He had died trying to help the children and Principal Wragg, killed by Ms. Spencer trying to liven up her Monday., She was lonely and scared, and became more and more depressed, he said. 0 Tc 0 Tw 0.471 0 Td ( )Tj ( )Tj (157 cm) and had bright red hair. /T1_4 1 Tf A teacher had called for her to duck. [(\223H)23 (earing 2009,)80 (\224 pp. She has said she also does not recall telling a cop, It was a lot of fun seeing children shot.. /T1_4 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf Successive parole hearings have heard powerful testimony from those who say their lives were permanently scarred by Spencer. The diminutive 16-year-old with bright red hair then armed herself . Brenda Spencer: Sorting Out the Contradictions 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td xmp.did:84468427512268118C14E112F7938AD6 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. A psychiatric evaluation in December 1978 concluded that she should be put in hospital as a danger to herself and others but again, her father resisted. School custodian Michael Suchar ran out in an attempt to pull the still-alive Wragg to safety. She was so young and ruined her life so quickly. Thus, he had first- The court sentenced her to life in prison with a possibility of parole after 25 years. )]TJ The woman eventually left. 0.237 Tw /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj Going to school should be a safe place and not a place to fear. Spencer fired three shots and hit Suchar fatally. 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. ( p. /T1_4 1 Tf There was also a statement from the principals daughter. (103)Tj [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ ( )Tj The shooting has inspired a song by the Boomtown Rats called I Dont Like Mondays, and has also gained other media coverage through a documentary.8 Her action went down in history as the first high profile school shooting and has become a vanguard to many future, unimaginable school situations and violent outbreaks. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td (paths Among Us. ( )Tj By chance, one of the numbers he called was answered by Spencer herself. EMC She also killed custodian Mike Suchar (age 56) as he tried to pull a student to safety. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td ( )Tj -2.118 -1.529 Td Brenda Ann Spencer. [(1)2.3 (02)]TJ 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. I find it really interesting to build this article and its literary resources to hook the reader. /T1_3 1 Tf 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td Her ashes are to be buried at a later date. 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. _+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` EMC EMC At 16 and using a .22 rifle her father had given her as a Christmas present she started shooting, wounding 8 and killing 2. EMC ( p. EMC (65)Tj /T1_3 1 Tf "[2] Those comments were the inspiration to the song I Don't Like Mondays by The Boomtown Rats, which reached #1 in the United Kingdom in mid 1979. Brenda Spencer is however, America's first female school shooter. The San Diego District Attorneys Office sent a representative to the hearing. After her parents separated, she lived with her father, Wallace Spencer, in poverty. /T1_4 1 Tf 1.667 0 Td -0.03 Tc 0.537 Tw /Span<>> BDC As Spencer acknowledged at one of her parole hearings: With every school shooting, I feel Im partially responsible. EMC She wrote to me saying she was glad shed done it because Id made her famous, Geldof said years later. Police later found half empty alcohol bottles throughout the house. At various parole hearings since the first in 1993, she has blamed her father and also the influence of drugs for the shooting. )Tj Its chorus of I dont like Mondays, I want to shoot the whole day down, along with lines such as The silicon chip inside her head gets switched to overload refer specifically to the twisted mind of Brenda Spencer. 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_3 1 Tf I hope that somehow my dad and Mike know this.. The place he loved the most. A)39.7 (vail)]TJ )Tj The daughter spoke of scattering her fathers ashes in the desert. from application/x-indesign to application/pdf /T1_5 1 Tf /T1_5 1 Tf I felt like he wanted me to kill myself, she said later. 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. /Span<>> BDC /Span<>> BDC )]TJ ( )Tj ( )Tj 0.4 Tw /Span<>> BDC 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 She was sentenced to twenty-five years to life in prison, and is still serving her sentence at the California Institute for Women. She often spent her time copying out the lyrics of violent punk songs. /T1_5 1 Tf /Span<>> BDC When the kids hear this, they cant possibly relate to such statements, because they have never met their grandfather, and they know they never will, because Ive told them over and over again that he is dead, that he was murdered by Brenda Spencer.. During the six-hour stand-off, a newspaper reporter rang up her neighbours to try to get eyewitness testimony. [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ My question is, will there be another boring Monday for her? he asked. -2.118 -1.529 Td Appearance Despite Spencer still being imprisoned, the pain and suffering of the casualties and their families would not magically disappear. Although it did not make the Top 40 in the U.S., it still received extensive radio airplay (outside of the San Diego area) despite the Spencer family's efforts to prevent it. She said the psychiatrist had recommended she be hospitalized as a danger to herself and to others. [( pp. In December, a psychiatric evaluation arranged by her probation officer recommended that Spencer be admitted to a mental hospital for depression, but her father refused to give permission. 