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The
Vampire Clan
"The
Vampire Clan' -- Vampire cult town shrinks under national spotlight
Murray, Ky. - For years, this quiet college town was best known
as home to the national Boy Scout museum. Now the discovery some
of its teens belonged to a vampire cult, 4 area teens are suspected
of beating a Florida couple to death and the youths were involved
in a strange role playing game that went from the mutilation of
animals to drinking each other's blood and eventually to murder.
AP
Florida
v. Rod Ferrell -- On February 12, 1998, Rod Ferrell, 17, pled
guilty to beating to death with a crowbar a Eustis, Florida couple,
Richard Wendorf and Naoma Queen. The leader of a teenage vampire
cult, Ferrell, was allegedly helped in the double slaying by his
girlfriend, Charity Lynn Keesee, and 2 other members of the cult.
The victims, parents of Heather Wendorf, a friend of Ferrell's and
were beaten to death in their home on November 25, 1996.
Statement
by Rod Ferrell 11/28/96 -- Baton Rouge, LA
Mother of `vampire
cult' leader pleads guilty -- Sondra , the mother of Rod Ferrell,
who police say led the "vampire cult" pleaded guilty to trying to
entice a teen-age boy into sex as an initiation rite.
Death
sentence for cult leader reduced -- The death sentence of the
cult leader, Rod Ferrell, now 20, condemned for fatally beating
a Eustis couple, was reduced to life in prison by the state Supreme
Court. Florida's high court ruled more than a year ago that the
state can not execute killers who committed their crime before age
17. The July 1999 decision said allowing such a rare punishment
would be cruel and unusual and therefore unconstitutional. Ferrell,
was 16 when he killed.
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Children
Who Kill: Profiles of Pre-Teen and Teenage Killers
by Carol Anne Davis Thirteen in-depth case studies of juvenile
homicide committed by children between the ages of 10-17 focusing
on societal and psychological factors. Why would two young boys
abduct, torture and kill a toddler? What makes a teenage girl
plot with her classmates to kill her own father? Traditionally,
society is used to regarding children as harmless - but for some
the age of innocence is shortlived, messy and ultimately murderous.
Some of the most notorious killings of the 20th century were committed
by children and it is not a new phenomenon. Mary
Bell, Robert Thompson
and Jon Venables are infamous for their crimes against
other children, but many of the studies here will be less familiar
to the reader and equally as offensive. Murdered by fire, poison,
strangulation or gunshots, victims range from infants to old age
pensioners. Carol Anne Davis sets out to explore this disturbing
subject using in-depth case studies of 13 killers aged between
10-17. Exclusive interviews with experts offer an invaluable insight
into the psychology behind these atrocities and a hard-hitting
look at the role of society in an area too shocking to ignore.
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