One survivor of the 1979 shooting described herself as "shocked, saddened, horrified" by the eerie similarities to their own traumatic experience. 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. It's just that the girl at the time had fun. 0.358 Tw /Span<>> BDC /T1_3 1 Tf Mikhail Andreevich Osorgin: Biography and Creativity, Sovereign of all Russia Ivan 3: biography, years of government, Prince Potemkin: biography, photo, the activities of Prince Potemkin-Taurian, Ushakov's medals. 0.244 Tw /Span<>> BDC EMC Brenda is the youngest child and has one older brother and one older sister. ( )Tj ( )Tj She was tried as an adult, and pled guilty to two counts of murder and assault with a deadly weapon. 42. Brenda Ann Spencer, now 56, has spent the last 40 years in prison at the California Institution for Women. EMC Ive seen first hand how these tragedies affect a community. Spencer has tried to garner sympathy by stating that her father beat and sexually abused her. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td /T1_3 1 Tf 0.259 Tw /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj )]TJ Brenda Spencer's father still lives across the street from the old school, and if Brenda were ever paroled, Cam figures, that is where she would return. /T1_3 1 Tf I find it really interesting to build this article and its literary resources to hook the reader. ( )Tj Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? /T1_3 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf You didnt go to school that day? the commissioner asked. ( )Tj [(WWW)55 (.SCHOOLSHOOTERS.INFO)]TJ /T1_4 1 Tf )]TJ 6. ( )Tj A 16-year-old girl, Brenda Ann Spencer (born April 3, 1962), who lived in a house across the street from the school, was convicted of the shootings. /T1_4 1 Tf [(\223H)23 (earing 2009,)80 (\224 pp. Mondays always carry with them a negative connotation and contain components such as depression, fatigue, and anguish. [(\223H)23 (earing 2009,)80 (\224 p. There didnt seem much I or the rest of the family could do to help her., He went on to say that his father had gotten out alive from some rough times in the Pacific during World War II. But this marked a terrible development in the countrys violent history, triggering an era of school massacres in which children were ready to blast away at fellow pupils. 28. [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ (83)Tj [(\223H)23 (earing 2001,)80 (\224 pp. Charged as an adult, she pleaded guilty to two counts of murder and assault with a deadly weapon, and was given an indefinite sentence. ( )Tj Name She injured eight children. EMC EMC Successive parole hearings have heard powerful testimony from those who say their lives were permanently scarred by Spencer. (93)Tj [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ ( )Tj And every time I had tried suicide in the previous year I had screwed it up.. We found her singing as she gardened in the backyard, the son recalled. -2.118 -1.529 Td He recalled that his mother had just dropped him at school directly opposite Spencers home and he had been starting up the sidewalk when he saw the bodies of the principal and the custodian. ", 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. , updated Whether these theories are true or not, Brenda Spencer was tried as an adult and pleaded guilty to two counts of murder and nine counts of assault. Brenda Spencer has spent over four decades in prison and currently belongs to the Golden Girls Club at her prison. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td /Span<>> BDC The 1982 Japanese-American documentary film The Killing of America depicts the incident. The diminutive 16-year-old with bright red hair then armed herself . Motive The police, now aware of where the shots were coming from, were able evacuate the children and obstruct Spencers line of sight while trying to negotiate with her. Mental health needs to be addressed everywhere and not just when someone acts out like this. The Lifetime Movies, series Killer Kids released an episode "Deadly Compulsion" depicting Spencer's crimes, first air date: September 3, 2014. A few weeks ago, she marked her 40th anniversary in prison after successive parole applications had been refused. A teenage friend indicated it had been a planned attack, telling police that, days beforehand, Spencer warned him she was planning to do something that would get on TV on Monday. /T1_4 1 Tf At various parole hearings since the first in 1993, she has blamed her father and also the influence of drugs for the shooting. Peter Langman Supporters, though, say she would not have shot anyone if her emotional problems had been addressed. 