For two murders and an attack with firearms, she was sentenced to life imprisonment. As of December2015, she has been unsuccessful at four parole board hearings. )Tj adobe:docid:indd:dd4a55d2-0e77-11de-96a0-c0933d61f99d )Tj The history of the shooting of schoolchildren was widely publicized and inspired by the Irish musician Bob Geldof to create the song "I do not like Mondays". Murderer Brenda Spencer opened fire at a San Diego elementary school from a window in her home, leaving two dead and nine more shot Famously told reporter her motive was that she 'didn't like. -0.03 Tc 0.537 Tw /Span<>> BDC [(: )0.5 (Rowman )0.5 (and )0.5 (Little\037eld,)3 ( )]TJ I dont remember aiming at anybody, Spencer insisted. The crime was committed in front of numerous witnesses, so the girl admitted her guilt. Spencer has tried to garner sympathy by stating that her father beat and sexually abused her. 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. 0.415 Tw /Span<>> BDC After all of the shooting was over the Principal and Janitor were dead, eight students and one police officer was injured. 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.. /T1_4 1 Tf 32. /T1_4 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf )]TJ -2.118 -1.529 Td At 60 years old, Brenda Spencer height not available right now. 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. [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ Ugh, its Monday are the words that usually follow the arrival of the most dreaded day of the week. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td Some lawyers involved in the case believe she will soon succeed in a parole application. ( )Tj 22. Brenda Spencer is America's first female school shooter. 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.. ( )Tj My name is Crystal Hardy, one began. EMC 0.177 Tw /Span<>> BDC (79)Tj 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. What if they got the idea from what I did?. [(C)11 (opyright )]TJ Her behaviour including telling a friend she wanted to kill someone, probably a police officer became increasingly disturbing. 88. 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. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td The song never mentions her name and Geldof admitted that most fans thought it was about how having a hangover made Mondays unbearable. They slept on a single mattress on the living room floor. Defence experts from Yale University who examined her said she had been in a disassociated state, he said. /Span<>> BDC Brenda Spencer: Sorting Out the Contradictions 40. She was asked if any adults had seen danger signs before the shooting. The diminutive 16-year-old with bright red hair then armed herself . converted ( )Tj 0.4 Tw /Span<>> BDC The article kept my attention the entire time. 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. 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. default Theme powered by WordPress. /T1_3 1 Tf You indicate you werent really trying to hit anybodybut you did a heck of a job of hitting a lot of people.. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td January 29, 1979 Spencer showed no remorse in her crime; her full . /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. ( )Tj /T1_4 1 Tf [(dic)-20 (tions,)80 (\224 201)40 (5. Both girls had witnessed the death of the principal and the custodian. (78)Tj [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ EMC She is a member of famous with the age 60 years old group. 0 Tc 0 Tw 0.471 0 Td 0.237 Tw /Span<>> BDC !4!r`8} @~Ohb&54"bpW8I> False /Span<>> BDC 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. 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. EMC Its entirely possible I said that, Spencer told the parole board. Real Life EMC EMC 2EfL3Kp.y7[ ( p. ( )Tj /T1_4 1 Tf A neighbor once said when she tried to be friends with Brenda at age 5 Brenda ripped the doll of the neighbor's head off. 366. Debra Sevey, Subsequent Parole Consideration Hearing of Brenda Spencer, (Capitol Electronic Reporting, 2001), 15-16. 6. Monday blues are common among teenagers, who are forced to wake up at 8 am to get on a yellow school bus. Mondays always carry with them a negative connotation and contain components such as depression, fatigue, and anguish. ( )Tj Across the road from Grover Cleveland Elementary school in San Diego, California, 16 year old Brenda Ann Spencer observed elementary children prepare for class from her bedroom window. [(\223H)23 (earing 1994,)80 (\224 pp. This livens up the day.. 1.647 0 Td (62)Tj 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. EMC ( )Tj 30. Officer Robert Robb shot in the neck as he arrived but he lived. )Tj By chance, one of the numbers he called was answered by Spencer herself. In the ensuing decades, it was leased to several charter and private schools. 