/Span<>> BDC ( p. Some of them were seriously injured, but all survived. Eight schoolchildren and a policeman who ran into the shots were injured. The 1999 book Babyface Killers: Horrifying True Stories of America's Youngest Murderers, authored by Clifford L. Linedecker dedicates the book's prologue to Spencer and refers to her crimes in multiple chapters. /T1_5 1 Tf ( )Tj /T1_4 1 Tf As a boy he had nightmares in which Spencer popped up out of a bathtub to finish him off. 0 Tc 0 Tw 0.471 0 Td Sixteen-year-old Brenda Spencer fired from the window of her house children who had come to school, across the road from the ill-fated home. /T1_5 1 Tf 0.38 Tw /Span<>> BDC Youre shooting these people as they become targets, and yet you told me that you didnt intend to hit anyone.. EMC [(H)23 (are, )]TJ (92)Tj /T1_4 1 Tf And because she never had to be cross-examined in court, her facetious remark about hating Mondays remained her only explanation for the shooting. [(\223H)23 (earing 2009,)80 (\224 p. )Tj 8.5 0 0 8.5 48 744.5 Tm 85. Great article but terrible circumstances. Brenda is the youngest child and has one older brother and one older sister. I can still remember the pool of blood on the nurses bed, and the terror didnt end there. [(H)23 (are, R. )]TJ )]TJ Under the terms of her indeterminate sentence, Spencer became eligible for hearings to consider her suitability for parole in 1993. ( )Tj (74)Tj 0.4 Tw /Span<>> BDC T* 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. A good addition to the gift was the box, which contained more than 500 rounds. ( pp. The issue is not owning guns, the issue is mental health. It was the perfect senseless act and this was the perfect senseless reason for doing it.. [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td [The father] then went on and had a sexual relationship with her and married her, the lawyer alleged. 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. Well, thats pretty good shooting to hit as many folks as you did if youre not trying to hit anybody from across the street, the commissioner noted. The principal and a custodian were killed; eight children and a police officer were injured. Brenda Ann Spencer has a cenotaph in Fairlawn Cemetery Stillwater Oklahoma. EMC (75)Tj Olive oil for frying and salads. She is now 51 and will no doubt hear of more school shootings and ask herself if they got the idea from what she did on that long ago Monday. \223T)70 (.J. There was also a statement from the principals daughter. 0.038 Tw 2.118 0 Td 7)30 (3, 75. /Span<>> BDC /T1_5 1 Tf EMC [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ Brenda Spencer is currently serving his sentence and looks forward to a pardon. And apparently you two slept in the same bed?. (103)Tj /T1_4 1 Tf EMC 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. Three shots rang out. A former student named Cam Miller attended the hearing in person and offered the last statement. When 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer opened fire on Cleveland Elementary School in the San Diego bedroom community of San Carlos, the incident marked the first high profile mass school shooting in the United States. Spared the death penalty because of her age, Spencer was sentenced to two terms of 25 years to life in prison, running concurrently and with the chance of parole. On April 4, 1980, a day after her 18th birthday, she was sentenced to 25 years to life. Discover today's celebrity birthdays and explore famous people who share your birthday. We will update Brenda Spencer's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible. What if they got the idea from what I did?. /T1_3 1 Tf (76)Tj [(\223H)23 (earing 2009,)80 (\224 pp. Contrary to her initial claim, she later went on to state in her 2001 parole hearing that she had been "sexually abused by [her] father" and was "waiting for the cops to show up so they could shoot [her]." 4 This new information has fueled many more theories today about Brenda Spencer's true motives in . EMC 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td Full name is Brenda Ann Spencer. 0 Tw 18.39 -0.053 Td And then there was a statement by Steve Wragg, son of Principal Burton Wragg. ( )Tj 0.259 Tw /Span<>> BDC A 16-year-old girl, Brenda Ann Spencer (born April 3, 1962), who lived in a house across the street from the school, was convicted of the shootings. (84)Tj What if they got the idea from what I did?. Behind the scenes She kept busy behind bars by learning Latin just for the fun of it, she said. 0.419 Tw /Span<>> BDC uuid:abfef72d-ac1c-9d47-b406-9a703c3e820b As she continued shooting, SWAT officers surrounded the house and evacuated the school from the rear. The San Diego District Attorneys Office sent a representative to the hearing. /T1_3 1 Tf He informed the board that on the Saturday before the shooting Spencer had told another teen that something big was going to happen on Monday that would be on TV and radio. (85)Tj EMC EMC by Michael Thomas Barry. %PDF-1.7
