)Tj Spencer showed no remorse in her crime; her full explanation of her actions was "I don't like Mondays; this livens up the day. ( )Tj /Span<>> BDC Motive \223Charles Andrew W)5 (illiams: S)23 (orting Out the Contra)]TJ )]TJ Police were told she had fantasised about being a sniper and would hunt birds around the neighbourhood. (61)Tj EMC )]TJ /T1_3 1 Tf She shot people for the fun of it. 0.007 Tc -0.126 Tw /Span<>> BDC 0 Tc 0 Tw 8.4751 0 0 8.5 561.6812 581.5 Tm ( )Tj /GS0 gs She was so young and ruined her life so quickly. 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. -gG1dd[I mg=:a representative added that Spencer had complained to the police negotiator that the custodian had tried to get everybody off the school grounds. And every time I had tried suicide in the previous year I had screwed it up.. Nothing was different for Brenda Ann Spencer; she was one of the girls who typically hated According to court documents she would open fire from her home aiming at young children waiting to get into the school. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td A model prisoner, she wants to be a forklift truck driver if she ever regains her freedom. EMC Brenda Spencer's Mugshot taken in 1996 | Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. )]TJ She said she had been under the influence of alcohol, pot, and downers. 20 years after the shooting, Spencer made claims that her father sexually abused her. -2.118 -1.529 Td 0 Tc 0.76 Tw /Span<>> BDC [(WWW)55 (.SCHOOLSHOOTERS.INFO)]TJ 2EfL3Kp.y7[ After her parents separated, she lived with her father, Wallace Spencer, in poverty. They had a child, and the little girl attended Buell's preschool. I walked around this place, not stepping on the splotches and the puddles, and didnt want to be hugged by anyone. /Span<>> BDC During the uninterrupted shooting, two teachers were killed, who saved their children at the cost of their lives. BT )]TJ (87)Tj I had never heard of a female school shooter. 0.305 Tw /Span<>> BDC My name is Crystal Hardy, one began. I understand that she was not mentally stable but killing innocent people is not justifiable. [(201)40 (5. The campaign of Genghis Khan to Russia, Olive oil: composition, properties and application. [( p. 27)70 (. 21, 50. HtyTY Q" }]iwQQ*=L`:i_L{NSTw)k+CZ"Rhtn They slept on a single mattress on the living room floor, with empty alcohol . Spencer showed no remorse in her crime; her full . I do not feel sorry for the shooters of the crimes. (100)Tj )]TJ -2.118 -1.529 Td ( pp. EMC In her 2001 hearing, Spencer first claimed that her father had been subjecting her to beatings and sexual abuse, but he said the allegations were not true. ", 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. When asked why she said "I hate Mondays" prompting the Boomtown Rats hit song. /T1_5 1 Tf 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td /Span<>> BDC At parole hearings, the panel reminds her of statements during the shooting. ( )Tj A 16-year-old girl, Brenda Spencer, who lived in a house across the street from the school, was convicted of the shootings. 0.358 Tw /Span<>> BDC /Span<>> BDC Spencer was the inspiration for the song "I Don't Like Mondays," written by Bob Geldof and Johnnie Fingers for their band the Boomtown Rats, which was released later that year. EMC 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. 1.647 0 Td /T1_4 1 Tf 0.237 Tw /Span<>> BDC EMC True Numerous tests and examinations proved that Spencer was absolutely adequate, she was not offended at school, loved at home, and she was absolutely sober at the time of the murder. Spencer later said, "I asked for a radio and he bought me a gun." [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ The court sentenced her to life in prison with a possibility of parole after 25 years. (MD)Tj EMC Nothing can console me ever.. After her parents separated, she lived with her father, Wallace Spencer, in poverty. 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. Basically, what shes telling this board are a series of untruths, the representative concluded. 0.238 Tw /Span<>> BDC [( p. 7)30 (3. /T1_3 1 Tf 0.356 Tw /Span<>> BDC EMC After the first bell rang, Brenda broke the panels on the front door of her home, which was located right across the street from the elementary school. /T1_0 1 Tf 0.237 Tw /Span<>> BDC Now, however, Spencers freedom may be in sight. [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ 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. 