0 Tc 0 Tw 0.471 0 Td EMC )Tj /T1_4 1 Tf The two victims were Principal Burton Wragg and custodian Mike Suchar. She injured eight children and a police officer, and killed the principal and a custodian. Brenda Ann Spencer @craymondaykilla On January 9,1979 I shot at Grover Cleveland Elementary School across the street from my house and killed the principal and the custodian, also injured 9 others San Diego, CAmondaysarentmything.tumblr.comJoined January 2016 3Following 51Followers Tweets Tweets & replies Media Likes Brenda Ann Spencer's Tweets /T1_4 1 Tf She was home alone, as her single father had left for work. /T1_4 1 Tf Spencer was not once searching for ways to go free. /T1_3 1 Tf So, why did you commit this crime? the head parole commissioner asked. [(W)5 (ithout Conscience,)]TJ 25 to life in prison It was published in July 1979 and was number one for four weeks in the United Kingdom, and was the band's biggest hit in their native Ireland. Discover Brenda Spencer's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td /T1_3 1 Tf /T1_5 1 Tf 36. 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. Well, thats pretty good shooting to hit as many folks as you did if youre not trying to hit anybody from across the street, the commissioner noted. That had been just before Christmas. [(\223H)23 (earing 2005,)80 (\224 p. 9 year old Cam Miller was wearing a blue vest. [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ /Span<>> BDC -2.118 -1.529 Td ( )Tj (85)Tj endstream endobj 18 0 obj <> endobj 19 0 obj <> endobj 20 0 obj <> endobj 25 0 obj <> endobj 22 0 obj <> endobj 23 0 obj <> endobj 47 0 obj <> endobj 48 0 obj <> endobj 49 0 obj <>stream )]TJ 72. , updated /Span<>> BDC Under the terms of her indeterminate sentence, Spencer became eligible for hearings to consider her suitability for parole in 1993. 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. )Tj Normally, very few people convicted on a charge of murder were able to obtain parole in California before 2011. [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ 35 years later, Brenda Ann Spencer, who killed two and wounded eight, faced her victims in a parole hearing. EMC [( p. 87)70 (, 86. [(: )0.5 (Rowman )0.5 (and )0.5 (Little\037eld,)3 ( )]TJ /T1_4 1 Tf And because she never had to be cross-examined in court, her facetious remark about hating Mondays remained her only explanation for the shooting. /T1_4 1 Tf [(Scho)-5 (ol Sho)-5 (oters: Und)-4.9 (erstanding H)23 (igh Scho)-5 (ol, College, )]TJ [(W)5 (ithout Conscience,)]TJ [( p. 27)70 (. ( )Tj Murderer Brenda Spencer opened fire at a San Diego elementary school from a window in her home, leaving two dead and nine more shot Famously told reporter her motive was that she 'didn't like. 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. ( )Tj Today, she is 56 and still behind bars at the California Institution for Women. You indicate you werent really trying to hit anybodybut you did a heck of a job of hitting a lot of people.. (A Pro\036le for Change. EMC A)40 (vailable at )]TJ Brenda Spencer is America's first female school shooter. 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. Tom Leonard for the Daily Mail 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td [You] put your gun down, the commissioner observed. 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. Because I wanted to die, she said. ( )Tj ( )Tj 2016-02-11T19:23:05-05:00 42. Any inmate aged 55 or older is eligible to be identified as a GG and participation is voluntary., Ryan Wallers story His unfortunate death, Where is Brent Dennis now? /T1_4 1 Tf A single .22 caliber shot entered his back and out of Cam's chest. For Christmas 1978 her father, Wallace, had given her a .22 rifle as a present. )]TJ [(H)23 (are, )]TJ According to our Database, She has no children. ( )Tj /Span<>> BDC The board denied her and she will not be eligible for another hearing until 2019. (74)Tj When asked why he might have done that, she answered, "I felt like he wanted me to kill myself.". 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. Conviction [(H)23 (are, R. )]TJ After her parents separated, she lived with her father, Wallace Spencer, in poverty. The number of shots fired and the number of vital hits speaks of incredibly accurate, directed shooting, and these were moving targets.. ( )Tj Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 58 years old? This article brings to light the issue of gun control. -2.118 -1.529 Td Brenda told police negotiators that the children were easy targets and warned that she would come out shooting.. -2.118 -1.529 Td One was from Wilfred Suchar, son of the murdered custodian, Michael Suchar. \223Charles Andrew W)5 (illiams: S)23 (orting Out the Contra)]TJ 0.356 Tw /Span<>> BDC proof:pdf /T1_4 1 Tf /Span<>> BDC -2.118 -1.529 Td Behind the scenes 21, 50. /T1_3 1 Tf The perfect crime has no motive, people have paid with their lives only for the sake of fun bored girl. (88)Tj He is one of many opposing her release on grounds that she remains a risk to the people of his city. EMC [(W)5 (ithout Conscience: T)-45 (he Disturbing W)40 (orld of the Psycho)]TJ ( )Tj It is very saddening to read that she would target an elementary school full of innocent children but it is very satisfying to also read that she is still serving time for the horrific thing she had committed. On April 4, 1980, a day after her 18th birthday, she was sentenced to 25 years to life. (93)Tj She described going to the school to collect her fathers personal effects. /T1_4 1 Tf A former student named Cam Miller attended the hearing in person and offered the last statement. The sighs floating in the air are palpable and nothing seems possible. They had a child, and the little girl attended Buell's preschool. The girl was born in the USA, California, the city of San Diego, in 1962. Bob Geldof, then the lead singer of the Boomtown Rats, read about the incident when a news story about it came off the telex at WRAS-FM, the campus radio station at Georgia State University in Atlanta. 