4.9 (dult P)10 (erpetrat)-10.1 (ors. The ruthless shooter continued shooting until the police blocked the school entrance by moving a garbage truck in front of it. M.O. 0.237 Tw /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj (91)Tj [(W)5 (ithout Conscience,)]TJ "I don't like Mondays"Possible depression Mr McGlinn says such a troubled young girl should never have been allowed near guns and believes her claims that she was hallucinating under the influence of drugs and alchohol. Eight students and a police officer were wounded. (63)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( pp. / T* [( p. 207)70 (. [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ -0.05 Tc 0.456 Tw /Span<>> BDC -0.001 Tc -0.05 Tw 2.124 0 Td 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td Copyright 2018 en.unansea.com. EMC Brenda is the youngest child and has one older brother and one older sister. I had never heard of this incident but what shocks me the most about this article was how young she was.

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