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This FBI file concerns Richard Trenton Chase, the Sacramento murderer convicted and sentenced to death for the 1977 killings. The Bureau's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime conducted a research interview at San Quentin in August 1979 for a profiling assessment protocol. The released material includes an interview summary describing Chase's disorganized and paranoid statements, his discussion of the murders, and claims involving UFOs, poisoning, and conspiracies. It also includes a Sacramento Sheriff's Department wanted-style summary of the homicide allegations and copies of Chase's handwritten appeal to federal authorities. Later file reviews state that the file contained only the assessment protocol and that the interview consent form, crime-scene and autopsy material, police reports, and medical or presentence evaluations were absent.

FBI file number: 283C-CL563-15 | Documents span: 1977-1992 | Released in 1 part
Names in this file: Richard Trenton Chase
Subjects: serial murder, Sacramento, criminal profiling, San Quentin, mental illness, death penalty