0.238 Tw /Span<>> BDC /T1_4 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf 0.38 Tw /Span<>> BDC However, lawyer Michael McGlinn, who defended Spencer at her trial, told me he continues to believe she will never reoffend. Police were told she had fantasised about being a sniper and would hunt birds around the neighbourhood. /T1_4 1 Tf 0.46 Tw /Span<>> BDC Her target was Grover Cleveland Elementary School, just 150ft away across the road, where at around 8.30am a crowd of young children were waiting patiently for their head teacher to unlock the gates. 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 grew up relatively poor and spent most of her early life with her father, Wallace Spencer, with whom she had a turbulent relationship. ( p. EMC 93. When asked why she said "I hate Mondays" prompting the Boomtown Rats hit song. (67)Tj 0.298 Tw /Span<>> BDC Brenda Spencers income source is mostly from being a successful . From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, "School Shooter Brenda Spencer Denied Parole", "Urban Legends Reference Pages: Music (I Don't Like Mondays)", https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brenda_Ann_Spencer&oldid=8201899, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. ( )Tj )]TJ Spencer, an introverted and scrawny tomboy, had a history of petty theft, drug abuse and school truancy. EMC ( )Tj Her behaviour including telling a friend she wanted to kill someone, probably a police officer became increasingly disturbing. She kept busy behind bars by learning Latin just for the fun of it, she said. I had never heard of this case prior to reading this article. -2.118 -1.529 Td /Span<>> BDC EMC I can still remember the pool of blood on the nurses bed, and the terror didnt end there. The most terrible thing in all this story was the announcement of the reasons for shooting from the mouth of the murderer. )Tj [(\223H)23 (earing 2001,)80 (\224 pp. /T1_3 1 Tf 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td /T1_3 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf Nothing was different for Brenda Ann Spencer; she was one of the girls who typically hated This article did a good job of explaining what had happened that day and what her motive was. Theme powered by WordPress. 0 0 0 1 scn Many are convinced the other killers were inspired by her. (71)Tj Across the street, Brenda Ann Spencer was watching them from her home, a ramshackle house filled with empty alcohol bottles and a single mattress she shared with her father. The beatings, the touching, the emotional abuse. She went on to state that no one, not teachers or counselors, gave her assistance through this, so she simply thought that this was how the world and how life worked. -0.05 Tc 0.456 Tw /Span<>> BDC -2.118 -1.529 Td She killed. EMC We were all very upset and shocked on the way to the hospital, because no one would tell us Michaels condition. )Tj Yet she wonders whether Spencer could ever adapt to the outside world and if she will snap again. Most can agree with former FBI profiler Candice DeLong's remarks that Brenda's father bears responsibility for what happened that day by buying her the gun. EMC /Span<>> BDC No school or kids deserve to be shot up. /T1_4 1 Tf 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td [(\223H)23 (earing 1994, p. /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj )]TJ B renda Ann Spencer was born on April 3, 1962. EMC EMC /Span<>> BDC [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ [(W)5 (ithout Conscience,)]TJ -2.118 -1.529 Td /T1_4 1 Tf 25\22626. ( )Tj I walked into court and saw this monster glaring at me, he remembered. ( p. (61)Tj EMC But after 13 years of working in a psychiatric hospital, she said she can understand why she went down the road she did she never got the help she needed. EMC [( N)23 (ew Y)60 (ork: J)23 (ason Aronson, 1976, p. I do not feel sorry for the shooters of the crimes. Spencer showed no remorse in her crime; her full . I am from a town a few miles from Santa Fe High School where the 2018 shooting took place. Victims of her crime have opposed Brendas likely parole, stating that their lives were forever affected by her actions. She shot eight children, and she shot a responding police officer, Robert Robb, in the neck. A 16-year-old girl, Brenda Spencer, who lived in a house across the street from the school, was convicted of the shootings. In April 1980, Spencer pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Four times the murderer asked for parole, and four times she was refused. /T1_4 1 Tf As of December2015, she has been unsuccessful at four parole board hearings. EMC 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td /T1_4 1 Tf 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. 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 -2.118 -1.529 Td /T1_4 1 Tf The issue is not owning guns, the issue is mental health.
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