His IQ elipsed that of Ted Bundy, and his body count may have as well. Unnamed federal agencies other than the FBI considered opening an espionage case against him. Crutchley as a possible suspect, according to Wayne Bailey, special agent in fingerprints that didn't belong to the victim or her boyfriend. Fitzjohn said Crutchley was polite, invited her into his trailer and told her that Deborah had stopped by that night. Lately their attention has focused on Crutchley. It was after the attacker had left the house that she was able to push out of the bathroom window and crawl to the road. Corrections officials reported on April 2, 2002, that he had been found dead in his cell at the Hardee Correctional Ins*ute with a plastic bag over his head. She described him as her 'best friend growing up' but then she ruined his life His wife had apparently cooperated in similar acts, and spoke to the press about him. The frequently used picture is of a pale and shrunken middle aged man, not someone I would expect of having a collection of 75 index cards with information about women he had consensual sex with. She begged the driver to not take her back "to that house,"; when he asked where, she told him to remember a certain house. Crutchley then threw her gin glass at the woman which cut her as she raised her arms to protect herself. Homicides become more difficult to successfully close as time passes, said Sheriff Jack Parker. John Crutchley, 55, who drained and drank blood from a 19-year-old woman he abducted in 1985, was found early Saturday morning at Hardee Correctional Institution He was also married and had a child. When Crutchley was arrested in the Florida case in November 1985, investigators said they found the business card of the chief investigator in the Fitzjohn case, C.F. Died in prison in 2002, age 55. He would have been about 24 in 1970, which he stated was about the time he was introduced into drinking blood by a nurse. Crutchley was arrested during the search, which took place at 2:30 a.m. Photographs of the house taken at the time of this first search showed, among other things, a stack of credit cards several inches thick. He became a suspect in more than 30 homicides or missing women cases. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. There is a family out there, afraid to move because if the person is alive they wont be able to find them. Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents recently began sharing The consent submitted will only be used for data processing originating from this website. Well, he would have been about 24 in 1970 and we know he had at least one -- I'm not sure what to call it-- paraphilia probably becoming sexually aroused by drinking blood, so possibly his interests were evolving. At the time of his arrest, Crutchley was found to be in possession of a great deal of highly cl*ified information regarding naval weaponry and communications. On October 30, 2010, the cable channel Investigation Discovery broadcast a 20-minute summary of the Brevard County incident which led to Crutchley's incarceration. He also mightve been a spy: At the time of his arrest, Crutchley was found to be in possession of a great deal of highly classified information regarding naval weaponry and communications. Apparently, he would drink their blood until they died, Mitchell said. He said he has interviewed innumerable people, including Crutchley, whose phone-answering machine played the "Twilight Zone" musical theme. After being caught in 1983, his trial began in 1988 and jurors finally reached a verdict in 1989, convicting Kraft of 16 counts of murder He died in prison in 2002 at the age of 55 while practicing autoerotic asphyxiation suffocating himself during sexual arousal. The hospital determined she was missing between 40 and 45 percent of her blood and had ligature marks on her neck. ``At this juncture, it is very preliminary,'' Bailey said. The people involved with the podcast are trying to gain access to pictures of what they assume are Crutchley's trophies, women's necklaces, to see if the necklaces missing from the bodies of Karen & Mared are among them. Two months later, 18-year-old actress Tammy Lynn Leppert ("Spring Break," "Scarface") disappeared. See the article in its original context from. Right now we just have skeletal remains. Information developed recently has led local NCIS agents to explore And we've had an investigator go to Florida in connection with the case.". Found 11 people named Wendy Carpenter along with free Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok search on PeekYou - true people search. And why are we, as a society, obsessed with murder? WebJohn Brennan Crutchley was a disturbed man that would stop at nothing to curb his desires. Had she not escaped then, doctors believed, she might well have died from a further round of blood extraction. There was a time when Crutchley would have been receptive to those deals, Mitchell continued, adding that it would have at least offered closure for families searching for missing relatives. Maury Travis. negotiations between Crutchley and the prosecutors fell through. John Brennan Crutchley (October 1, 1946 March 30, 2002) was an American convicted kidnapper, rapist, and suspected serial killer who was suspected of murdering up to 30 women, but was never tried for nor convicted of murder. Hans Schmidt. "This is the first