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Brenda Spencer's Mugshot taken in 1996 | Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Pathology 0.298 Tw /Span<>> BDC )]TJ A month before I was arrested, my [high school] counselor took me to see a psychiatrist, she reported. /T1_3 1 Tf She shot him because, by her own words, he was making it more difficult for her to shoot the kids, the representative said. /T1_4 1 Tf /T1_5 1 Tf 0.298 Tw /Span<>> BDC I was 9 years old when I was shot, he began. The composition was released a month after the tragedy and immediately became popular. )Tj 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td EMC EMC /T1_3 1 Tf [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ /T1_4 1 Tf (80)Tj EMC /T1_5 1 Tf I am from a town a few miles from Santa Fe High School where the 2018 shooting took place. Further casualties were avoided only because the police obstructed her line of fire by moving a garbage truck in front of her house. [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ ( )Tj The likelihood of a successful parole hearing is slim at best. She has said she also does not recall telling a cop, It was a lot of fun seeing children shot.. 1)40.1 (3, 14. xmp.iid:3065e9ea-c692-4fe2-85e9-211b0d4a2955 Adobe PDF Library 15.0 adobe:docid:indd:dd4a55d2-0e77-11de-96a0-c0933d61f99d [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ [(\223H)23 (earing 2009,)80 (\224 p. ( )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?. Full name is Brenda Ann Spencer. [(Langman, P)89.7 (. )Tj 0.355 Tw /Span<>> BDC Spencer told police negotiators she had shot the children and staff because they made such easy targets. 21, 50. The parole board chairman said that as she had not previously told any prison staff about the allegations, he doubted whether they were true. /T1_3 1 Tf ( )Tj 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. ( )Tj The murderer was tried as an adult. 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. The commissioner inquired how many rounds she had fired, and she said she did not recall. I dont know why he bought me a gun, she said. This page was last changed on 2 May 2022, at 09:58. 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 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. 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. Biography Spencer showed no remorse in her crime; her full . /Span<>> BDC (83)Tj He ended by saying on behalf of his deceased parents and the surviving members of the family that they opposed parole for Spencer. Do you remember them taking cover? the commissioner asked. 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. /T1_4 1 Tf The court sentenced her to life in prison with a possibility of parole after 25 years. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td ( )Tj /T1_5 1 Tf EMC But the link with the San Diego shooting was soon spotted by Spencer herself. 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. ( )Tj )]TJ 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.. ( )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. He said his wife had heard on the radio of a shooting at the school and called him at work. A)39.7 (vail)]TJ 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. Let alone an elementary school shooting. Both girls had witnessed the death of the principal and the custodian. Location EMC 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td Brenda Ann Spencer was the killer who started it all. A few weeks ago, she marked her 40th anniversary in prison after successive parole applications had been refused. [(Y)60.1 (o)-4.9 (chelson, S. and S)23.1 (amenow)80.1 (, S. )]TJ /T1_3 1 Tf Across the street, Brenda Ann Spencer was watching them from her home, a ramshackle house filled with empty alcohol bottles and a single mattress she shared with her father. 0.007 Tc -0.126 Tw /Span<>> BDC Early Life Brenda's parents divorced when she was young and lived with her father. A teacher had called for her to duck. 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. ( )Tj 24\22625. 