The Killers Trilogy

by Martin McGregor

  Prosecutors did not disclose why Marks and Glover were not charged with murder, but did not present any evidence, that either of the teenagers had attacked either Cates or her daughter.

  Residents in the area, and friends of the group described the teenagers as a group of disaffected youths who were led by Spader. He was a high school dropout, who had been frequently in trouble with the law over the previous few months, and saw himself as some kind of gang leader.

  Gribble was home schooled, and was once a boy scout, just like Spader. He wrote on his facebook account, that he had a fondness for anything sharp, and even posted a photo of himself smiling as he held his favourite knife. He also wrote that he was prone to extreme anger.

  Marks was described as a troubled teenager who was easily led. His behavious was said to have taken a worrying turn for the worse after he had met Spader earlier that year. His father was said to have rued the day he ever met Spader. Afterwards he said that the teen acted as though he were a gang leader.

  The final suspect, by the name of Autumn Savoy, agreed to plead guilty to charges of conspiracy and hindering apprehension or prosecution. Prosecutors said he came up with a plan to toss clothing and other items from the crime scene into the Nashua River. Prosecutors

  had recommended a minimum of 8½ years in prison for his part in the affair.

  In court, prosecutors said that Spader had driven to the Cate’s home and that he had wielded the machete. During the proceedings Spader was said to have stood motionless during the proceedings.

  Spader had a lengthy criminal record. In August he had served thirteen days in gaol after he admitted that he had waved a tyre iron at a group of teenagers after he had rammed their car following a chase.

  In February, another man told police that Spader threatened to kill him, before abducting his daughter and holding her in a car trunk for days. The girl was said to be Spader's 'sometimes' girlfriend. The father of the girl was trying to end the relationship.

  He was also facing charges of possessing stolen stereo equipment and he had former convictions for trespassing, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest. He had also been caught in possession of marijuana, all in the space of the previous few months.

  Gribble’s last online status was said to have been posted hours after the killing. He wrote that he had enjoyed hanging out with two friends, and watching a television show about a serial killer. Gribble had also once posted:

  “Although everyone has a light and a dark side, mine are very extreme,’’ Gribble said. “If I like you (or at least don’t dislike you) I’m the sweetest nicest person ever. But heaven help you if I truly lose it. It’s not pretty.’’

  Gribble, who lived about ten miles from Mont Vernon, was accused of stabbing Cates with a knife. Her autopsy had revealed that she had died of multiple sharp injuries to the head, her torso, left arm and her left leg.

  Glover’s lawyer described his client as a solid high school student who had no previous criminal record. He said that there was no evidence that Glover had acted violently. Prosecutors argued that Glover and Marks were both armed with deadly weapons, and all four of the teens knew the plan was to kill anyone at the house.

  Glover and Mark’s were both held on $500,000 bail. Resemblances have been drawn to the earlier story of the murders of the Dartmouth College professors Half and Susanne Zantop, who were stabbed to death by two teenagers that they did not know.

  Spader and Gribble were described by residents as both being ominous figures. It was also revealed that the Cates daughter was a Black belt in Karate, she was a strong and happy young lady. The night before she was attacked she had attended a school dance.

  According to a police affidavit, Spader and Gribble allegedly bragged to friends about killing Cates. They were indicted on a new charge of tampering with witnesses and informants, for allegedly threatening a friend with a knife.

  Indictments were handed up by a special grand jury meeting in Hillsborough Superior Court in Nashua. The 18-year-old Quinn Glover, agreed to plead guilty to robbery and other charges. Prosecutors will recommend a minimum prison sentence of 20 years for him.

  Spader’s attorney has insisted that his client will plead not guilty. He would not comment any further. When he was questioned by police the previous year, Spader denied having anything to do with the crimes. Gribble had given a detailed account of the killing.

  According to an affidavit, , Gribble, now aged 20, told police that he and Spader, now 18, agreed they would break into the house in Mont Vernon and that if anyone was inside ''they would just kill the people in the home for fun.'' They shut off the electricity and navigated their way through the home with the light from an iPod that police said belonged to Cates' daughter, Jaimie.

  Gribble told police the group found their way to the master bedroom, where Cates woke up and said,

  ''Jaimie, is that you?''

  According to the statement, Marks admitted he took part in the break-in and entered the master bedroom but stayed by the door. Glover told police he had an anxiety attack while the four were driving around the neighborhood, and he went out for a walk and meditated.

  Stephen Spader attacked Kimberly Cates with a machete, Christopher Gribble told investigators. Her daughter was stabbed in the face and chest by Gribble, who then threw her against a door and assumed she had died, police said. The girl later told police she pretended to be dead.

