Richard Chase

Richard Trenton Chase was an American serial killer, cannibal, and necrophiliac.

Modus Operandi
Richard used a handgun to kill, his first murder being a drive-by shooting, while the rest were home invasions. After shooting his victims, Chase would mutilate the bodies, and ingest the blood and organs, also performing sexual acts with the corpses of his female victims.

Pathology
Richard's killings were attempts at self-preservation--so he believed. He had delusions of persecution by alien forces, and insisted that he only ingested human flesh and blood to protect himself from "outside forces" that were trying to steal his brain. These paranoid delusions, coupled with schizophrenia, had been noticed in his childhood, and only became more severe as he got older. He was in his early twenties when his ability to maintain a stable life on his own began to crumble, and he was institutionalized. Once he was released, his killings would begin--though he had murdered at least one victim beforehand.

Known Victims

 * Ambrose Griffin, 51, December 29, 1977
 * Teresa Wallin, 22, January 21, 1978
 * Dan Meredith, 51, January 27, 1978
 * Evelyn Miroth, 38, January 27, 1978
 * Jason Miroth, 6, January 27, 1978
 * David Ferreira, 1, January 27, 1978

Criminal Minds
Richard is mentioned briefly in the Season One episode "Blood Hungry" by Reid, who states Richard was driven to kill by aliens he believed had invaded his body and were drinking his blood. The unsub the team investigate in the episode, Eddie Mays, also bore similarities to Richard, being a drug addict who ate the organs and drank the blood of his victims. Like Richard, Eddie also stored the blood and body parts he took in food containers, which left bloody rings at the crime scenes.