89. The sighs floating in the air are palpable and nothing seems possible. /Span<>> BDC ( pp. Spencer remains in prison despite parole hearings. School custodian Michael Suchar ran out in an attempt to pull the still-alive Wragg to safety. /T1_4 1 Tf Michael Suchar, age 56, school custodian, went to the aid of Mr. Wragg and was also shot., Youre shooting people as they come to the aid of others, he said. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td When he first met her, she was like a total zombie pale, ashen and with no recollection of what had occurred, and she stayed that way for some time. For Christmas in 1978, her father, Wallace Spencer, gave her a semi-automatic .22 caliber rifle. 00pzTV\B6 GB%mJ%xe|!s;$nX \wmP`qo`$qa C(,PC!xF`aT$q, Brenda Spencer: Sorting Out the Contradictions. /T1_5 1 Tf 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. /T1_5 1 Tf 8.5 0 0 8.5 48 744.5 Tm [(\223H)23 (earing 2001,)80 (\224 p. It was the perfect senseless act and this was the perfect senseless reason for doing it.. No, I wasnt feeling good, she replied. Brenda's parents divorced when she was young and lived with her father. -2.118 -1.529 Td )]TJ Or as Wilfred Suchar, son of the murdered school caretaker, put it at a parole hearing: My question is, will there be another boring Monday for her?. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. /T1_4 1 Tf The tragedy that occurred in the primary school Grover Cleveland, most striking is that the murderer took away the lives of people for fun. ( )Tj But I wasnt able to run from the bullet Brenda had for me, Hardy said. I think her premature death in 1991 was at least partly the result of this traumatic experience.. [(201)40 (5. Victims of her crime have opposed Brendas likely parole, stating that their lives were forever affected by her actions. A)39.7 (vail)]TJ Eight students and a police officer were wounded. (89)Tj Her reasons for doing this school shooting makes me so mad and upset. )]TJ According to our Database, She has no children. EMC /T1_4 1 Tf ( )Tj adobe:docid:indd:dd4a55d2-0e77-11de-96a0-c0933d61f99d ( )Tj The parole board chairman said that as she had not previously told any prison staff about the allegations, he doubted whether they were true. Location /T1_4 1 Tf EMC EMC (MD)Tj /Span<>> BDC A student organization of St. Marys University of San Antonio, Texas, featuring scholarly research, writing, and media from students of all disciplines. /T1_2 1 Tf I had never heard of this case prior to reading this article. ( )Tj 0.521 Tw /Span<>> BDC 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. [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ 0.238 Tw /Span<>> BDC 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. ( )Tj Her next parole hearing will happen no later than 9th September 2022. )]TJ /T1_4 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf Spencer barricaded herself in her house for hours before an offer for a Burger King meal from negotiators convinced her to surrender. 21.746 0 Td [(1)2.3 (02)]TJ (97)Tj Instead of preparing for high school, Brenda Spencer retrieved a Ruger 10/22 rifle from her bed, a Christmas present from her father. -0.196 Tw /Span<>> BDC [(Langman, P)90 (. /T1_5 1 Tf [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ ( )Tj 0.04 Tw 2.118 0 Td EMC /Span<>> BDC View popular celebrities life details, birth signs and real ages. One survivor of the 1979 shooting described herself as "shocked, saddened, horrified" by the eerie similarities to their own traumatic experience. In between all the chaos, 28 year old Robert Robb, a recent graduate of the police academy, while examining Wraggs and Suchars bodies, was shot under his right shoulder blade.1 He would go on to survive though, along with the eight other children who were wounded in the incident. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td ( p. 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. Barynes and Principal Wragg bravely jumped into the line of fire to help get the kids inside the school for cover. For Christmas 1978, he gave her a Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic .22 caliber rifle with a telescopic sight and 500 rounds of ammunition. Under the terms of her indeterminate sentence, Spencer became eligible for hearings to consider her suitability for parole in 1993. EMC The police, now aware of where the shots were coming from, were able evacuate the children and obstruct Spencers line of sight while trying to negotiate with her. /T1_3 1 Tf [(\223H)23 (earing 2009,)80 (\224 p. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td /T1_3 1 Tf 0 Tc 0.76 Tw /Span<>> BDC /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj (60)Tj ( )Tj Despite Spencer still being imprisoned, the pain and suffering of the casualties and their families would not magically disappear. She later also spoke with police negotiators, telling them those she had shot made easy targets, and that she was going to "come out shooting." The history of criminology has many stories about the shootings, which are arranged by schoolchildren. 