[(\223H)23 (earing 2009,)80 (\224 p. 26. People are recognising that todays young are capable of doing anything, he said. Principal Burton Wragg was speaking with teacher Daryl Barnes (who was gave testimony on the episode) when the gun shots started and ran outside to see school children falling to the floor, some first grabbing a body part and screaming in pain before falling. Pathology (-)Tj He suggested that the testing of the time may have simply failed to detect the intoxicants. Going to school should be a safe place and not a place to fear. 0.237 Tw /Span<>> BDC 0.038 Tw 2.118 0 Td A 16-year-old girl, Brenda Spencer, who lived in a house across the street from the school, was convicted of the shootings. 21.746 0 Td [( p. 207)70 (. 0.177 Tw /Span<>> BDC Successive parole hearings have heard powerful testimony from those who say their lives were permanently scarred by Spencer. 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. [(W)5 (ithout Conscience,)]TJ 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. 20 years after the shooting, Spencer made claims that her father sexually abused her. I am from a town a few miles from Santa Fe High School where the 2018 shooting took place. ( )Tj Nothing was different for Brenda Ann Spencer; she was one of the girls who typically hated /Span<>> BDC Including shooting each other in school., The comments below have not been moderated, By I think her premature death in 1991 was at least partly the result of this traumatic experience.. Neighbors claimed Spencer had . Brenda's parents divorced when she was young and lived with her father. She was given an indefinite sentence and remains in prison. /Span<>> BDC /T1_5 1 Tf (97)Tj [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ Trivia (3) On January 29, 1979, sixteen year old Brenda Spencer pointed her .22 caliber semi-automatic rifle that she had received as a Christmas present from her father out her bedroom window to San Diego's Grover Cleveland Elementary School across the street. The number of shots fired and the number of vital hits speaks of incredibly accurate, directed shooting, and these were moving targets.. ( p. Every new school shooting by a teenager reinforces the argument that she was not uniquely wicked or crazed. Block 10A, Row 2, Space 46. Their effort to save the children will be appreciated forever. On January 29, 1979, 16-year-old Brenda Spencer killed two people and wounded nine when she fired on San Diego's Grover Cleveland Elementary School with a .22-caliber rifle from her family's house across the street. The crime was committed in front of numerous witnesses, so the girl admitted her guilt. EMC [(Langman, P)90 (. (62)Tj converted Ive seen first hand how these tragedies affect a community. xmp.id:9feab23b-7ab8-4f0b-91a8-e36513e1ffad 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. EMC /T1_3 1 Tf EMC /T1_3 1 Tf ( )Tj (contr4488032) Brenda Ann Spencer passed away peacefully surrounded by family Thursday March 30, 2017. ( )Tj The shooter killed a principal and a custodian as they tried to pull students into safety. The sighs floating in the air are palpable and nothing seems possible. EMC /T1_5 1 Tf Now, however, Spencers freedom may be in sight. Her ashes are to be buried at a later date. A year before the shooting, school officials told her parents they believed she was a suicide risk but her father ordered them to leave his family alone. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td The death toll would have been far higher if a policeman hadnt blocked Spencers line of fire by parking a rubbish lorry in the way. Thirty years later, Miller beheld her in another proceeding and asked the board not to parole her. /Span<>> BDC 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td )]TJ 0.38 Tw /Span<>> BDC What if they got the idea from what I did?. /Span<>> BDC )Tj Theme powered by WordPress. I was shooting into the parking lot.. Under the terms of her indeterminate sentence, Spencer became eligible for hearings to consider her suitability for parole in 1993. /T1_1 1 Tf Brenda aimed the rifle at the schoolyard from her bedroom. In the same year, she burgled the school where she would later kill pupils, vandalised classrooms and shot out some of its windows with a gun. ( )Tj /T1_3 1 Tf (94)Tj xmp.did:84468427512268118C14E112F7938AD6 EMC 29.647 36.706 Td 0 tv_nwa_ J endstream endobj 50 0 obj <>stream 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td I hope that somehow my dad and Mike know this.. 