0 Tw 2.118 0 Td (A Pro\036le for Change. /Span<>> BDC ET The diminutive 16-year-old with bright red hair then armed herself . /T1_4 1 Tf According to The Daily Beast, she would later claim that her father was abusive toward her and that her mother "just wasn't there." )]TJ She described the shooter, a sixteen year old, and the shooters address. Thus, he had first- Dorothy who goes by Dot recounts Brenda as a child who was "very active, always happy, a good child, well behaved, [and] never had any problems in school" (Dower, 2016). Brenda Ann Spencer was born in San Diego, California, on April 3, 1962. /T1_4 1 Tf 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. I know saying Im sorry doesnt make it all right,Spencer told the parole board in 2001. Spencer subsequently pleaded guilty to two counts of murder. 0.415 Tw /Span<>> BDC /T1_3 1 Tf The article kept my attention the entire time. However, her method of expressing her resentment is definitely unjustifiable. Deadly Women Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. By chance, one of the numbers he called was answered by Spencer herself. Mary Rintoul aged nine when she was shot in the attack has mixed feelings about letting her out. The small ceremony solidified my understanding of love and eternity, and of our ties to one another as human beings. -2.118 -1.529 Td /T1_1 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf )]TJ Brenda Spencer Basically, what shes telling this board are a series of untruths, the representative concluded. True uuid:abfef72d-ac1c-9d47-b406-9a703c3e820b , updated /T1_3 1 Tf EMC Theme powered by WordPress. The commissioner observed that Spencer had described a dark side to her father, while others described him as a decent man. On the morning of Monday, January 29, 1979, Spencer began shooting at children waiting for Principal Burton Wragg (age 53) to open the gates to Grover Cleveland Elementary. Jonathan Fast, Unforgiven and Alone: Brenda Spencer and Secret Shame, in, College of Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences. She was sentenced to concurrent terms of 25 years to life in prison. EMC [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ \223Charles Andrew W)5 (illiams: S)23 (orting Out the Contra)]TJ Another nine got hurt during that incident. 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. EMC /Span<>> BDC That summer, Spencer, who was known to hunt birds in the neighborhood, was arrested for shooting out the windows of Grover Cleveland Elementary with a BB gun and for burglary. Born in Decatur, Illinois, Jan 29,. EMC /T1_4 1 Tf )]TJ /T1_4 1 Tf [( pp. Peter Langman Spencer showed no remorse in her crime; her full . (\027)Tj She was home alone, as her single father had left for work. As of December 2015, shed been denied parole four times. He returned to the shooting. Spencer was 16 on Jan. 29, 1979, when she opened fire with a .22 rifle on Grover Cleveland Elementary School across from her home in San Diego, killing the principal and the custodian while wounding eight youngsters and a police officer. The daughter spoke of scattering her fathers ashes in the desert. ( )Tj -2.118 -1.529 Td 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 has said she also does not recall telling a cop, It was a lot of fun seeing children shot.. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td /T1_3 1 Tf Her ashes are to be buried at a later date. 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. Victims [(H)23 (are, )]TJ 0.038 Tw 2.118 0 Td She killed. 0.355 Tw /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj Later, of course, I had nightmares, and to this day I fear that someone is pointing a gun at me when Im walking in open places., And recently, my boyfriend wanted me to go to a shooting range with him because its a sport he enjoys, and although I was hesitant, I thought, Well, its been a long time, Ill probably be OK. And I sat there as he shot the silhouette, but he had to stop because I started frantically crying. ( p. Nobody at the school knew where the shots were coming from. (88)Tj 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. 1.647 0 Td Successive parole hearings have heard powerful testimony from those who say their lives were permanently scarred by Spencer. The issue is in plain sight but nobody in the right places of power wants to say it because its easier to point fingers. Students at Grover Cleveland Elementary School, located in San Diego, California, began what they believed would be a normal Monday morning like any other, with bells ringing and students racing to their classes. The tragedy that occurred in the primary school Grover Cleveland, most striking is that the murderer took away the lives of people for fun. /T1_2 1 Tf But the lawyer also noted that while visiting Spencer at a juvenile-detention facility after her arrest, the father had met a girl who resembled his daughter, but was younger. She also killed custodian Mike Suchar (age 56) as he tried to pull a student to safety. 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. ( )Tj 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td EMC And because she never had to be cross-examined in court, her facetious remark about hating Mondays remained her only explanation for the shooting. EMC 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. /Span<>> BDC The number of shots fired and the number of vital hits speaks of incredibly accurate, directed shooting, and these were moving targets.. Spencer fired three shots and hit Suchar fatally. -2.118 -1.529 Td (77)Tj ( )Tj /T1_0 1 Tf [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ EMC 84. /T1_4 1 Tf Do not leave her indifferent and stories about violence. He suggested that the testing of the time may have simply failed to detect the intoxicants. California has some of the most stringent gun control laws in the country and yet still there is gun violence, like the school shooting described in this article. _+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` Sixteen-year-old Brenda Spencer fired from the window of her house children who had come to school, across the road from the ill-fated home. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td EMC 24\22625. On April 4, 1980, a day after her 18th birthday, she was sentenced to 25 years to life. 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 grew up relatively poor and spent most of her early life with her father, Wallace Spencer, with whom she had a turbulent relationship. I do not feel sorry for the shooters of the crimes. /T1_4 1 Tf /T1_5 1 Tf These are the other shootings reported on: the Columbine High School shooting, the shootings at Simon's Rock College, the Bethel Regional High School shooting, and the Pearl High School shooting. )]TJ Despite what former District Attorney Richard Sachs said on the episode of Deadly Women, Spencer's rampage was not "the country's, if not the world's first school shooting case before 1979." This page was last changed on 2 May 2022, at 09:58. -2.118 -1.529 Td Conviction 0.259 Tw /Span<>> BDC But the link with the San Diego shooting was soon spotted by Spencer herself. /T1_4 1 Tf EMC The look at Brenda Foster gave me was enough to scare any young child to death.. A few weeks ago, she marked her 40th anniversary in prison after successive parole applications had been refused. EMC EMC Their effort to save the children will be appreciated forever. 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.. [(V)45 (ersion 1.0 \()13 (11 F)35 (ebruary 2016)8.1 (\))]TJ /T1_4 1 Tf He was an antisocial loner who lived in poverty in a house strewn with empty beer and whisky bottles. /T1_3 1 Tf The commissioner said they would get back to all that. EMC /Span<>> BDC )Tj When she was 16 years old, at Christmas, her father presented her with a rifle with an optical sight. [(\223H)23 (earing 2001,)80 (\224 pp. A good addition to the gift was the box, which contained more than 500 rounds. /T1_4 1 Tf At another hearing, she claimed she had opened fire because she wanted police to kill her. )]TJ She is eligible for a Parole Suitability Hearing in September 2021. Nothing can console me ever.. No, I wasnt feeling good, she replied. During a 2009 parole hearing, her most recent, she insisted that she had not intended to shoot anybody. Many are convinced the other killers were inspired by her. EMC In 2009, the board again refused her application for parole and ruled it would be ten years before she would be considered again. I was shooting into the parking lot.. A)40 (vailable at )]TJ The 1982 Japanese-American documentary film The Killing of America depicts the incident. I had never heard of a female school shooter. ( )Tj EMC It's just that the girl at the time had fun. Some of them were seriously injured, but all survived. -2.118 -1.529 Td She started her killing spree to liven up the day. Spencers murderous rampage might have claimed more victims had the police not obstructed her line of fire using a garbage truck. 0.319 Tw /Span<>> BDC Photos of Brenda Ann Spencer, 16, who killed two adults and wounded eight children in a 1979 sniper attack on a San Diego elementary school. In the meantime, she will sit as inmate W14944 in the California Womens Institution, seeming to see no irony in having used heated metal to brand the words Courage and Pride across her chest. Brenda Spencer explained her act by shooting at children just for the sake of her pleasure, and also for laughs. /T1_3 1 Tf (157 cm) and had bright red hair. ( )Tj Tom Leonard for the Daily Mail
78, 80. Police proceeded to move a garbage truck in front of Spencer's line of fire. 1 Colonization and Settlement (1500-1763), 2 Revolution and Early Republic (1754-1801), 4 Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), 5 Emergence of Modern America (1877-1929), 4 Late Middle Ages-Renaissance-Reformation Europe (1300-1648), 3 Post-Classical History (600 CE-1492 CE), HS 1302 United States History since 1877, SP 3392 Language Variation and Dialectology of Spanish, Jonathan Fast, Unforgiven and Alone: Brenda Spencer and Secret Shame, in. 21.746 0 Td ( )Tj ( )Tj I felt like he wanted me to kill myself, she said later. 0.298 Tw /Span<>> BDC Despite watching the principal die, he continued saving kids from the line of fire. Biography ( )Tj ( )Tj [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ The two victims were Principal Burton Wragg and custodian Mike Suchar. [(\223H)23 (earing 2009,)80 (\224 p. 27)70 (. (76)Tj /T1_4 1 Tf In what sense is that okay? Spencer showed no remorse in her crime; her full explanation of her actions was "I don't like Mondays; this livens up the day. 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. %PDF-1.7
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( )Tj EMC 36. Spencer signed up as soon as she hit 55. /T1_4 1 Tf 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td In 1993, she tried to prove that she committed the act, being under the drug and alcohol intoxication. 85. (103)Tj This livens up the day. Spencer surrendered after the negotiators promised her a Burger King Meal. In 2005, a San Diego deputy district attorney cited an incident of self-harm from four years earlier when Spencer's girlfriend was released from jail, as showing that she was psychotic and unfit to be released. -2.118 -1.529 Td 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. [( p. 87)70 (, 86. [(H)23 (are, )]TJ ( )Tj /T1_5 1 Tf She injured eight children. Brenda Spencer is currently serving his sentence and looks forward to a pardon. /T1_3 1 Tf [The father] then went on and had a sexual relationship with her and married her, the lawyer alleged. Occupation adobe:docid:indd:dd4a55d2-0e77-11de-96a0-c0933d61f99d The other daughter had been saved from harm when a notebook with a pouch of pens stopped a bullet. /Span<>> BDC EMC /T1_4 1 Tf We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 3 April. Do you remember them taking cover? the commissioner asked. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td /Span<>> BDC EMC 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.