Crimes
The body of Teresa Wallin
On December 29, 1977, Richard Chase murdered Ambrose Griffin, a 51-year-old father of two. Griffin was helping his wife bring groceries into the house when he was murdered.
On January 11, 1978, Chase attacked a neighbour when he asked for a cigarette and then restrained her until she turned the entire pack over. Soon after, Chase broke into a house, and then urinated inside a drawer containing infant clothing and defecated on a child's bed.
On January 23, 1978, Teresa Wallin, three months pregnant at the time, was taking out the garbage when Chase entered through her front door. He shot Wallin three times (one in the hand, twice in the head), killing her. Chase then dragged her body to the bedroom and raped her post-mortem while stabbing her several times with a butcher knife. He then removed multiple internal organs, cut off one of her nipples, and drank the blood. Before he left, he collected dog feces from the back yard and stuffed it down her throat.
On January 27, 1978, Chase entered the home of 38-year-old Evelyn Miroth, who was babysitting her 22-month-old nephew David and her six-year-old son Jason. A neighbour, Dan Meredith, was also in the home, as he had come to check on Miroth. Meredith was watching the children, while Miroth was taking a bath, when he was fatally shot in the head. Chase then stole Meredith's wallet and car keys. Jason ran to his mother's bedroom, where Chase shot him twice in the head. On route to the bedroom to kill Jason, Chase also shot David in the head. Following, Chase entered the bathroom and shot Miroth in the head. He then dragged her corpse to a bed where he simultaneously sodomized it and drank her blood. When he had finished, he stabbed her multiple times in the anus, and then in a series of vital points on the body, which caused blood to pool from her internal organs into her stomach. Chase then dragged Meredith's corpse to the bathroom where he split open his skull and ate some of his brain. Fleeing the scene after being startled by a six-year-old girl who had come for a playdate with Jason, he brought David's corpse with him. He chopped off his penis and used it as a straw to suck the blood out of his body. When he was finished, he disposed of the corpse at a nearby church.
All six murders took place in Sacramento, California.
On January 11, 1978, Chase attacked a neighbour when he asked for a cigarette and then restrained her until she turned the entire pack over. Soon after, Chase broke into a house, and then urinated inside a drawer containing infant clothing and defecated on a child's bed.
On January 23, 1978, Teresa Wallin, three months pregnant at the time, was taking out the garbage when Chase entered through her front door. He shot Wallin three times (one in the hand, twice in the head), killing her. Chase then dragged her body to the bedroom and raped her post-mortem while stabbing her several times with a butcher knife. He then removed multiple internal organs, cut off one of her nipples, and drank the blood. Before he left, he collected dog feces from the back yard and stuffed it down her throat.
On January 27, 1978, Chase entered the home of 38-year-old Evelyn Miroth, who was babysitting her 22-month-old nephew David and her six-year-old son Jason. A neighbour, Dan Meredith, was also in the home, as he had come to check on Miroth. Meredith was watching the children, while Miroth was taking a bath, when he was fatally shot in the head. Chase then stole Meredith's wallet and car keys. Jason ran to his mother's bedroom, where Chase shot him twice in the head. On route to the bedroom to kill Jason, Chase also shot David in the head. Following, Chase entered the bathroom and shot Miroth in the head. He then dragged her corpse to a bed where he simultaneously sodomized it and drank her blood. When he had finished, he stabbed her multiple times in the anus, and then in a series of vital points on the body, which caused blood to pool from her internal organs into her stomach. Chase then dragged Meredith's corpse to the bathroom where he split open his skull and ate some of his brain. Fleeing the scene after being startled by a six-year-old girl who had come for a playdate with Jason, he brought David's corpse with him. He chopped off his penis and used it as a straw to suck the blood out of his body. When he was finished, he disposed of the corpse at a nearby church.
All six murders took place in Sacramento, California.
Richard Chase's modus operandi was that he believed that unlocked doors to homes meant he was "welcome inside". Unlocked doors meant he was unwelcome there, and he would just walk off the property. Chase never issued any force to attain entrance into the homes of any of his victims, nor did he ever try more than one entrance to the home. If the front door was locked, he took it as a sign that that was not the place for him.
The cannibalistic nature of Chase was his signature. Eating and taking internal organs from the crime scene for later consumption was his goal for each crime.
The cannibalistic nature of Chase was his signature. Eating and taking internal organs from the crime scene for later consumption was his goal for each crime.