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. )]TJ ( pp. (82)Tj )Tj Brenda Spencer, the culprit of this shooting, in case her second statement was true, she should not have opened fire to that school, she should have called the police directly. ( p. /T1_3 1 Tf Classmates of the murderer after the shooting of schoolchildren recalled that Brenda Spencer dreamed of an act after which they would talk about her on television. Age 16, she was 5'2" (157cm) and had bright red hair. He blames total negligence and unbelievably bad parenting by her father in giving her the gun. Yet, while it was all happening, so beautiful, so serene, I couldnt get over the perverse violence associated with my dads passing. )]TJ /T1_4 1 Tf For two murders and an attack with firearms, she was sentenced to life imprisonment. Brenda's parents divorced when she was young and lived with her father. )Tj [(W)5 (ithout Conscience,)]TJ 366. EMC According to The Daily Beast, she would later claim that her father was abusive toward her and that her mother "just wasn't there." /T1_3 1 Tf /T1_5 1 Tf /Span<>> BDC 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. (72)Tj [(V)45 (ersion 1.0 \()13 (11 F)35 (ebruary 2016)8.1 (\))]TJ ( )Tj California rarely grants parole for people convicted of murder, but it hasnt stopped Brenda from trying. )Tj 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. /T1_5 1 Tf ( )Tj EMC Grover Cleveland Elementary School, San Diego, CA. 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. ( )Tj ( )Tj Brenda Spencer (born April 3, 1962) lived in the San Carlos neighborhood of San Diego, California in a house across the street from Grover Cleveland Elementary School in the San Diego Unified School District. ( )Tj He suggested that the testing of the time may have simply failed to detect the intoxicants. /T1_4 1 Tf EMC [(able at www)80.1 (.scho)-5 (olsho)-4.9 (ot)-10 (ers.info. She was asked if any adults had seen danger signs before the shooting. /T1_4 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf She grew up relatively poor and spent most of her early life with her father, Wallace Spencer, with whom she had a turbulent relationship. )Tj Today, she is 56 and still behind bars at the California Institution for Women. EMC Spencer fired at him but missed as well. /Span<>> BDC /T1_4 1 Tf EMC Spencer, an introverted and scrawny tomboy, had a history of petty theft, drug abuse and school truancy. /T1_4 1 Tf I still cant.. And she began to fire. 0 0 0 1 scn EMC EMC 0.244 Tw /Span<>> BDC )]TJ /T1_5 1 Tf Her reasons for doing this school shooting makes me so mad and upset. /Span<>> BDC Thirty years later, Miller beheld her in another proceeding and asked the board not to parole her. /T1_3 1 Tf -2.118 -1.529 Td [( pp. Suchar had served in Vietnam. The shooter killed a principal and a custodian as they tried to pull students into safety. [(201)40 (5. /T1_4 1 Tf 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. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td ( p. 0 Tw 2.118 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. (\251)Tj Do not leave her indifferent and stories about violence. (61)Tj 35 years later, Brenda Ann Spencer, who killed two and wounded eight, faced her victims in a parole hearing. [( p. 207)70 (. 75. However, I find their reasons to be interesting to learn about. /T1_4 1 Tf 0.298 Tw /Span<>> BDC After her parents separated, she lived with her father, Wallace Spencer, in poverty. ( )Tj /Span<>> BDC -2.118 -1.529 Td [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ (65)Tj /T1_4 1 Tf 0.298 Tw /Span<>> BDC EMC Are you pretty good with a rifle? he asked. Brenda Spencer was born on April 3, 1962 in San Diego, California, USA. The only thing I was concentrating on was getting the police there so that they could shoot me, she said. ( )Tj [(www)80 (.scho)-5 (olsho)-5 (ot)-10 (ers.info. (98)Tj /T1_4 1 Tf ET 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. The fact that she shot up the school was because she didnt like Mondays and she wanted to cheer it up. Contrary to her initial claim, she later went on to state in her 2001 parole hearing that she had been "sexually abused by [her] father" and was "waiting for the cops to show up so they could shoot [her]." 4 This new information has fueled many more theories today about Brenda Spencer's true motives in . A lawyer representing Spencer spoke next. 0 Tc 0 Tw 8.4751 0 0 8.5 561.6812 581.5 Tm 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. ( p. )]TJ Most can agree with former FBI profiler Candice DeLong's remarks that Brenda's father bears responsibility for what happened that day by buying her the gun. When she was 16 years old, at Christmas, her father presented her with a rifle with an optical sight. EMC EMC 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 /Span<>> BDC Successive parole hearings have heard powerful testimony from those who say their lives were permanently scarred by Spencer. 