Crutchley's employer, Harris Corporations, was highly involved with not only the NASA research and launch facilities at Cape Canaveral, but also with other Naval contractors and subcontractors. [5], In late November 1985, in Malabar, Brevard County, Florida, a nude teenaged girl, handcuffed at both feet and ankles, was found crawling along the side of the road. 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. The videotape in the camera was partially erased, which according to the victim would otherwise have contained footage of her rape and the extraction of her blood. Private. 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. Please enter your email and password to sign in. 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. Weve updated the security on the site. The videotape in the camera was partially erased, which according to the victim would otherwise have contained footage of her rape and the extraction of her blood. Crutchley was also considered a suspect in the 1977 Virginia disappearance of his girlfriend, Debora Fitzjohn. The terrifying crime earned him the nickname of the Vampire Rapist.. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Kathleen Jardine. The videotape in the camera was partially erased, which according to the victim would otherwise have contained footage of her rape and the extraction of her blood. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? The next morning, after a third round, the man handcuffed the hitchhiker and left her in the bathroom, saying that he would be back later for further assaults, and that if she tried to escape in the interim, his brother would come and kill her. When contacted, some of the partners indicated that Crutchley had crossed the line from "kinky" consensual acts into sexual assaults involving restraint. He was placed under extreme scrutiny for this case since he was her boyfriend and she was last seen alive in the trailer park where he lived. [5] In fact, Crutchley was released two years earlier than that. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. SON: Richard H. Crutchley SISTERS: Mrs. Samuel Kirkham Mrs. Walter Werts . This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. Even though he denied smoking marijuana (saying that inmates blew marijuana smoke in his face), prosecutors in the subsequent trial showed Crutchley confessing to a corrections inspector that he smoked the substance because he was nervous about his impending release and he was aware of the relaxing effects of cannabis. The girl managed to escape, and Crutchley plead guilty to rape. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? In late November 1985, in Malabar, Brevard County, Florida, a nude teenaged girl, handcuffed at both feet and ankles, was found crawling along the side of the road. Crutchley, who had dated Fitzjohn, is under investigation in the womans death, and prosecutors in Fairfax will decide by mid-May if charges will be filed against him. After serving 11 years of his sentence, Crutchley was released on August 8, 1996, from Union Correctional Ins*ution in Raiford, Florida for the Brevard County Jail for good behavior. 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. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. The most Crutchley families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. Several archival photographs included in this program show the young Mr. Crutchley looking very typical of the times and places of his youth. True Crime Real Stories - THE VAMPIRE NEXT DOOR : John Crutchley - The True Story of The Vampire Rapist by J.T.HunterSubscribe Channels To Hear The Latest Tr. Last year, a reconstructed skull helped identify remains of John Gavin, who had been missing since 2005. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. J.T. The agents who are driven to investigate homicides refuse to accept the possibility that a murderer will never be caught.. 10-01-1946 Born "The Vampire Rapist" 03-30-2002 Died. The cause of death reported was asphyxiation. This episode of American Occult includes interviews with "vampirism sociologist" Katherine Ramsland, as well as law enforcement officers from Brevard County, Florida, Robert Leatherow and Jake Miller, and also identifies the victim as one Laura Murphy. Less than a day later, he was arrested again for violating his parole after testing positive for *. Even though six drivers licenses belonging to dead women were found in his desk at work, no murders could ever be linked to Crutchley. Then he inserted needles into her arm and wrist and carefully extracted blood and began to drink it, telling her that he was a vampire. 11 Ounce, What was found during the second search in the Brevard County teen case included a stack of 72 35 cards on which Crutchley had recorded womens names and described their sexual performances. The hitchhiker awoke to find that she was tied to a kitchen countertop, arms and legs immobilized. Crutchley used the video camera and lights to film himself as he brutally raped the teenager, presumably so that he could watch the footage later to relive the horrifying sexual assault. As a result, he was questioned several times for his possible involvement in her disappearance. John Brennan Crutchleys world has collapsed: His job, his wife, his son and his future are gone as he waits anxiously to be sentenced for kidnapping and raping a California woman. The old John Crutchley, the one everyone wants to read about and talk to, is gone. The skeletal remains of 25-year-old Debbie Fitzjohn were found in the woods in 1978. 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. 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. On several occasions, while she was bound and gagged in his Malabar home, Crutchley drank her blood. He was called the "Vampire Rapist" because he drained the blood of his victim almost to the point of death while he repeatedly raped her. No evidence was found to link these deaths to Crutchley, however. He later moved to Fairfax County, Virginia in the mid-1970s and remarried. True Crime Real Stories - THE VAMPIRE NEXT DOOR : John Crutchley - The True Story of The Vampire Rapist by J.T.HunterSubscribe Channels To Hear The Latest True Crime Stories : https://goo.gl/LRfJb6John Crutchley seemed to be living the American Dream. However, the lawyer added, prosecutors might have struggled to establish a cause and manner of death something that is needed to prove murder. His departure from Kokomo came after an investigation was made by plant security into missing materials. We may, at no cost to you, receive a commission for purchases made through these links. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. Then, he removed all of the young woman's clothing and strapped her to the counter in his kitchen. Sister of Ester Crutchley and James Crutchley I976 Mrs. Myrtle Burdette Crutchley, wife of Harry Milton Crutchley, 198 Monroe Ave., died early Sunday morning, April 18, at Frederick Memorial Hospital. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. I killed him., CRUTCHLEY: I GOT BAD START WITH ABUSIVE PARENTS, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), The new OrlandoSentinel.com: FAQs and more, DeSantis oversight board votes to sue Disney, Orange County leads warnings, but no Central Florida restaurants shut down last week, Condemned Florida killer asks U.S. Supreme Court for reprieve, Donald Trump asks for mistrial in NYC civil rape case, saying judge has been unfair. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174599449/john-brennan-crutchley. The next morning, after a third round, the man handcuffed the hitchhiker and left her in the bathroom, saying that he would be back later for further *aults, and that if she tried to escape in the interim, his brother would come and kill her. Subsequent reporting around August 1, 2003 from the Florida Department of Corrections declared that the Florida Vampire Rapist died of autoerotic asphyxiation. His wife had apparently cooperated in similar acts, and spoke to the press about him. Less than a day later, he was arrested again for violating his parole after testing positive for marijuana. There is a problem with your email/password. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. Writing in 1992 about the 1986 conviction, Ressler predicted that Crutchleys 25 to life sentence would result in release as soon as 1998. This was his third conviction; the first two were for the kidnapping and the rape of the Brevard teen. 0 cemeteries found in Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA. She was born in Baltimore, Nov. 9,1898, a daughter of the late Albert and Annie Urspurch. Crutchley said the crisis in his life began in 1977 when he moved to Fairfax, Va., went to work as a high-tech engineer, enrolled in George Washington University for his masters degree and started dating for the first time. child. Im Kidding. [5], A search warrant was served for John Brennan Crutchley, whose wife and child were away for the Thanksgiving holiday. She begged the driver to not take her back "to that house,"; when he asked where, she told him to remember a certain house. Wade's wife, Rachelle Burleson, DNP, APRN-CCNS, is the Chief Nursing Officer at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center. 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