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. -2.118 -1.529 Td Adobe InDesign CC 2015 (Macintosh) Further casualties were avoided only because the police obstructed her line of fire by moving a garbage truck in front of her house. What is brenda spencer doing now? /T1_4 1 Tf 12.894 0 Td )]TJ /T1_4 1 Tf 26. The perfect crime has no motive, people have paid with their lives only for the sake of fun bored girl. She described the shooter, a sixteen year old, and the shooters address. Spared the death penalty because of her age, Spencer was sentenced to two terms of 25 years to life in prison, running concurrently and with the chance of parole. We will update Brenda Spencer's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible. He had gone to his parents home to tell his mother, Valentina. When her father gifted her the .22 caliber rifle, she thought that he was finally telling her to do it: to take her life successfully, unlike her past suicide attempts, and leave the world forever.7. Full name is Brenda Ann Spencer. (64)Tj Conviction EMC EMC EMC The board denied her and she will not be eligible for another hearing until 2019. By chance, one of the numbers he called was answered by Spencer herself. -0.05 Tc 0.456 Tw /Span<>> BDC /Span<>> BDC /T1_4 1 Tf ( )Tj This livens up the day. Spencer surrendered after the negotiators promised her a Burger King Meal. No, I wasnt feeling good, she replied. 78. She was suffering from poverty with his alcoholic father since her parents separated. [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ (103)Tj Three of the worst, including the worst in American history, before the Spencer shootings in 1927 in Bath, Michigan School when a 55 year old man blew up Bath Consildated School, killing 43 (as well as his wife beforehand), in 1966 at the University of Texas, where a gunman killed 17 people and wounded 31, and in 1976 at Cal State Fullerton, where seven were killed and two were wounded involved adult male shooters. With every school shooting, I feel Im partially responsible, Brenda Ann Spencer told the parole board back in 2001. 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. [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ /T1_5 1 Tf This livens up the day.. EMC Spencer subsequently pleaded guilty to two counts of murder. /T1_4 1 Tf Across the road from Grover Cleveland Elementary school in San Diego, California, 16 year old Brenda Ann Spencer observed elementary children prepare for class from her bedroom window. She is now 51 and will no doubt hear of more school shootings and ask herself if they got the idea from what she did on that long ago Monday. [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ (63)Tj The perks of Golden Girl membership include a front-line pass for meals and medication and access to a specific dining room closest to the members cell. He showed me a neatly hand-written letter she sent him in 2015 in which she wrote that she appreciated what I did was horrible so I dont really complain about the amount of time Ive done. I walked around this place, not stepping on the splotches and the puddles, and didnt want to be hugged by anyone. /Span<>> BDC She, because of the language and cultural differences in the United States, always counted on him to manage their affairs. While on the phone with Stevens, Spencer had stated that she was just shooting for the fun of it. She went on to say that she just didnt like Mondays and did this because its a way to cheer up the day.3, Contrary to her initial claim, she later went on to state in her 2001 parole hearing that she had been sexually abused by [her] father and was waiting for the cops to show up so they could shoot [her].4 This new information has fueled many more theories today about Brenda Spencers true motives in committing such a crime. This page was last changed on 2 May 2022, at 09:58. (80)Tj /T1_5 1 Tf 7)30 (3, 75. Brenda Spencer is a sixteen-year-old murderer who entered the top five criminals who participated in the most massive mass shootings of schoolchildren in the history of world criminalistics. 