1.647 0 Td Nobody at the school knew where the shots were coming from. [(\223H)23 (earing 1994, p. He showed me a neatly hand-written letter she sent him in 2015 in which she wrote that she appreciated what I did was horrible so I dont really complain about the amount of time Ive done. /T1_4 1 Tf /Span<>> BDC I dont think the shooting should have been the choice at all, she could have gone to her mom if she had some problems. )]TJ 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. 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. The 1982 Japanese-American documentary film The Killing of America depicts the incident. 0.521 Tw /Span<>> BDC As of December2015, she has been unsuccessful at four parole board hearings. I wasnt specifically aiming at people, she said. Status I was 10 years old when I was shot by Brenda Spencer.. (MD)Tj /T1_4 1 Tf
Two were killed, including the head teacher, Burton Wragg, who ran outside and was hit as he tried to help injured children, and the school caretaker, who had tried to rescue the head. (81)Tj )]TJ 58. At various parole hearings since the first in 1993, she has blamed her father and also the influence of drugs for the shooting. )Tj -2.118 -1.529 Td (62)Tj /T1_5 1 Tf She answered a reporters question on why she fired the gun, by saying I dont like Mondays. /Span<>> BDC I dont like Mondays, she famously replied when asked her motive. After her parents separated, she lived with her father, Wallace Spencer, in virtual poverty. Police later found half empty alcohol bottles throughout the house. At the time, mass shootings were rare in America, although there had been occasional gun attacks on school premises. /T1_3 1 Tf Spenser's relatives tried in vain to prevent the release of the hit. Actor 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. Victims [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ 0.356 Tw /Span<>> BDC In late January 1979, Brenda Spencer killed two adults and injured eight children and one adult because of her hate for Mondays. Nine counts of attempted murder. /T1_3 1 Tf The brother said that although his widowed sister-in-law lived until 1991, her life actually ended in January 1979. [(W)5 (ithout Conscience,)]TJ , money, salary, income, and assets. 12.894 0 Td [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ This livens up the day. Spencer surrendered after the negotiators promised her a Burger King Meal. As Spencer acknowledged at one of her parole hearings: With every school shooting, I feel Im partially responsible. /Span<>> BDC For Christmas 1978 her father, Wallace, had given her a .22 rifle as a present. 0 Tw T* EMC A 16-year-old girl, Brenda Spencer, who lived in a house across the street from the school, was convicted of the shootings. (contr4488032) Brenda Ann Spencer passed away peacefully surrounded by family Thursday March 30, 2017. /T1_3 1 Tf Some lawyers involved in the case believe she will soon succeed in a parole application. HtyTY
Q" }]iwQQ*=L`:i_L{NSTw)k+CZ"Rhtn [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ Ultimately, she surrendered. )]TJ The representative further reported that blood and urine samples taken after Spencers arrest tested clean. She is eligible for a Parole Suitability Hearing in September 2021. )]TJ ( )Tj [(\223H)23 (earing 2001,)80 (\224 pp. [(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 had never heard of a female school shooter. 88. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td I walked into court and saw this monster glaring at me, he remembered. The uninjured looked around confused as to what was happening. [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ /CS0 cs 0 0 0 0.5 scn 76\22677)70 (. /T1_4 1 Tf Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? The two victims were Principal Burton Wragg and custodian Mike Suchar. 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. EMC 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td 28. -0.001 Tc -0.05 Tw 2.124 0 Td A person can be attending school and be gunned down.. [(H)23 (are, )]TJ -2.118 -1.529 Td /T1_3 1 Tf A police officer (age28), responding to a call for assistance during the incident, was wounded in the neck as he arrived. Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 58 years old? /T1_4 1 Tf 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td 40. ( )Tj [(\223H)23 (earing 2005,)80 (\224 p. ( )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. She was home alone, as her single father had left for work. )Tj Her behaviour including telling a friend she wanted to kill someone, probably a police officer became increasingly disturbing. /Span<>> BDC /Span<>> BDC 0.237 Tw /Span<>> BDC He concluded that no drugs or alcohol had been talking when she said she just didnt like Mondays. (91)Tj ( )Tj /T1_4 1 Tf [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ ( p. The second victim, Michael Sucher, got his bullet, trying to save his fallen colleague. Despite what former District Attorney Richard Sachs said on the episode of Deadly Women, Spencer's rampage was not "the country's, if not the world's first school shooting case before 1979." Adobe InDesign CC 2015 (Macintosh) Their effort to save the children will be appreciated forever. Mental health needs to be addressed everywhere and not just when someone acts out like this. /T1_4 1 Tf 0.177 Tw /Span<>> BDC This article brings to light the issue of gun control. /Span<>> BDC A student organization of St. Marys University of San Antonio, Texas, featuring scholarly research, writing, and media from students of all disciplines. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td ( )Tj The blood hadnt been scrubbed from where he had fallen on the concrete. People have told me that I look like him, act like him, that my kids are the spitting image of him, she said. You indicate you werent really trying to hit anybodybut you did a heck of a job of hitting a lot of people.. Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. ( )Tj While on the phone with Stevens, Spencer had stated that she was just shooting for the fun of it. She went on to say that she just didnt like Mondays and did this because its a way to cheer up the day.3, Contrary to her initial claim, she later went on to state in her 2001 parole hearing that she had been sexually abused by [her] father and was waiting for the cops to show up so they could shoot [her].4 This new information has fueled many more theories today about Brenda Spencers true motives in committing such a crime. He had been called to testify against her. /T1_3 1 Tf Charged as an adult, she pleaded guilty to two counts of murder and assault with a deadly weapon, and was sentenced to life in prison with a chance of parole after 25 years. (paths Among Us. Examinations conducted at the time of the crime, refute this version. ( )Tj Spencer barricaded herself in her house for hours before an offer for a Burger King meal from negotiators convinced her to surrender. 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. /T1_4 1 Tf /GS0 gs So, how much is Brenda Spencer worth at the age of 60 years old? ( )Tj Monday blues are common among teenagers, who are forced to wake up at 8 am to get on a yellow school bus. ( )Tj EMC 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. Brenda Spencer was born April 3rd, 1962 to her mother and father, Dorothy and Wallace Spencer. )]TJ ( p. Because I wanted to die, she said. Brenda threatened with new shots, so for such a long time she could not be forced to surrender to the police. Even as an adult, he was gripped by an abiding fear of leaving his back exposed in restaurants he always sits with his back to the wall. /T1_3 1 Tf 32. (97)Tj /T1_5 1 Tf She confirmed that she had heard the kids in the school across the street. /T1_4 1 Tf ( )Tj /T1_4 1 Tf [(\223H)23 (earing 2001,)80 (\224 p. [(C)11 (opyright )]TJ ( )Tj /Span<>> BDC /T1_5 1 Tf 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td representative added that Spencer had complained to the police negotiator that the custodian had tried to get everybody off the school grounds. /T1_5 1 Tf (71)Tj [(Scho)-5 (ol Sho)-5 (oters: Und)-4.9 (erstanding H)23 (igh Scho)-5 (ol, College, )]TJ EMC I know saying Im sorry doesnt make it all right,Spencer told the parole board in 2001. During the uninterrupted shooting, two teachers were killed, who saved their children at the cost of their lives. 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. The article kept my attention the entire time. 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. /T1_3 1 Tf 84. /T1_3 1 Tf /T1_3 1 Tf Motive She described the shooter, a sixteen year old, and the shooters address. -2.118 -1.529 Td EMC (A Pro\036le for Change. Principal Wragg was fatally shot in the heart. ( )Tj We are no longer accepting comments on this article. EMC She often spent her time copying out the lyrics of violent punk songs. Nothing was different for Brenda Ann Spencer; she was one of the girls who typically hated Mondays. 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_3 1 Tf Police were told she had fantasised about being a sniper and would hunt birds around the neighbourhood. The reasons for such actions are different: alcohol, drugs, insults from classmates or outrages of teachers, problems with the psyche, disturbed peace of mind. A psychiatric evaluation in December 1978 concluded that she should be put in hospital as a danger to herself and others but again, her father resisted.