42. /T1_4 1 Tf /T1_5 1 Tf -2.118 -1.529 Td (66)Tj /T1_4 1 Tf Spencer fired at him but missed as well. It also be projection, a signal that she's being abused at home by someone. You didnt follow through with your plan.. EMC Her father left home for work around 7 oclock in the morning. )Tj In 2009, the board again refused her application for parole and ruled it would be ten years before she would be considered again. The shooting at school was over, and the murderer, frightened of the consequences, hid in the house. /T1_3 1 Tf Copyright 2016 by Peter Langman, Ph.D. Yet, while it was all happening, so beautiful, so serene, I couldnt get over the perverse violence associated with my dads passing. She had a parole hearing in September 2021, but she waived the hearing for one in 2022. Nine counts of attempted murder. Former student EMC ( )Tj Cam [Charles] Miller was seven when she shot him in the back. After several hours, Brenda Spencer surrendered her weapon and several rounds of ammunition, and was subsequently arrested. Let alone an elementary school shooting. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td -2.118 -1.529 Td ( )Tj [( p. 207)70 (. Despite Spencer still being imprisoned, the pain and suffering of the casualties and their families would not magically disappear. ( )Tj 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td He allowed that Spencers father had never owned up to sexually abusing her. We will update Brenda Spencer's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible. )Tj While I had briefly heard of this case before, the author provided more details than I had originally known. Deadly Women Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. /T1_3 1 Tf 0.4 Tw /Span<>> BDC EMC /Span<>> BDC EMC /T1_3 1 Tf [(\223H)23 (earing 2009,)80 (\224 pp. ( )Tj Peter Langman She was suffering from poverty with his alcoholic father since her parents separated. Spencer shot and killed Wragg as he tried to help children. On January 29, 1979, in San Diego, California, 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer, who lived just across the road from the Cleveland Elementary School, opened fire on the students and school personnel with a .22-caliber rifle. Eventually, officers persuaded her to come out offering her a Burger King meal as an inducement, it was reported and found she had another 200 rounds of ammunition. For Christmas 1978 her father, Wallace, had given her a .22 rifle as a present. She had submitted a written statement in which she alleged that her father had begun fondling her when she was 9 and had sexually assaulted her virtually every night. California rarely grants parole for people convicted of murder, but it hasnt stopped Brenda from trying. /T1_3 1 Tf [(\223H)23 (earing 2009,)80 (\224 p. Principal Burton Wragg heard the shooting and ran out to get the children out of harms way, and the inmate shot him in the chest and killed him. /Span<>> BDC 16. She also killed custodian Mike Suchar (age 56) as he tried to pull a student to safety. Supporters, though, say she would not have shot anyone if her emotional problems had been addressed. /T1_4 1 Tf ( )Tj I was trying to commit suicide.. /T1_2 1 Tf The Lifetime Movies, series Killer Kids released an episode "Deadly Compulsion" depicting Spencer's crimes, first air date: September 3, 2014. (62)Tj Spencer signed up as soon as she hit 55. /T1_4 1 Tf After a 20-minute shooting spree, eight children and three adults had been hit, among them a police officer who was shot through the neck. While there, a journalist somehow found her home phone number and called. One survivor of the 1979 shooting described herself as "shocked, saddened, horrified" by the eerie similarities to their own traumatic experience. Conviction This livens up the day. Spencer surrendered after the negotiators promised her a Burger King Meal. 0.013 Tc -0.013 Tw 13.929 0 Td 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. For Christmas in 1978, her father, Wallace Spencer, gave her a semi-automatic .22 caliber rifle. 0 Tc 0 Tw 8.5 0 0 8.5 336 538.5 Tm For all his ex-clients notoriety, Michael McGlinn insists the day she is released is getting close. At various parole hearings since the first in 1993, she has blamed her father and also the influence of drugs for the shooting. adobe:docid:indd:dd4a55d2-0e77-11de-96a0-c0933d61f99d Any inmate over 55 years can join the club, which offers its members special privileges. EMC 0 0 0 1 scn Suchar had served in Vietnam. ( p. /T1_5 1 Tf /T1_3 1 Tf /T1_5 1 Tf A police officer (age28), responding to a call for assistance during the incident, was wounded in the neck as he arrived. -2.118 -1.529 Td Why did you have to shoot the people at the school? the commissioner asked. I never got the impression from her that she was interested in trying to hurt kids, he said. Monday blues are common among teenagers, who are forced to wake up at 8 am to get on a yellow school bus. She did it, she said, because she didn't like Mondays. 0.521 Tw /Span<>> BDC -2.118 -1.529 Td [(dic)-20 (tions,)80 (\224 201)40 (5. EMC *JHRD%G'6F':,2CSIxV+KH77XdKtdJ'Z^NUhd~/Hy6D+)r( E(jJQn456Tj EoS)5D):IBgdVVWN/#/Cq:~(x{:xhaeB+:?b#{?LSAOk;HDFfMF>479.