17:46 EST 04 Apr 2019 [(WWW)55 (.SCHOOLSHOOTERS.INFO)]TJ 0.358 Tw /Span<>> BDC I was greatly comforted when the policemen arrived to carry me away. /T1_3 1 Tf (\027)Tj EMC 25\22626. I wasnt specifically aiming at people, she said. ( p. On January 29, 1979, 16-year-old Brenda Spencer opened fired from her home across the street from Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego. EMC The issue is in plain sight but nobody in the right places of power wants to say it because its easier to point fingers. )]TJ The custodians brother, Andrew Suchar also submitted a statement, noting that Michael had survived two ship sinkings during the war only to be killed by a 16-year-old in a schoolyard. The likelihood of a successful parole hearing is slim at best. 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. On Monday morning, January 29th, she asked her father if she could stay home from school because she didnt feel well, the deputy district attorney reported. However, her method of expressing her resentment is definitely unjustifiable. The fact that school shootings are more normalized in 2021 than anything is sad. /T1_4 1 Tf (103)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. We have estimated At least one of Spencers victims agrees. 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. -0.024 Tw /Span<>> BDC She had asked her father for a radio. [( N)23 (ew Y)60 (ork: G)30 (uilford, 1999, p. Spencer was sentenced to only 25 years to life, despite the cruelty of her crime. 1 0 obj <>>> endobj 2 0 obj <>stream She described going to the school to collect her fathers personal effects. Further casualties were avoided only because the police obstructed her line of fire by moving a garbage truck in front of her house. A lawyer representing Spencer spoke next. [(H)23 (are, )]TJ /T1_5 1 Tf 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td 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.. 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. Nothing can console me ever.. This livens up the day." At least three of those children had abdominal wounds. \223Rob)-5.3 (ert Benjamin Smith: An Analysis,)79.7 (\224 2016. -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. Are you pretty good with a rifle? he asked. 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. Neighbors claimed Spencer had . EMC /Span<>> BDC The small ceremony solidified my understanding of love and eternity, and of our ties to one another as human beings. We will update Brenda Spencer's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible. The author also focused, not just on the shooting itself, but also the aftermath that centered on Brenda Spencer. 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. After her parents separated, she lived with her father, Wallace Spencer, in poverty. 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. [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ ( )Tj [(Langman, P)90.1 (. ( )Tj -2.118 -1.529 Td Biography /T1_3 1 Tf 0.002 Tc 0.176 Tw /Span<>> BDC She recalled lying in the nurses office, bleeding as bullets crashed through the window. With every school shooting. When we arrived, we found him not in the hospital room, but down in the basement, dead. 78. (86)Tj [(W)5 (ithout Conscience,)]TJ Appearance Spencers absent mother, Dot, claimed she suspected father and daughter had an unhealthy relationship but insisted she couldnt afford a lawyer to fight for custody. She was so young and ruined her life so quickly. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td ( )Tj The uninjured looked around confused as to what was happening. [(\223H)23 (earing 2009,)80 (\224 pp. EMC I was shooting into the parking lot.. /T1_4 1 Tf /Span<>> BDC -2.118 -1.529 Td 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. [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ My condolences to the principal and the custodian of the Cleveland Elementary School. [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ (74)Tj I was 10 years old when I was shot by Brenda Spencer.. 7)30 (3, 75. /T1_3 1 Tf Mike to the children, ran to Mr. Wraggs aid, and the inmate shot him in the chest and killed him. 