[(C)11 (opyright )]TJ You indicate you werent really trying to hit anybodybut you did a heck of a job of hitting a lot of people.. We were all very upset and shocked on the way to the hospital, because no one would tell us Michaels condition. 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. The representative further reported that blood and urine samples taken after Spencers arrest tested clean. 81. /T1_5 1 Tf (69)Tj /Span<>> BDC (A Pro\036le for Change. ( )Tj What if they got the idea from what I did?. ( Lanham, )Tj ( )Tj 0.237 Tw /Span<>> BDC Debra Sevey, Subsequent Parole Consideration Hearing of Brenda Spencer, (Capitol Electronic Reporting, 2001), 15-16. /T1_3 1 Tf Early Life Brenda's parents divorced when she was young and lived with her father. ( )Tj !4!r`8} @~Ohb&54"bpW8I> /Span<>> BDC /T1_5 1 Tf In December 1978, Spencers probation officer recommended her being admitted to a mental facility, but her father refused to give permission. ( )Tj Basically, what shes telling this board are a series of untruths, the representative concluded. Spencer signed up as soon as she hit 55. As she continued shooting, SWAT officers surrounded the house and evacuated the school from the rear. /T1_3 1 Tf But the link with the San Diego shooting was soon spotted by Spencer herself. 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. %PDF-1.7 % -0.03 Tc 0.537 Tw /Span<>> BDC The diminutive 16-year-old with bright red hair then armed herself with the .22 rifle and telescopic sight that her father, Wally, had given her for Christmas and started firing shots from a window. Biography /GS1 gs 0.184 Tw /Span<>> BDC [(\223H)23 (earing 2001,)80 (\224 p. /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC For all his ex-clients notoriety, Michael McGlinn insists the day she is released is getting close. She barricaded herself and 7 hours did not succumb to the police persuasion. 22. When asked why she said "I hate Mondays" prompting the Boomtown Rats hit song. (88)Tj And apparently you two slept in the same bed?. [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ /T1_4 1 Tf EMC The tragedy that occurred in the primary school Grover Cleveland, most striking is that the murderer took away the lives of people for fun. /T1_3 1 Tf Police were told she had fantasised about being a sniper and would hunt birds around the neighbourhood. /T1_4 1 Tf Olive oil for frying and salads. She also killed custodian Mike Suchar (age 56) as he tried to pull a student to safety. No, I wasnt feeling good, she replied. 1.647 0 Td ( )Tj Little did they know, however, that across the street, sixteen-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer was aiming her .22 caliber semiautomatic rifle right at societys ultimate refuge, the elementary school, and its surroundings. Brenda also gets two mattresses and pillows, three blankets and is the priority for the coveted bottom bunk. Here he met his wife-to-be, Valentina. And then there was a statement by Steve Wragg, son of Principal Burton Wragg. /T1_3 1 Tf [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ Almost a year after receiving the semi-automatic weapons of the 22nd caliber, namely on January 9, 1979, shooting took place in the school, which took the lives of several people. Copyright 2018 en.unansea.com. 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!' The reasons for such actions are different: alcohol, drugs, insults from classmates or outrages of teachers, problems with the psyche, disturbed peace of mind. /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj A former student named Cam Miller attended the hearing in person and offered the last statement. /T1_4 1 Tf 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td He is one of many opposing her release on grounds that she remains a risk to the people of his city. His life and death detailed, Where is Amy Fisher now? 0.038 Tw 2.118 0 Td [(H)23 (are, )]TJ She then spoke words that have gained ever more truth after ever more mass shootings. /Span<>> BDC At parole hearings, the panel reminds her of statements during the shooting. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td They slept on a single mattress on the living room floor, with empty alcohol bottles throughout the house. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td )]TJ On April 4, 1980, a day after her 18th birthday, she was sentenced to 25 years to life. 0.415 Tw /Span<>> BDC EMC ( p. 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. We must support them to maintain justice in our society and prevent school shootings from reoccurring ever again. /T1_4 1 Tf Bob Geldof, then the lead singer of the Boomtown Rats, read about the incident when a news story about it came off the telex at WRAS-FM, the campus radio station at Georgia State University in Atlanta. Examinations conducted at the time of the crime, refute this version. She has said she also does not recall telling a cop, It was a lot of fun seeing children shot.. EMC (85)Tj 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. "I don't like Mondays"Possible depression Brenda Ann Spencer has a cenotaph in Fairlawn Cemetery Stillwater Oklahoma. 