1.647 0 Td Brenda Ann Spencer (born in San Diego, California on April 3, 1962) is a convicted American murderer who performed a deadly shooting spree, during which she killed two people at the Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego on January 29, 1979. -2.118 -1.529 Td -2.118 -1.529 Td [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ At parole hearings, the panel reminds her of statements during the shooting. ( )Tj /Span<>> BDC /Span<>> BDC I can still remember the pool of blood on the nurses bed, and the terror didnt end there. -2.118 -1.529 Td Normally, very few people convicted on a charge of murder were able to obtain parole in California before 2011. According to our Database, She has no children. Brenda would go to claim sexual abuse by her father. He ended by saying on behalf of his deceased parents and the surviving members of the family that they opposed parole for Spencer. Spencer showed no remorse in her crime; her full . /T1_3 1 Tf 20 years after the shooting, Spencer made claims that her father sexually abused her. EMC EMC -2.118 -1.529 Td /Span<>> BDC 0.237 Tw /Span<>> BDC -0.04 Tc 0.496 Tw /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj She kept busy behind bars by learning Latin just for the fun of it, she said. ( )Tj Status However, her method of expressing her resentment is definitely unjustifiable. 0.46 Tw /Span<>> BDC Brenda Spencer (Brenda Ann Spencer) was born on 3 April, 1962 in San Diego, California, is a School shooting in San Diego, California (USA). The song became No 1 in the UK singles chart and was backed by an eerie video in which the band performed the piano ballad to a classroom of young children. [(1)2.3 (02)]TJ Jonathan Fast, Unforgiven and Alone: Brenda Spencer and Secret Shame, in, College of Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td EMC /T1_3 1 Tf Principal Wragg was fatally shot in the heart. After her parents separated, she lived with her father, Wallace Spencer, in poverty. And with so many U.S. school shootings since, Spencers crime has lost its once unique awfulness and, with it, the notoriety that helped keep her behind bars, they told me. ( pp. (91)Tj Burton Regg - the teacher, who was waiting for the children, was killed almost immediately. But I wasnt able to run from the bullet Brenda had for me, Hardy said. /T1_4 1 Tf "I don't like Mondays"Possible depression 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td /T1_4 1 Tf 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td Olive oil for frying and salads. EMC ( )Tj [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ Her ashes are to be buried at a later date. /T1_3 1 Tf by Michael Thomas Barry. Brenda Spencer's Mugshot taken in 1996 | Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Former student )]TJ We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. They slept on a single mattress on the living room floor, with empty alcohol bottles throughout the house. I think her premature death in 1991 was at least partly the result of this traumatic experience.. ( )Tj Wallace Spencer (father)Dot Spencer (mother)Teresa Spencer (sister)Scott Spencer (brother)Unnamed half-sister I dont like Mondays, she told him. EMC /T1_5 1 Tf She was home alone, as her single father had left for work. /T1_5 1 Tf [(\223H)23 (earing 2009,)80 (\224 p. -2.118 -1.529 Td (paths Among Us. The likelihood of a successful parole hearing is slim at best. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td /T1_1 1 Tf Some of them were seriously injured, but all survived. The commissioner read into the record several victim-impact statements. /Span<>> BDC , money, salary, income, and assets. ( )Tj ( )Tj 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. She often spent her time copying out the lyrics of violent punk songs. Brenda Spencer was born on April 3, 1962 in San Diego, California, USA. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td ( )Tj Brenda Ann Spencer has a cenotaph in Fairlawn Cemetery Stillwater Oklahoma. /T1_4 1 Tf /Span<>> BDC The court sentenced her to life in prison with a possibility of parole after 25 years. At another hearing, she claimed she had opened fire because she wanted police to kill her. [(\223H)23 (earing 1994,)80 (\224 p. What if they got the idea from what I did?. Pandemonium ensued as staff charged out of the school in San Diego to help terrified and injured children, shouting at parents to drive on as they arrived to drop off more pupils. Victims of her crime have opposed Brendas likely parole, stating that their lives were forever affected by her actions. ( )Tj /T1_4 1 Tf )]TJ Adobe PDF Library 15.0 )Tj Im a little more grateful for my normal Mondays now! )]TJ [(\223H)23 (earing 1994, p. ( )Tj (99)Tj /T1_2 1 Tf 58. /T1_3 1 Tf 