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. )]TJ -2.118 -1.529 Td Adobe InDesign CC 2015 (Macintosh) /Span<>> BDC Yet, while it was all happening, so beautiful, so serene, I couldnt get over the perverse violence associated with my dads passing. A person can be attending school and be gunned down.. -2.118 -1.529 Td Conviction [(\223H)23 (earing 1994, p. On Monday, January 29, 1979 started out as a normal day. This article did a good job of explaining what had happened that day and what her motive was. Geldof has later mentioned that, "[Spencer] wrote to me saying 'she was glad she'd done it because I'd made her famous,' which is not a good thing to live with. [(H)23 (are, )]TJ /Span<>> BDC (80)Tj ( )Tj /Span<>> BDC Brenda Ann Spencer was born in San Diego, California, on April 3, 1962. The only thing I was concentrating on was getting the police there so that they could shoot me, she said. -0.03 Tc 0.358 Tw /Span<>> BDC /T1_3 1 Tf Peter Langman EMC On January 29, 1979, Cam Miller, a 9-year-old student who was waiting for the principal to open the gate to Grover Cleveland Elementary, was injured by a gunshot, along with eight other innocent children. 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. The reasons for such actions are different: alcohol, drugs, insults from classmates or outrages of teachers, problems with the psyche, disturbed peace of mind. (100)Tj ( )Tj -2.118 -1.529 Td [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ The court sentenced her to life in prison with a possibility of parole after 25 years. (A Pro\036le for Change. However, according to the rules of imprisonment, the next time, giving her the right to request pardon, will come in 2019. The other daughter had been saved from harm when a notebook with a pouch of pens stopped a bullet. In what sense is that okay? ET [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ Brenda Spencer (Brenda Ann Spencer) was born on 3 April, 1962 in San Diego, California, is a School shooting in San Diego, California (USA). Brenda Spencer is a sixteen-year-old murderer who entered the top five criminals who participated in the most massive mass shootings of schoolchildren in the history of world criminalistics. 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. A month before I was arrested, my [high school] counselor took me to see a psychiatrist, she reported. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td This is such a sad case because those kids did not deserve to go through something so traumatizing. She was given an indefinite sentence and remains in prison. Youre shooting these people as they become targets, and yet you told me that you didnt intend to hit anyone.. /T1_3 1 Tf [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ -2.118 -1.529 Td 0.356 Tw /Span<>> BDC /T1_3 1 Tf /Span<>> BDC I would have to call to my mother two or three times each night to walk me around the inside of my house, just so I knew that Brenda Spencer was not inside my house, he recalled. What is brenda spencer doing now? These conversations began a week before the sad event, but, unfortunately, no one paid any attention to them. ( )Tj -2.118 -1.529 Td /T1_5 1 Tf EMC On that day, students of Grover Cleveland's primary school were on the street, they waited while their teacher Burton Regg opened the gate to them. (85)Tj So, how much is Brenda Spencer worth at the age of 60 years old? /T1_3 1 Tf (94)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. /T1_4 1 Tf -0.001 Tc -0.05 Tw 2.124 0 Td After firing thirty-six times, Spencer locked herself in her house for a few hours. On April 4, 1980, a day after her 18th birthday, she was sentenced to 25 years to life. /Span<>> BDC [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ Brenda loved to listen to stories with a tragic end, she liked the details of the bloody murders. 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. -2.118 -1.529 Td EMC )]TJ The next time (2001), she began to advance the theory that her brutal act was preceded by her father's abuse of her, but these facts were also not confirmed. 1.647 0 Td At another hearing, she claimed she had opened fire because she wanted police to kill her. EMC In 1993, she tried to prove that she committed the act, being under the drug and alcohol intoxication. 2016-02-11T19:23:05-05:00 [(V)45 (ersion 1.0 \()13 (11 F)35 (ebruary 2016)8.1 (\))]TJ -2.118 -1.529 Td -2.118 -1.529 Td I still cant.. 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!' /T1_3 1 Tf 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td -2.118 -1.529 Td She kept busy behind bars by learning Latin just for the fun of it, she said. She barricaded herself and 7 hours did not succumb to the police persuasion. 0.298 Tw /Span<>> BDC She injured eight children and a police officer, and killed the principal and a custodian. ( p. (70)Tj EMC She is eligible for a Parole Suitability Hearing in September 2021. ( )Tj ( )Tj [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ You didnt follow through with your plan.. Blue was Spencer's favorite color so he would be her first victim. ( )Tj EMC 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td It's just that the girl at the time had fun. [(H)23 (are, R. )]TJ ( )Tj 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 board denied her and she will not be eligible for another hearing until 2019. xmp.did:84468427512268118C14E112F7938AD6 EMC /T1_4 1 Tf She can only ask for pardon after 25 years in prison. 