

An autopsy determined that he committed suicide with an overdose of prison doctor-prescribed antidepressants that he had been saving up for the last few weeks.Mr. On December 26, 1980, a guard doing cell checks found Rick lying awkwardly on his bed, not breathing. He believed that the prison officials were in league with the Nazis and attempting to kill him. He also handed Ressler a large amount of macaroni and cheese which he had been hoarding in his pants pockets.
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Richard Chase asked Ressler to give him access to a radar gun, with which he could apprehend the Nazi UFOs so that the Nazis could stand trial for the murders. He had been forced to kill to keep himself alive, which he believed any person would do. During these interview he spoke of his fears of Nazis and UFOs, claiming that although he had killed, it was not his fault.
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Rick Chase also granted a series of interviews with Robert Ressler. The defense asked for a clemency hearing, in which a judge determined that he was not legally insane Rick Chase was sentenced to die in the gas chamber.

On May 8 the jury found Rick guilty of six counts of first-degree murder. They felt this evidence showed that the crimes were not premeditated. Their case hinged on his history of mental illness and the lack of planning in his crimes. To avoid the death penalty, the defense tried to have Rick found guilty of second-degree murder, which would result in a life sentence. In 1979 he stood trial for 6 counts of murder. Richard Chase Tries to Avoid The Death Penalty On another counter were several pet collars on his kitchen table he had spread out numerous diagrams depicting various aspects of human biology. Several of Evelyn Miroth and Teresa Wallin’s internal organs were also found. Body parts wrapped in Saran Wrap were linked to the baby boy that had been missing from the last murder. Their brains were in a Tupperware container. Inside the refrigerator, police found several animal body parts wrapped in aluminum foil. It was caked in coagulated blood and the rotting matter of internal organs. They found the walls, floor, ceiling, refrigerator, and all of Chase’s eating and drinking utensils soaked in blood on the counter was the blender Chase used to make his smoothies. Ray Biondi, along with Ressler and Vorpagel, performed a search of Chase’s apartment. Evelyn and Jason were found in Evelyn’s bedroom. He was killed by a direct gunshot wound to the head. Dan Meredith’s body was found in the hallway. Missing was Evelyn’s 22-month-old nephew David, whom she had been babysitting. On January 27, 1978, the bodies of Evelyn Miroth, age 38, her six-year-old son Jason, and friend Dan Meredith were found murdered inside Evelyn’s home. Before leaving, he collected dog feces from the yard and stuffed it into the victim’s mouth and down her throat. He removed multiple organs, cut off one of her nipples, and drank her blood using a yogurt cup. Then he raped her corpse while stabbing her several times with a butcher knife. Using the same gun he used to kill Griffin, he shot Teresa three times, killing her. She was taking out the garbage when Richard entered through the unlocked front door. 22-year-old Teresa Wallin was 3 months pregnant and at home alone. On January 23, 1978, in northern Sacramento David Wallin came home to find his wife murdered. He was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia after having been treated for blood poisoning due to injecting himself with the blood from a rabbit he killed. In 1975, he was involuntarily hospitalized. Richard Chase is Involuntarily Hospitalized In 1973 he was in a psych unit for a short period and was released into his parent’s care. He started seeing doctors saying that his pulmonary artery had been stolen and he had no blood flow. He believed that his heart was shrinking, so his cure was to disembowel and consume various small animals. His hypochondria and delusions continued to worsen. He claimed to his father that his mother was trying to poison him, so his father started paying for an apartment for him. By this point, his parents were divorced. He couldn’t afford the place by himself and had to move back in with his mother. They soon asked him to leave because of his erratic behavior and the amount of drug use.