  Friends of Kimberley Cates, described her as very energetic she was often jogging in the area.. They struggled to make sense of her needless death. It had been the first murder in the town for two generations. Residents were unnerved, and also were said to be saddened by a sense that life in their quiet village had unalterably changed. Spader maintains his innocence, and even wrote a four page letter to The Telegraph.

  Spader accused the media of having swayed the opinion of the public through its coverage of the murder, he wrote

  “THINK FOR YOURSELVES PEOPLE YOU BRAINLESS, MEDIA-DRIVEN CONFORMISTS,”

  “As Americans I shouldn’t have to repeat this, but it seems like I must, because everyone seems to have forgotten the constitution. Everyone in this great country of ours is, and I quote, ‘Innocent Until Proven Guilty’ not the other way around,” Spader wrote.

  He went on to write, “In conclusion I think the citizens of this state should take a new look at the situation and smarten up, because ya’ll are looking real stupid right now New Hampshire. As I said before wait, and think for yourself.”

  The case continues.

  So it is that we reach the end of the second book of murders and heinous crimes. Some of these cases will never be solved. Some families will never find closure at the loss of a loved one. It deeply saddens me at the state of our society where murder has now become common place.

  We seem to have lost our way, and it seems that murder is just another thing we have to accept as part of our daily lives. Evil seems to lurk in all corners of this truly beautiful planet. Whether it is Hampshire in England or New Hampshire in the United States, perhaps the places are indeed cursed.

  There does seem to be something very wrong in the heart of both places, although both are deemed fairly safe places to live. No doubt most people who live in these areas are happy God fearing people. Murder would never even enter the mind of most, but what does it take to push someone over the edge of sanity?

  So as a society we punish those who maim, torture or kill. It now seems that we also have found a way to glorify murderers and serial killers. So much so, that it is now a way to become famous by being infamous. Books films and television drams warn us of the dangers of these people, men and women alike, but these people can just seem like normal teenagers, or once loving sons. Maybe they were someone who was once your paperboy or possibly even a friend at your school.

  So as parents I think we all still have a responsibility to bring our children up the best way that we can, to teach them right from wrong and try and be there for them as much as we can. I
wish that I had spent more time playing with my children as they grew up. I write so that one day my books may become best sellers worldwide, and in turn I may be able to give them all the life I always wanted to give them.

  So until the next instalment, I bid you all farewell. I hope that you have enjoyed this book, and will consider publications future and past. I leave you with a prayer for peace for the murdered souls of New Hampshire. I hope that one day all the questions will be answered and that the families of the victims finally find some peace, and for those awaiting trial, fair justice to be served.

  Devil’s Walk Among Us

  The World’s Worst Little Known Serial Killers And Murderers

  This book is dedicated Liverpool Football Club

  And to all its dedicated fans all over the world.

  You’ll Never Walk Alone. It isn’t just a song, it’s a way of life.

  J.F.T. 96

  The world is a place of darkness and light. It is full of miracles but it is also full of murderers. Murderers may range from a single murderous individual, to the military might of an entire nation. We seem to delight in stories of murder and of torture and persecution, if you need proof you only need to look at the success of the any slasher film series. So what draws us to examine the stories of those that commit these atrocities, and even worse, leads us to explore these acts in such gory details?

  This is probably a tricky question to answer, but I shall try to give you my perspective on the subject. We have ingrained within us as all, some sort of primal instinct. We long to know more about our own mortality, and we are curious about death. We revel in hearing these stories, and search to find the most intimate details, as we so love to hear about any horrific death. We are the horror spawned generation.

  I for one had discovered horror films at a fairly young age. I had a small black and white television, and even though I was supposed to be asleep, night after night I was secretly nurturing my need to feel scared. A few of those late night films really did the trick. I couldn’t sleep the night I watched Halloween, and the first Alien film left my literally gasping for breath.

  So I became an avid horror film fan (I suppose addict me be a better description), and something of an expert in the field. Films like The Silence of the Lambs, elevated these films to an intense new level. These films along with the numerous true story based films such as Gacy, Ed Gein and Monster, all showed that the real horror stories in this world were being actually lived every day. So what is it that fascinates us about murderers and serial killers? The term ‘serial killer’ relates to someone who kills three or more people over a period of time, I guess this is part of the attraction following a path and the mind of a killer over time.

  So at what point does someone feel the need to take the life of another human being? Do they feel real remorse for their crimes? How do you spot a serial killer? What are the mistakes these killers make what actually cause their downfalls? By looking at some of the most vicious and sadistic killers, we may just be able to find some answers.

