Today in Crime History: Serial Killer Richard Trenton Chase Commits Suicide
December 26, 2012 7:54 PM
On December 26, 1980, a jail guard found serial killer Richard Trenton Chase dead in his cell. After a childhood of killing cats, the schizophrenic Chase grew up to become “The Vampire of Sacramento,” killing six people in California’s capital.
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