The Vampire Killer of Sacramento: Richard Trenton Chase

The Vampire Killer of Sacramento: Richard Trenton Chase

Richard Trenton Chase came to be known as “The Vampire Killer of Sacramento” because he would drink the blood of his sufferers and practised cannibalism with their body parts. Six known casualties were claimed by Chase.

Chase was born on May 23, 1950, in Sacramento, California. As a kid, he was known to set fires, wet the bed, and torment animals. Once he evolved older, he began drinking and using drugs, mainly smoking marijuana and using LSD. He was in and out of mental institutions during largely of his life. He developed hypochondria from his drug and alcohol abuse which effected him to tell doctors that his pulmonary artery had been stolen, his heart would quit beating, and he claimed that his blood was turning to powder.

When he was 21, he lived on his own in an apartment. His roommates became fed up with his behaviour and agreed on to move out, and he finally had to return home. He didn’t wait long because his father put up rent for a new apartment. He had no social life and no girlfriends. Chase spent time capturing and murder animals, and then consuming them raw or blended up.

In 1976, he was hospitalized for blood poisoning after injecting himself with the blood from a rabbit he killed. Many sufferers and nurses were terrified by him and referred to him as Dracula. He was often found with blood stained on his face which he contended was from cutting himself shaving. However, he was chewing the heads off birds and sucking their blood. Once he started taking medication, he was released.

A year later, Chase was discovered in a field near Lake Tahoe, Nevada. He was naked and covered in cow’s blood. The occurrence was reported but nothing else was performed. Only a few short months later, Chase shot and murdered Ambrose Griffin. The event was a drive-by, according to the FBI. Chase was not recognized at first as the shooter.

His next sufferer, Terry Wallin, was the 22-year-old expectant wife of David Wallin. She was discovered by her husband when he came home from work, disembowelled and sifted of her blood. It seemed that Chase had compiled her blood into a yoghurt cup to drink it. Again, Chase was not recognized as the savage killer. An inquiry started and other occurrences were found out, such as the burglary of a house nearby where the disembowelled remains of a dog were discovered.

The FBI formulated a profile for the suspect founded on the evidence; it was an excellent match for Chase. The FBI begged for any information leading to his capture but it wasn’t long before another massacre was committed. A neighbour arrived at the home of Evelyn Miroth, only to discover a massacre. Not only was 36-year-old Evelyn discovered dead, but her 6-year-old son Jason and family friend Daniel Meredith were also found dead. Evelyn’s 22-month-old nephew, Michael Ferreira was also missing from the home. The playpen where Michael would generally be found was covered in blood and comprised a pillow with a bullet hole, so it was presumed he was also murdered and the suspect took the body with him when he left.

A substantial lead for the police came from a woman in her 20s who mentioned that she ran into a man she had gone to high school with and he moved toward her car. She glanced that his eyes were sunken, he was incredibly thin, and he had bloodstains on his sweatshirt. She recognized him as Richard Trenton Chase. The police found out that he lived within a mile of most of the killing sites. 

After staking out his apartment, police took Chase into imprisonment. He was strongly captive and a gun discovered in evidence was linked back to all of the killings. Authorities also discovered a 12-inch butcher knife, rubber boots, animal collars, three blenders containing blood, and various dishes inside the refrigerator comprising body parts. 

A calendar was even discovered in his apartment comprising the word “today” marked on the dates of the Wallin and Miroth killings. A mummified, beheaded, the baby was then discovered later in a box outside of an empty lot. It was deduced to be the nephew of Evelyn Mirth.

The prosecutions started in 1979, and Chase pleaded not criminal because of insanity. Nonetheless, he was considered legally sane at the time he perpetrated the crimes and was found sinful on all six killing counts. During an interview, Chase confessed to walking the streets checking to see if doors were unlocked. He stated that “if the door was locked that meant you weren’t welcome.”

Following his conviction, he started receiving medication. Instead of taking the medication, he accumulated it until he had enough to commit suicide. He was discovered dead in his cell in December 1979.

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