chapter.". During the sentencing phase, the blood issue came up nonetheless and Crutchley claimed to have been introduced to blood drinking by a nurse in roughly 1970, as part of a sexual ritual. Appearing in the dock wearing a black Fred Perry t-shirt and with her brown hair tied back, she was jailed for two years as a supporter wept in the public gallery. The Co-ed Killings which involved two female freshmen in Morgantown W.Va. who were last seen getting into a cream/light colored Chevrolet on January 18, 1970. All rights reserved. "They said 'I think his name is Crutchley,' " Fitzjohn said. In late November 1985, in Malabar, Brevard County, Florida, a nude teenaged woman, handcuffed at both feet and ankles, was found crawling along the side of the road. Crutchley's attorney, Joe Mitchell, could not be reached for comment. In fact, Crutchley was released two years earlier than that. This violation of his parole resulted in a sentence of life imprisonment to be imposed on Crutchley on January 31, 1997 under the three strikes law. This was his third conviction; the first two were for the kidnapping and the rape of the Brevard teen. Hans Schmidt. Angry neighbors were watching this morning as a prison van carrying Mr. Crutchley drove up to the halfway house, on the grounds of a seven-acre compound. During the sentencing phase, the blood issue came up nonetheless and Crutchley claimed to have been introduced to blood drinking by a nurse in roughly 1970 as part of a sexual ritual. A second, later, search did not turn up these credit cards, nor a collection of women's necklaces concealed in a closet which had been noted, but not confiscated, by the police during the first search. escaped and Crutchley was later convicted of the assault. After that, he handcuffed her and put her in the bathtub, returning later for another round of sexual *ault and blood extraction. Vampire rapist John Crutchley, suspected of killing 30 women, moved to Brevard County in 1983. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/duplicates/48y4rx/mystics_murder_and_missing_heads_the_1970_wvu/, http://kromatic.media/#mared-karen-the-wvu-coed-murders, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174599449/john-brennan-crutchley/photo, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brennan_Crutchley#Death. A former Fairfax County engineer, dubbed "the vampire rapist" by the Florida media and under investigation in an eight-year-old Northern Virginia killing, has pleaded guilty to kidnaping and sexual assault charges in a case in which he allegedly drank his victim's blood. Among the items in the boxes are handcuffs he used on the rape victim, a handgun, ropes, homemade sex tapes of he and his wife, dozens of candid photographs of women in public places, a book titled The Dracula Syndrome, and an earring. Cpl. Crutchley, who worked for at least two high-tech companies in the Washington suburbs and holds a graduate degree from George Washington University, blamed pornography as the root of all evil and said he got a lot of his ideas from a magazine. EPPO and OLAF - Then, while she was tied up, he inserted a hypodermic needle into her arm and attached it to a hose leading to his mouth. She was later found dead in her car, submerged at the She had been hitchhiking the day before and the man who gave her a ride was willing to take her where she needed to go, but said he had to stop off at home first. His departure from Kokomo came after an investigation was made by plant security into missing materials. A spokesperson for Brevard County Sheriffs Department stated: John Crutchley is not currently a suspect in the disappearance of Tammy Leppert. In addition to suspecting Crutchley of murders in Florida and Pennsylvania, Ressler also suspected Crutchley for murder in the 1978 disappearance of Debbora Fitzjohn, the. EPPO and OLAF - Theyre pretty accurate, said Agent Carlos Reyes. Therefore, he was transferred to the Orlando Probation and Restitution Center, a half-way house where he would undergo counseling and pay restitution even while serving his 50 years of parole. In a handwritten letter addressed to Deborah, postmarked Feb. 4, a week after her disappearance, Crutchley apologized for falling asleep and told her to call him when she returned, said Wilt. Based on testimony from Ressler at the sentencing hearing, the judge chose to exceed state guidelines and sentenced Crutchley to 25 years to life in prison with 50 years of subsequent parole. At the time of the crimes, Mr. Crutchley engaged in removing the victims blood, draining her of 40 to 45 By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Loved ones closure is one of the main reasons Laufenberg is digging through the old evidence. Born to a well-to-do family in Clarksburg, West Virginia, John Crutchley was a friendless child, preferring to spend most of his time tinkering with electronic gadgets in the ba*t of his home. lol, "gripping shit.". She later escaped his home. The hospital determined she was missing between 40 and 45 percent of her blood and had ligature marks on her neck. He said it should not be considered in his sentencing, because in this case, he had not drunk the blood; he claimed that it had coagulated before he could drink it, "and he couldn't get it down." Imagine getting off a life sentence after only 11 years in prison, then getting busted for pot and having to go back forever.