![]() Nonetheless, in his early teens he briefly had a girlfriend. When Berdella reached puberty he discovered that he was homosexual initially, he kept this fact a closely guarded secret, and he did not become open about his sexuality for several years. Because of this he seldom socialized with his peers. : 183īerdella performed well academically, though teachers often found him difficult to teach, in part due both his aloofness, and his being the recipient of bullying by other students. Occasionally, Berdella's father physically and emotionally abused his children, and beat them with a leather strap. As Berdella's father valued sports and physical education, he viewed his older son's lack of interest in sports as a sign of failure, and often compared him unfavorably with his younger brother. Berdella was largely unathletic, whereas his younger brother, Daniel – seven years his junior – displayed an aptitude for various sports from an early age. He was also diagnosed with high blood pressure for which he took several medications. He had a speech impediment and wore thick glasses from the age of five because he was severely nearsighted. : 245 Berdella's father was a Catholic of Italian descent, and raised his family in a deeply religious household, in which the family regularly attended mass, and both sons regularly attended religious education courses.Īs a child, Berdella was intelligent, but a loner who rarely played outside his home, and seldom had friends visit to socialize. was born on January 31, 1949, in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, : 45 the first of two sons born to Robert Berdella Sr., a die setter for the Ford Motor Company, and Mary Berdella, a homemaker. 6.2 Task force and further investigation. ![]() īerdella became known as "The Kansas City Butcher" due to his practice of extensively dissecting his victims' bodies, which he would then dispose of in garbage bags, and "The Collector" due to both the movie which he stated was the basis of the fantasies behind the modus operandi of his crimes, and much of the evidence subsequently uncovered by investigators. ![]() ![]() He died of a heart attack while incarcerated at the Missouri State Penitentiary in October 1992. ĭescribing his murders as being "some of my darkest fantasies becoming my reality", : 264 Berdella pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the first degree murder of one of his victims, Larry Pearson, in August 1988, and would later plead guilty to one further charge of first degree murder, and four charges of second degree murder in December 1988. (January 31, 1949 – October 8, 1992) was an American serial killer, known as The Kansas City Butcher and The Collector, who kidnapped, raped, tortured, and murdered at least six men between 19 in Kansas City, Missouri after having forced his victims to endure periods of up to six weeks of captivity. ![]()
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