https://padlet.com/ebowenwow/emily_studies_death_and_stuff Richard Trenton Chase en-us 2016-11-28 14:19:15 UTC 2024-08-09 20:07:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Removelove.png ebowenwow https://padlet.com/ebowenwow/emily_studies_death_and_stuff/wish/140501475 Richard Trenton Chase was born May 23rd, 1950 in Santa Clara, California. Chase's mother was abused by his mother and by age 10, was cruel to animals. During adolescence, he was an alcoholic and chronic drug user. As he matured, he developed hypochondria.]]> 2016-11-29 14:24:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowenwow/emily_studies_death_and_stuff/wish/140501475 ebowenwow https://padlet.com/ebowenwow/emily_studies_death_and_stuff/wish/140812157 Chase believed that if he held oranges on his head, vitamin C would be absorbed into his brain via diffusion. He shaved his head to watch the activity of his skull because he thought his cranial bones had been separated. Chase would walk around his apartment naked even if their was company over. He was almost constantly intoxicated ion alcohol, marijuana, and LSD. When his roommates moved out, he began to capture, kill, and disembowel various animals, which he would devour raw, sometimes mixing the raw organs with Coca-Cola in a blender and drinking the concoction. He believed that by ingesting the animals, he was keeping his heart from growing smaller. ]]> 2016-11-30 14:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowenwow/emily_studies_death_and_stuff/wish/140812157 ebowenwow https://padlet.com/ebowenwow/emily_studies_death_and_stuff/wish/140818990 In 1975, Chase was involuntarily committed to a mental institution after being taken to a hospital after injecting rabbits blood into his veins. He was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. After undergoing a lot of treatments involving psychotropic drugs, he was deemed no longer a danger to society and in 1976 he was released under custody of his mother. Chases mother weaned him off the medication and got him his own apartment. In 1979, Chase stood trial on six counts of murder. On May 8th, the jury found him guilty of six counts of first degree murder and Chase was sentenced to die in the gas chamber His fellow inmates, who knew of what he had done and were scared of him, tried to persuade him to kill himself. ]]> 2016-11-30 14:41:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowenwow/emily_studies_death_and_stuff/wish/140818990 ebowenwow https://padlet.com/ebowenwow/emily_studies_death_and_stuff/wish/140825302 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. Teresa Wallin was Chase's next victim on January 23rd. He shot her three times, killing her using the same gun he used to kill Griffin. He then raped her corpse while stabbing her several times with a butcher knife. He removed multiple organs, cut off one of her nipples and drank the blood. Before leaving, he collected dog feces from the yard and stuffed it into the victims mouth and down her throat. 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 Ferreira. As with Wallin, Chase engaged in necrophilia and cannibalism with Miroth's corpse.]]> 2016-11-30 14:55:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowenwow/emily_studies_death_and_stuff/wish/140825302 ebowenwow https://padlet.com/ebowenwow/emily_studies_death_and_stuff/wish/142144589 I think the element of Strain Theory that best fits Richard Trenton Chase is rebellion because he rejects all goals and means but finds new goals to kill people. His actions served a negative function because he murdered people.]]> 2016-12-06 20:00:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowenwow/emily_studies_death_and_stuff/wish/142144589 ebowenwow https://padlet.com/ebowenwow/emily_studies_death_and_stuff/wish/142146126 Differential Association Theory applies to Richard Trenton Chase because he was exposed to a lot of violent behavior when he was younger. When he was in the mental institution, the doctors and nurses labeled him as Dracula which made him drink a service dogs blood]]> 2016-12-06 20:05:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowenwow/emily_studies_death_and_stuff/wish/142146126 ebowenwow https://padlet.com/ebowenwow/emily_studies_death_and_stuff/wish/142147451 Chases victims were simply because their doors were unlocked. He attempted to enter the home of a woman, but because her doors were locked, he walked away. Chase later told detectives that he took locked doors as a sign that he was not welcome, but unlocked doors were an invitation to come inside.

]]> 2016-12-06 20:11:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowenwow/emily_studies_death_and_stuff/wish/142147451 ebowenwow https://padlet.com/ebowenwow/emily_studies_death_and_stuff/wish/142148131 "Richard Chase." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 06 Dec. 2016.

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