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td ( )Tj /T1_4 1 Tf /Span<>> BDC Brenda's parents divorced when she was young and lived with her father. He is one of many opposing her release on grounds that she remains a risk to the people of his city. /GS1 gs 46. [( N)23 (ew Y)60 (ork: J)23 (ason Aronson, 1976, p. The shooter killed a principal and a custodian as they tried to pull students into safety. [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ Brenda Spencer was born April 3rd, 1962 to her mother and father, Dorothy and Wallace Spencer. ( )Tj ( p. /T1_4 1 Tf )]TJ For Christmas in 1978, her father, Wallace Spencer, gave her a semi-automatic .22 caliber rifle. (92)Tj /T1_5 1 Tf !4!r`8} @~Ohb&54"bpW8I> But the link with the San Diego shooting was soon spotted by Spencer herself. Hart was a private investigator involved in the case and interviewed Spencer's mother, father, brother, sister, friends, and neighbors within months of the attack. She shot eight children, and she shot a responding police officer, Robert Robb, in the neck. [(Langman, P)89.7 (. The reasons for such actions are different: alcohol, drugs, insults from classmates or outrages of teachers, problems with the psyche, disturbed peace of mind. /Span<>> BDC 0.238 Tw /Span<>> BDC A model prisoner, she wants to be a forklift truck driver if she ever regains her freedom. EMC [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ ( )Tj EMC According to the testimony of neighbors and family acquaintances, parents often spoke about weapons in her presence, moreover, my father even taught her how to shoot. In the same year, she burgled the school where she would later kill pupils, vandalised classrooms and shot out some of its windows with a gun. [(Scho)-5 (ol Sho)-5 (oters: Und)-4.9 (erstanding H)23 (igh Scho)-5 (ol, College, )]TJ /T1_3 1 Tf -0.03 Tc 0.358 Tw /Span<>> BDC )Tj The commissioner asked if she remembered the police coming, and she said she did. The second victim, Michael Sucher, got his bullet, trying to save his fallen colleague. 0.766 0.053 Td Nothing was different for Brenda Ann Spencer; she was one of the girls who typically hated 17:46 EST 04 Apr 2019 -2.118 -1.529 Td ( )Tj 0.358 Tw /Span<>> BDC 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td /T1_4 1 Tf /Span<>> BDC (84)Tj [(Langman, P)90.1 (. Brenda Ann Spencer. /T1_3 1 Tf xmp.id:9feab23b-7ab8-4f0b-91a8-e36513e1ffad 0.297 Tw /Span<>> BDC Now, however, Spencers freedom may be in sight. I hope that somehow my dad and Mike know this.. After firing thirty-six times, Spencer locked herself in her house for a few hours. After her parents separated, she lived with her father, Wallace Spencer, in poverty. Great article but terrible circumstances. Including shooting each other in school., The comments below have not been moderated, By EMC In what sense is that okay? ( )Tj BT The woman eventually left. When asked why she did the shooting, she responded: "I don't like Mondays. When asked why he might have done that, she answered, "I felt like he wanted me to kill myself.". This was a Monday morning in January 1979. /Span<>> BDC /T1_4 1 Tf )]TJ ( p. (94)Tj He recalled the phone call from the neighbor who said there had been a shooting at Cleveland, the frustration of not being able to get near the school because the incident was still going on, the terror in my wifes eyes, her screams of anguish at not knowing whether our girls were involved, the phone call from the hospital telling us that one of them had been wounded, looking at the bullet hole in her right elbow and the bullet burns on the inside if each thigh where a bullet had passed between her legs.. /Span<>> BDC He liked to keep appearances up, that everything was fine in the house, Spencer now said. (73)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. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td In prison, Spencer was diagnosed as an epileptic and received medication to treat her epilepsy and depression. [(Langman, P)90 (. -gG1dd[I mg=:a Examinations conducted at the time of the crime, refute this version. Blue was Spencer's favorite color so he would be her first victim. ( )Tj -2.118 -1.529 Td He suggested that the testing of the time may have simply failed to detect the intoxicants. (68)Tj She is a member of famous with the age 60 years old group. But to a San Diego elementary school, and to a troubled sixteen year old, Monday, January 29, 1979 held an even more distressing meaning.
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