%1$kvgY )]TJ (77)Tj Tom Leonard for the Daily Mail [(\223H)23 (earing 2001,)80 (\224 pp. 76\22677)70 (. ( )Tj 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td /T1_4 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf 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. /Span<>> BDC Brenda aimed the rifle at the schoolyard from her bedroom. 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. School Shooter Mary Rintoul aged nine when she was shot in the attack has mixed feelings about letting her out. Well, you could have shot out one window of the school and the police would have come., You didnt have any anger at the children?, The commissioner asked if she recalled saying she had fired on the schoolyard because I dont like Mondays., I might have said that, she replied. 0 Tw (-)Tj 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. Ive seen first hand how these tragedies affect a community. Brenda Spencer: Sorting Out the Contradictions Copyright 2018 en.unansea.com. What is brenda spencer doing now? 17-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer leaves the courthouse in Santa Ana, California, escorted by sheriff's deputies Waking on the single mattress she shared with her father in the living room of their squalid suburban California home, Brenda Spencer remembers starting that day by taking her epilepsy medicine, washed down with whisky. She showed little interest in her studies and hated authority. He suggested that the testing of the time may have simply failed to detect the intoxicants. /T1_3 1 Tf [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ My dad told them that nothing was wrong with me and everything was fine, and leave us alone, she recalled. 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.. ( )Tj )Tj EMC Brenda Spencer's Mugshot taken in 1996 | Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. /T1_4 1 Tf This livens up the day.. /T1_4 1 Tf In 2001, Spencer accused her father of physically and sexually abusing her (he denied the allegation) and forcing her to share a bed with him. -0.06 Tc 0.479 Tw /Span<>> BDC A lawyer representing Spencer spoke next. )Tj ( )Tj Being from San Diego, California this article sparked my interest. The shooter killed a principal and a custodian as they tried to pull students into safety. -2.118 -1.529 Td (86)Tj Brenda Ann Spencer was the killer who started it all. The Brenda Spencer Murder Case, which was published in 2012, and is the single best source I am aware of regarding Spencer. EMC She had asked her father for a radio. [(and )0.5 (A)4.9 (dult P)10 (erpetrat)-10.1 (ors. -2.118 -1.529 Td -2.118 -1.529 Td Mental health needs to be addressed everywhere and not just when someone acts out like this. (84)Tj In late January 1979, Brenda Spencer killed two adults and injured eight children and one adult because of her hate for Mondays. Their effort to save the children will be appreciated forever. 93. 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. 0 Tc 0 Tw 0.471 0 Td 1.647 0 Td (94)Tj We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Survivors of the shooting who attended court recall a bespectacled Spencer staring at them blankly. Police proceeded to move a garbage truck in front of Spencer's line of fire. (paths Among Us. /T1_4 1 Tf [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ ( )Tj -2.118 -1.529 Td EMC Even as an adult, he was gripped by an abiding fear of leaving his back exposed in restaurants he always sits with his back to the wall. No school or kids deserve to be shot up. 0.184 Tw /Span<>> BDC 0.298 Tw /Span<>> BDC -0.196 Tw /Span<>> BDC -2.118 -1.529 Td ( )Tj /CS0 cs 0 0 0 0.5 scn EMC )]TJ 88. /Span<>> BDC Nothing was different for Brenda Ann Spencer; she was one of the girls who typically hated Mondays. KGsvVk4g#|$TQS(kPh=dKIj-\eA 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td ( )Tj They slept on a single mattress on the living room floor, with empty alcohol bottles throughout the house. The tragedy that occurred in the primary school Grover Cleveland, most striking is that the murderer took away the lives of people for fun. EMC /T1_5 1 Tf -0.05 Tc 0.456 Tw /Span<>> BDC EMC Youre shooting these people as they become targets, and yet you told me that you didnt intend to hit anyone.. /T1_4 1 Tf )]TJ Tom Leonard for the Daily Mail, Sleeping girls, 10 and 13, are shot as home is sprayed with 17 bullets during second drive-by in the neighborhood in just 24 hours, One person killed and two police have been shot by a gunman suspected of holding a teen hostage near Atlanta, Isabel Oakeshott receives 'menacing' message from Matt Hancock, Insane moment river of rocks falls onto Malibu Canyon in CA, Mom who lost both sons to fentanyl blasts laughing Biden, Pavement where disabled woman gestured at cyclist before fatal crash, Pro-Ukrainian drone lands on Russian spy planes exposing location, 'Buster is next!' 1 0 obj <>>> endobj 2 0 obj <>stream 36. [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ
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