0 Tc 0 Tw 0.471 0 Td (75)Tj Jonathan Fast, Unforgiven and Alone: Brenda Spencer and Secret Shame, in, College of Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences. [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ )Tj 42. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td 1.647 0 Td 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. But I wasnt able to run from the bullet Brenda had for me, Hardy said. I never got the impression from her that she was interested in trying to hurt kids, he said. /T1_4 1 Tf (\027)Tj Any inmate aged 55 or older is eligible to be identified as a GG and participation is voluntary., Ryan Wallers story His unfortunate death, Where is Brent Dennis now? I cannot reconcile the fact that Brenda claimed she started shooting just for the fun of it with the trauma she probably experienced in her childhood because both are terrible and inexcusable acts. A)40 (vailable at )]TJ 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. At various parole hearings since the first in 1993, she has blamed her father and also the influence of drugs for the shooting. 8\2269. EMC /T1_4 1 Tf On the other hand, I also did not know that this event was listed as the first high profile school shooting. I dont like Mondays, she famously replied when asked her motive. ( )Tj She is a member of famous with the age 60 years old group. 0.355 Tw /Span<>> BDC [(\223H)23 (earing 2009,)80 (\224 p. 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. The look at Brenda Foster gave me was enough to scare any young child to death.. She confirmed that she had heard the kids in the school across the street. /T1_4 1 Tf ( )Tj . )]TJ 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td 1.647 0 Td 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. 0.319 Tw /Span<>> BDC Ive seen first hand how these tragedies affect a community. )]TJ The victims are not only those killed, but the survivors who live the tragedy for the rest of their lives.. 0.521 Tw /Span<>> BDC (84)Tj [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ -2.118 -1.529 Td EMC A teacher had called for her to duck. ( )Tj She injured eight children. )]TJ "[2] Those comments were the inspiration to the song I Don't Like Mondays by The Boomtown Rats, which reached #1 in the United Kingdom in mid 1979. 0 Tc 0 Tw 0.471 0 Td xmp.iid:3065e9ea-c692-4fe2-85e9-211b0d4a2955 -0.05 Tc 0.456 Tw /Span<>> BDC 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td -2.118 -1.529 Td /T1_4 1 Tf Their effort to save the children will be appreciated forever. -2.118 -1.529 Td Real Life EMC Discover Brenda Spencer's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Grover Cleveland Elementary School, San Diego, CA. /T1_4 1 Tf She is from California. She can only ask for pardon after 25 years in prison. EMC Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ /T1_3 1 Tf 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. EMC 2016-02-11T19:23:05-05:00 And every time I had tried suicide in the previous year I had screwed it up.. 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. (61)Tj Further casualties were avoided only because the police obstructed her line of fire by moving a garbage truck in front of her house. People who knew the girl, claim that in her biography there was a theft. 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. Its chorus of I dont like Mondays, I want to shoot the whole day down, along with lines such as The silicon chip inside her head gets switched to overload refer specifically to the twisted mind of Brenda Spencer. /Span<>> BDC (95)Tj 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. She, because of the language and cultural differences in the United States, always counted on him to manage their affairs. /Span<>> BDC Motive The commissioner asked if she remembered the police coming, and she said she did. Parents were not too concerned about this behavior of her daughter, her interest in firearms was supported by her father. 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. 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. )Tj EMC /T1_3 1 Tf Born in Decatur, Illinois, Jan 29,. -2.118 -1.529 Td The place he loved the most. My question is, will there be another boring Monday for her? he asked. Eight schoolchildren and a policeman who ran into the shots were injured. /T1_4 1 Tf It's just that the girl at the time had fun. A 16-year-old girl, Brenda Spencer, who lived in a house across the street from the school, was convicted of the shootings. -2.118 -1.529 Td Nothing was different for Brenda Ann Spencer; she was one of the girls who typically hated Mondays. Spencer told police negotiators she had shot the children and staff because they made such easy targets. 