The Vampire of Sacramento: Richard Chase and the Unlocked Door
In January 1978, a six-year-old girl knocked on a neighbor’s door for a playdate and looked through the window. What she saw was the aftermath of a blood-soaked massacre. Four people dead. A toddler missing. Blood drunk. Organs removed. The killer had simply walked in through an unlocked door—because he believed an unlocked door was an invitation.
This is the story of Richard Trenton Chase, the man Sacramento would come to know as the Vampire of Sacramento. In less than a month between late December 1977 and late January 1978, Chase killed six people in random, opportunistic attacks. He shot…
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