Kerissa Fare
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| Playboy centerfold appearance |
September 2000 |
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| Birthplace | Orange County, California |
| Birthdate | December 31, 1976 (age 29) |
| Measurements | 34"D - 26" - 33" |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in |
| Weight | 115 lb |
| Preceded by | Summer Altice |
| Succeeded by | Nichole Van Croft |
Kerissa Fare (born December 31, 1976) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in September, 2000 and has appeared in numerous Playboy videos.
Fare, whose real name is Keri Furman Mendoza, found herself in the news in 2004 during the trial of Justin Helzer, one of the conspirators in a quintuple murder which claimed the life of the daughter of blues guitarist Elvin Bishop. Fare had dated one of the other conspirators, Helzer's older brother Glenn.
Fare worked as a stripper at the Gold Club in San Francisco before posing for the magazine.
Author Erik Davis wrote in his book The Visionary State: A Journey Through California's Spritiual Landscape that Fare became involved with a group run by Glenn and Justin Helzer called "Transform America"
Davis wrote:
"The Helzer Brothers’ activities were a tawdry and pallid expression of Manson family values. After being excommunicated from the Mormon Church for taking drugs, Glenn Helzer, from Contra Costa County (a San Francisco suburb) decided to form a self-awareness group to stop Satan and hasten the return of Jesus. He got himself two members, his own brother Justin and a young woman named Dawn Goldman. According to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, Glenn Helzer’s plans “included a bizarre plot to train Brazilian orphans to slaughter the leaders of the Mormon Church so he could become its prophet; and ‘Transform America,’ a self-help group to foster ‘a state of peace and joy.’”
In order to raise money, the Helzer’s sold ecstasy and Glenn got his onetime girlfriend, Keri Mendoza, to pose for Playboy. (She appeared as Kerissa Fare, Miss September 2000). But when drugs and sex didn’t produce enough money fast enough, Helzer’s mind turned towards robbery and murder. The group extorted $100,000 from an elderly couple, Ivan and Annette Stineman, and then killed them, returning the next day to dismember them.
Helzer next planned to incorporate his friend, Selina Bishop (daughter of blues guitarist Elvin Bishop) into his plot by getting her to cash the check. But he decided that she knew too much, so he and his brother bludgeoned her to death and then eviscerated her body. Fearing that Bishop’s stepfather and mother would finger him as a suspect in the murder of their daughter, Helzer dispatched them the following day. On August 7, 2000 the three conspirators were arrested. Glenn Helzer received five death sentences. Brother Justin got only one and Dawn Godman was sentenced to 38 years-to-life."
[edit] Appearances in Playboy special editions
- Playboy's Nude Playmates April 2001 - pages 52-55.
- Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 84 March 2002.
- Playboy's Nude Playmates April 2002 - pages 72-75.
- Playboy's Playmates in Bed December 2002 - pages 82-85.
- Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 91 May 2003.
[edit] External links
- Kerissa Fare at Playboy.com
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