1.667 0 Td EMC False [( p. 87)70 (, 86. /T1_4 1 Tf The issue is not owning guns, the issue is mental health. ( )Tj )]TJ Her ashes are to be buried at a later date. 0 tv_nwa_ J endstream endobj 50 0 obj <>stream [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ )Tj ( )Tj A person can be attending school and be gunned down.. -2.118 -1.529 Td Pathology Any inmate over 55 years can join the club, which offers its members special privileges. Its entirely possible I said that, Spencer told the parole board. )]TJ 0 0 0 1 scn She answered a reporters question on why she fired the gun, by saying I dont like Mondays. ( )Tj He had been called to testify against her. But to a San Diego elementary school, and to a troubled sixteen year old, Monday, January 29, 1979 held an even more distressing meaning. The song became No 1 in the UK singles chart and was backed by an eerie video in which the band performed the piano ballad to a classroom of young children. I find it really interesting to build this article and its literary resources to hook the reader. My dad told them that nothing was wrong with me and everything was fine, and leave us alone, she recalled. 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. /T1_3 1 Tf The brother said that although his widowed sister-in-law lived until 1991, her life actually ended in January 1979. Her behaviour including telling a friend she wanted to kill someone, probably a police officer became increasingly disturbing. /T1_4 1 Tf Brenda Spencer's Mugshot taken in 1996 | Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. After all of the shooting was over the Principal and Janitor were dead, eight students and one police officer was injured. I had never heard of this case prior to reading this article. She described arriving at school and hearing shots and seeing the principal and the custodian lying dead. ( )Tj I wasnt specifically aiming at people, she said. The commissioner reminded her that she had eventually surrendered. Every new school shooting by a teenager reinforces the argument that she was not uniquely wicked or crazed. EMC (81)Tj -2.118 -1.529 Td ( )Tj /T1_3 1 Tf The principal of the elementary school, Burton Wragg, age 53, had gone to the aid of the students and was subsequently shot himself, the commissioner said. /Span<>> BDC /Span<>> BDC [(\223H)23 (earing 2009,)80 (\224 p. (66)Tj [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ /T1_5 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf ( )Tj She was sentenced to concurrent terms of 25 years to life in prison. ( )Tj 20:55 EST 04 Apr 2019. She described the shooter, a sixteen year old, and the shooters address. ( )Tj ( )Tj /Span<>> BDC Brenda Spencer was born on April 3, 1962 in San Diego, California, USA. )]TJ A lot of kids laughing and doing their thing? the commissioner asked. 0.003 Tc 0.082 Tw 1.662 0 Td ( p. 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 /T1_5 1 Tf [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ /T1_3 1 Tf [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ -2.118 -1.529 Td ( )Tj EMC Are you pretty good with a rifle? he asked. 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.. EMC ( )Tj So, realising he was speaking to her, he asked what her motive was. -2.118 -1.529 Td Youre shooting these people as they become targets, and yet you told me that you didnt intend to hit anyone.. /T1_4 1 Tf H\0z 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td Only after this time, she voluntarily surrendered to the hands of justice. [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td The shooting has inspired a song by the Boomtown Rats called I Dont Like Mondays, and has also gained other media coverage through a documentary.8 Her action went down in history as the first high profile school shooting and has become a vanguard to many future, unimaginable school situations and violent outbreaks. 29.647 36.706 Td 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. [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ 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. 21, 50. /Span<>> BDC 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td /T1_4 1 Tf (96)Tj The campaign of Genghis Khan to Russia, Olive oil: composition, properties and application. Spencer, an introverted and scrawny tomboy, had a history of petty theft, drug abuse and school truancy. Then the inmate proceeded to commit one of the most notorious crimes in the history of this nation., He went on: At 8:30 a.m., the children were lining up to enter Cleveland Elementary School She picked up her .22 caliber, semiautomatic scoped rifle and began shooting children. (73)Tj representative added that Spencer had complained to the police negotiator that the custodian had tried to get everybody off the school grounds. -2.118 -1.529 Td I was 10 years old when I was shot by Brenda Spencer.. By The commissioner observed that Spencer had described a dark side to her father, while others described him as a decent man. [(dic)-20 (tions,)80 (\224 201)40 (5. The likelihood of a successful parole hearing is slim at best. Principal Wragg was fatally shot in the heart. 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.