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. BT ( )Tj /T1_4 1 Tf 42. EMC She confirmed that she had heard the kids in the school across the street. Sometimes Wallace Spencer would say hello when he came to pick his daughter up, and Buell is certain that he knew who she was, and she wonders now what he thought. Brenda Spencer 0.04 Tw 2.118 0 Td [( pp. I never got the impression from her that she was interested in trying to hurt kids, he said. Grover Cleveland Elementary School, San Diego, CA EMC Brenda pled guilty to two counts of murder and assault with a deadly weapon. For all his ex-clients notoriety, Michael McGlinn insists the day she is released is getting close. (61)Tj 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td Cam [Charles] Miller was seven when she shot him in the back. ( )Tj Psychologist Jonathan Fast introduces the idea that her brain injury, abuse, and the effects of it pushed her to her final actions. EMC By then, police were responding to the school shooting. )]TJ -2.118 -1.529 Td According to the testimony of neighbors and family acquaintances, parents often spoke about weapons in her presence, moreover, my father even taught her how to shoot. 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. 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. The court sentenced her to life in prison with a possibility of parole after 25 years. My dad and Mike were the only two to die that day, he said, The kids that they were trying to save all lived. The tragedy happened on Monday, so the killer ended her speech with the phrase: "I just do not like Mondays". One survivor of the 1979 shooting described herself as "shocked, saddened, horrified" by the eerie similarities to their own traumatic experience. She recalled lying in the nurses office, bleeding as bullets crashed through the window. 2 dead9 wounded With every school shooting, I feel Im partially responsible, Brenda Ann Spencer told the parole board back in 2001. That had been just before Christmas. EMC ( )Tj The perfect crime has no motive, people have paid with their lives only for the sake of fun bored girl. His life and death detailed, Where is Amy Fisher now? [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ 0 Tc 0 Tw 0.471 0 Td Despite Spencer still being imprisoned, the pain and suffering of the casualties and their families would not magically disappear. When Stevens realized that she gave him her own address, he recognized what was going on and requested an interview while another staff member informed the police of the situation. In 1993, she tried to prove that she committed the act, being under the drug and alcohol intoxication. 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. Do you remember them taking cover? the commissioner asked. January 29, 1979 But to a San Diego elementary school, and to a troubled sixteen year old, Monday, January 29, 1979 held an even more distressing meaning. No, I wasnt feeling good, she replied. Im a little more grateful for my normal Mondays now! Spencer showed no remorse in her crime; her full explanation of her actions was "I don't like Mondays; this livens up the day. /T1_4 1 Tf 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. (72)Tj This article brings to light the issue of gun control. This was a horrible event that resulted in two lives lost I have never heard of this case before this article. /Span<>> BDC [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ (66)Tj 8.5 0 0 8.5 48 744.5 Tm ( p. Mental health needs to be addressed everywhere and not just when someone acts out like this. /T1_5 1 Tf 1)40.1 (3, 14. Monday blues are common among teenagers, who are forced to wake up at 8 am to get on a yellow school bus. The song in 1979 was in the lead in the British charts for four weeks in a row. Barynes and Principal Wragg bravely jumped into the line of fire to help get the kids inside the school for cover. Let alone an elementary school shooting. (A Pro\036le for Change. 8.3965 0 0 8.5 318 463.5 Tm The fact that she shot up the school was because she didnt like Mondays and she wanted to cheer it up. [(\223H)23 (earing 1994,)80 (\224 pp. Despite watching the principal die, he continued saving kids from the line of fire. Ultimately, she surrendered. She killed. The diminutive 16-year-old with bright red hair then armed herself . (92)Tj EMC (82)Tj /Span<>> BDC According to our Database, She has no children. ( )Tj My question is, will there be another boring Monday for her? he asked. Children were going to school as the birds chirped. I find it really interesting to build this article and its literary resources to hook the reader. [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ She shot him because, by her own words, he was making it more difficult for her to shoot the kids, the representative said. /T1_3 1 Tf The cellmate looked so much like Spencer, even local police officers believed Brenda had been released early from prison. (75)Tj She injured eight children and a police officer, and killed the principal and a custodian. 