  This has probably been the hardest book I have written. Examining some of these cases, such as that of Albert Fish made me feel physically sick. That is something when I have been writing these accounts that I have never come up against before. The callousness of this killer in particular has stayed with me. The way he wrote letters to his victim’s families describing in gory detail of what he had done as he ate the bodies of their loved ones was quite affecting.

  In some of the cases, I really feel that I felt some of the pain these victim’s families felt, I tried to imagine myself in the same position they would have been in with loved ones missing and it is far from anything I ever wish to experience. I ask you to join me as I take the trip down to darkest hidden corners as we examine the cases of some of the worst killers in history.

  Martin McGregor 2010.

  This book would not have been possible without the help of the following people and websites. The FBI, Getstuff.com, Shanna Freeman, Wikipedia, About.com, Bukisa.com, aboutserialkillers.com, serial killer central.

  Thanks also go to Sarah, Mum, Nick, Christian, Jordan, Owen, Wayne, Dawn, Family McGregor, Family Kingston, friends and readers near and far.

  Contents.

  Defining a killer

  Why do serial killers kill?

  Dr Henry Howard Holmes

  Lizzie Borden

  Albert Fish

  Jerry Brudos

  Richard Chase

  Gary and Thaddeus Lewingdon

  William Bonin

  Alton Coleman and Debra Brown

  Herb Baumeister

  Kristen Gilbert

  Defining a killer

  The term ‘serial killer’, was first used in the mid 1970’s. The term was devised by Robert Ressler, who at the time was the former director of the FBI’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Program. The Police in England had referred to these types of repeat murders as ‘crimes in a series’, and so he coined this phrase from the English reference and from the serial films that he had grown up watching.

  The FBI’s official definition of a serial killer is: ‘one who murders three or more victims with a cooling off period in between each murder’. The term mass murderer is given to those who kill more than four persons at one time. Spree killers kill multiple people with a short period of time. Serial killers usually work alone, and normally kill strangers and these are not normally crimes committed of passion.

  A study conducted by the FBI, concluded, that there had been around four hundred serial killers in the United States within the last century. They estimated these killers to have killed between 2526 to 3860 people, according to the report that was published by Eric W Hickey in 2002. Experts believe that there may be between 50 to 300 serial killers active at any one time, but there is no conclusive evidence to support this claim.

  Frighteningly, serial murders appear to have increased in number over the past thirty years. Eighty percent of those 400 serial killers have emerged since 1950. Since this time it has emerged that there are in fact two types of serial killers. One whose killings are based on motives, and the other based on organised and social patterns.

  The motive method is called the Holmes typology, after authors Ronald M and Stephen T Holmes, authors who penned many books on the subject of serial murders and violent crime. According to this specific typology, some of these killers can be art focused, and kill quickly, or are process focused who tend to kill slowly. There are also two different sub groups, called the visionary and the missionary.

  The visionary will commit murder saying that they have been instructed to murder by unknown voices, possibly thinking they hear the voice of God or the Devil, and who is simply following instructions to kill. The missionary, will murder as they have a firm belief that they must kill a certain group of people. Processed focused killers enjoy the torture element, and the slow deaths of the victims. Again these can be broken down into three different categories: hedonists who kill for lust, for the thrill, or to seek some form of gain, and there are also power seeking killers.

  The lust killers derive some form of sexual pleasure from the act of murder. Thrill killers experience some form of natural high from the act or murder, and gain killers murder to profit from the act in some way. Power killers are in some respect playing God and enjoy the thrill of having the power of taking lives or deciding to grant the ability for an attempted victim to stay alive.

  Serial killers can also be classified by two categories, those who are classed as organized and non social, and those who are disorganised and asocial. These two types have commonly associated character traits and profiles. They also follow common behavioural patterns which have been charted.

  The majority of serial killers investigated are organised and non social and are normally associated to common factors and behavioural patterns. These include:

  They will have a normal IQ of between 105 to 120

  They are socially adequate

  Normally
they are married, or living with a partner or in a relationship or dating

  They will have had a stable father figure type whilst growing up.

  They may have experienced harsh physical abuse within the family either to themselves or witnessing the abuse of another family member.

  They are likely to follow what is happening in the news

  They are also likely to have had a college education

  Maintains good hygiene and has a good level of cleanliness at home

  May drives an expensive car

  They will often return to the scene of the crime to watch as the police investigate the scene

  They may also contact the authorities to engage in games to add to the thrill of the murders.