0 Tw 18.39 -0.053 Td Psychologist Jonathan Fast introduces the idea that her brain injury, abuse, and the effects of it pushed her to her final actions. /Span<>> BDC (87)Tj [( pp. 0.038 Tw 2.118 0 Td Now, however, Spencers freedom may be in sight. Why did you have to shoot the people at the school? the commissioner asked. A former student named Cam Miller attended the hearing in person and offered the last statement. She described the shooter, a sixteen year old, and the shooters address. Nine counts of attempted murder. ( )Tj I never got the impression from her that she was interested in trying to hurt kids, he said. -2.118 -1.529 Td ( )Tj While there, a journalist somehow found her home phone number and called. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td (101)Tj 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td Ultimately, she surrendered. The second victim, Michael Sucher, got his bullet, trying to save his fallen colleague. )Tj Cam [Charles] Miller was seven when she shot him in the back. 0.358 Tw /Span<>> BDC (66)Tj She is currently single. )]TJ [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ 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. ( )Tj 0.02 Tc -0.02 Tw 9.5 0 0 9.5 48 42 Tm 0 Tw 2.118 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. When asked why she said "I hate Mondays" prompting the Boomtown Rats hit song. The composition was released a month after the tragedy and immediately became popular. At the time, mass shootings were rare in America, although there had been occasional gun attacks on school premises. 0.419 Tw /Span<>> BDC I understand that she was not mentally stable but killing innocent people is not justifiable. /T1_4 1 Tf /Span<>> BDC [( p. 207)70 (. She was home alone, as her single father had left for work. Im a little more grateful for my normal Mondays now! She resembled Brenda. Suddenly, he was gone. Brenda pled guilty to two counts of murder and assault with a deadly weapon. I do not feel sorry for the shooters of the crimes. )]TJ (83)Tj -2.118 -1.529 Td -2.118 -1.529 Td He said his wife had heard on the radio of a shooting at the school and called him at work. [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ Brenda told police negotiators that the children were easy targets and warned that she would come out shooting.. ( )Tj The ambulance rushing to get him to hospital took a sharp turn and the dead body of the school caretaker had rolled on top of him. /T1_3 1 Tf -2.118 -1.529 Td (81)Tj /T1_4 1 Tf ", 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. )]TJ Spencer was not once searching for ways to go free. We must support them to maintain justice in our society and prevent school shootings from reoccurring ever again. Three shots rang out. /T1_4 1 Tf Block 10A, Row 2, Space 46. EMC ( )Tj You didnt go to school that day? the commissioner asked. A few weeks ago, she marked her 40th anniversary in prison after successive parole applications had been refused. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td Deadly Women Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. A police officer (age28), responding to a call for assistance during the incident, was wounded in the neck as he arrived. Hart was a private investigator involved in the case and interviewed Spencer's mother, father, brother, sister, friends, and neighbors within months of the attack. /T1_5 1 Tf Brenda is the youngest child and has one older brother and one older sister. /T1_4 1 Tf ( )Tj -2.118 -1.529 Td Spencer has also stated in a letter from prison that she experiences grand mal seizures that she has to counteract with medications.5 Such a brain injury would definitely be a precursor to epilepsy, which is two to four times more common among violent offenders than the public.6 The lack of treatment she received for this disease, to some, proves the neglect that she experienced from her family and in her childhood. [(\223H)23 (earing 2009,)80 (\224 p. 35 years later, Brenda Ann Spencer, who killed two and wounded eight, faced her victims in a parole hearing. The school was closed in 1983, along with a dozen other schools around the city, due to declining enrollment. And because she never had to be cross-examined in court, her facetious remark about hating Mondays remained her only explanation for the shooting. The commissioner observed that Spencer had described a dark side to her father, while others described him as a decent man. /Span<>> BDC EMC ( )Tj Supporters, though, say she would not have shot anyone if her emotional problems had been addressed. Brenda Ann Spencer has a cenotaph in Fairlawn Cemetery Stillwater Oklahoma. Surprisingly, the suspect was identified as a 16-year-old girl, Brenda Ann Spencer, who was living across the street from Grover Cleveland Elementary. I felt like he wanted me to kill myself, she said later. 0.007 Tc -0.126 Tw /Span<>> BDC