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. /T1_4 1 Tf adobe:docid:indd:dd4a55d2-0e77-11de-96a0-c0933d61f99d EMC Spencer, an introverted and scrawny tomboy, had a history of petty theft, drug abuse and school truancy. Because I wanted to die, she said. )Tj They cite the considerable progress she has made in rehabilitating herself in prison. /T1_4 1 Tf ( )Tj After all of the shooting was over the Principal and Janitor were dead, eight students and one police officer was injured. -2.118 -1.529 Td ( )Tj /T1_4 1 Tf (83)Tj (60)Tj !4!r`8} @~Ohb&54"bpW8I> /Span<>> BDC I felt like he wanted me to kill myself, she said later. 81. ( )Tj Lane: F)10 (urther Re\024ec)-20 (tions,)80 (\224 2016. /T1_4 1 Tf She showed little interest in her studies and hated authority. /T1_4 1 Tf She did it, she said, because she didn't like Mondays. EMC ( )Tj /T1_3 1 Tf Three shots rang out. /T1_3 1 Tf For two murders and an attack with firearms, she was sentenced to life imprisonment. She has said she also does not recall telling a cop, It was a lot of fun seeing children shot.. He survived but remained terrorized. But for the heroic efforts of a police officer who risked his life to drive a trash truck in front of her residence to block her field of fire, no doubt further children would have been shot.. [(\223H)23 (earing 2009,)80 (\224 p. The issue is not owning guns, the issue is mental health. Do not leave her indifferent and stories about violence. The uninjured looked around confused as to what was happening. Any inmate over 55 years can join the club, which offers its members special privileges. [(T)-44.9 (he Cr)-19.9 (iminal P)10.1 (ersonalit)-34.9 (y)20.1 (: V)30 (olume\037)50.7 (1:)-3 ( )]TJ I know saying Im sorry doesnt make it all right,Spencer told the parole board in 2001. -2.118 -1.529 Td 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. -2.118 -1.529 Td Survivors of the shooting who attended court recall a bespectacled Spencer staring at them blankly. ( )Tj 32. He concluded that no drugs or alcohol had been talking when she said she just didnt like Mondays. As of December 2015, shed been denied parole four times. 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. A good addition to the gift was the box, which contained more than 500 rounds. The shooting was already on the news before Brenda stopped shooting. Oddest of all, he married his daughters 17-year-old prison cellmate and brought her to live in the house from which Spencer had shot at the school. The two victims were Principal Burton Wragg and custodian Mike Suchar. -2.118 -1.529 Td I had never heard of this case prior to reading this article. (90)Tj 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. 0.521 Tw /Span<>> BDC A police officer (age28), responding to a call for assistance during the incident, was wounded in the neck as he arrived. Burton Regg - the teacher, who was waiting for the children, was killed almost immediately. 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. ( )Tj I was 10 years old when I was shot by Brenda Spencer.. Early Life Brenda's parents divorced when she was young and lived with her father. )]TJ [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ As of December2015, she has been unsuccessful at four parole board hearings. Which is not a good thing to live with., He added: Not liking Mondays as a reason for doing somebody in is a bit strange. As Spencer acknowledged at one of her parole hearings: With every school shooting, I feel Im partially responsible. Many are convinced the other killers were inspired by her. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. /T1_4 1 Tf This page was last changed on 2 May 2022, at 09:58. Wallace Spencer (father)Dot Spencer (mother)Teresa Spencer (sister)Scott Spencer (brother)Unnamed half-sister /Span<>> BDC 40. /T1_5 1 Tf /T1_3 1 Tf ( )Tj Her father still lives in the house where the shooting took place. One was from Wilfred Suchar, son of the murdered custodian, Michael Suchar. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td A month later, on January 29, 1979, she achieved infamy when she began shooting at her school, Grover Cleveland Elementary in San Diego from her home, located across the street. Its entirely possible I said that, Spencer told the parole board. She was so young and ruined her life so quickly. Brenda Spencer was born on April 3, 1962 in San Diego, California, USA. The school was closed in 1983, along with a dozen other schools around the city, due to declining enrollment. The San Diego District Attorneys Office sent a representative to the hearing. Murdaugh is heckled as he leaves court, Ken Bruce finishes his 30-year tenure as host of BBC Radio 2, Ukrainian soldier takes out five tanks with Javelin missiles, Family of a 10-month-old baby filmed vaping open up, Missing hiker buried under snow forces arm out to wave to helicopter, Hershey's Canada releases HER for SHE bars featuring a trans activist, Moment teenager crashes into back of lorry after 100mph police race. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td 6. [(WWW)55 (.SCHOOLSHOOTERS.INFO)]TJ ( p. ( )Tj /T1_4 1 Tf For Christmas in 1978, her father, Wallace Spencer, gave her a semi-automatic .22 caliber rifle. They still speak of hearing the gurgle in Mr. Wragg as he lay there dying If such evil can occur in such a benign and tranquil setting, then it can happen anywhere and probably will.. 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. 2EfL3Kp.y7[ Brenda Spencer and Laura Troiani parole hearings - YouTube 0:00 / 2:29 Brenda Spencer and Laura Troiani parole hearings CBS 8 San Diego 175K subscribers Subscribe 88 Share 11K views 5. A spokesperson for the prison told theDaily Mail: The Golden Girls program at California Institution for Women is geared toward addressing the emotional and physical needs of the older population. /T1_4 1 Tf 1.667 0 Td EMC Whether Spencer was a cold-hearted killer or a truly lost and confused soul that simply wanted an escape, it is undeniable that her horrible actions have had some frightening consequences in our modern world. (86)Tj For Christmas 1978, he gave her a Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic .22 caliber rifle with a telescopic sight and 500 rounds of ammunition. 0.02 Tc -0.02 Tw 9.5 0 0 9.5 48 42 Tm representative added that Spencer had complained to the police negotiator that the custodian had tried to get everybody off the school grounds. 22. The principal and a custodian were killed; eight children and a police officer were injured. , money, salary, income, and assets. Even if she maybe had her own problems with her father, she is just as guilty to if she only did it to make a better Monday. EMC Spencer has since said she does not remember making the remark that inspired a song by the Boomtown Rats and became a kind of anthem for many of the school shooters who followed. She described going to the school to collect her fathers personal effects. 0.007 Tc -0.126 Tw /Span<>> BDC Brenda pled guilty to two counts of murder and assault with a deadly weapon. Family Mikhail Andreevich Osorgin: Biography and Creativity, Sovereign of all Russia Ivan 3: biography, years of government, Prince Potemkin: biography, photo, the activities of Prince Potemkin-Taurian, Ushakov's medals. I wasnt specifically aiming at people, she said. Mike to the children, ran to Mr. Wraggs aid, and the inmate shot him in the chest and killed him. It was also revealed that she had told a police negotiator during the stand-off that she liked to watch [the children] squirm around after they had been shot and that she had targeted anyone wearing blue her favourite colour and those in featherdown-filled coats because she liked to see the feathers fly as the bullets hit them. Spencer told police negotiators she had shot the children and staff because they made such easy targets. They slept on a single mattress on the living room floor. -2.118 -1.529 Td KGsvVk4g#|$TQS(kPh=dKIj-\eA /T1_3 1 Tf /Span<>> BDC Brenda Ann Spencer. In a prison two-and-a-half hours from the scene of the UCSB murders sits the killer who started it all, with the first high-profile school shooting more than three decades ago. 0 -1.176 TD In another letter she wrote in prison, she stated that her father had done everything a person could do to another person. Basically, what shes telling this board are a series of untruths, the representative concluded. My dad told them that nothing was wrong with me and everything was fine, and leave us alone, she recalled. She hurt so many people and had so much to do with starting a deadly trend in America, said San Diego Country deputy district attorney Richard Sachs. -0.196 Tw /Span<>> BDC She often spent her time copying out the lyrics of violent punk songs. /T1_3 1 Tf /Span<>> BDC 0.003 Tc 0.082 Tw 1.662 0 Td -0.04 Tc 0.496 Tw /Span<>> BDC I can still remember the pool of blood on the nurses bed, and the terror didnt end there. After her parents separated, she lived with her father, Wallace Spencer, in poverty. 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 proof:pdf EMC Another nine got hurt during that incident. 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. ( )Tj )]TJ ( )Tj 0 Tw 18.39 -0.053 Td 79, 80. For Christmas 1978 her father, Wallace, had given her a .22 rifle as a present. -2.118 -1.529 Td EMC /Span<>> BDC 2016-02-11T19:23:05-05:00 He recalled that his mother had just dropped him at school directly opposite Spencers home and he had been starting up the sidewalk when he saw the bodies of the principal and the custodian. 17:46 EST 04 Apr 2019 85. She is eligible for a Parole Suitability Hearing in September 2021. ( )Tj A)40 (vailable at )]TJ As of May 2020, she remains in prison. 1.647 0 Td /T1_3 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf The board denied her and she will not be eligible for another hearing until 2019.
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