Jerry Brudos
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| Jerry Brudos | |
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 Mug shot of Brudos |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name: | Jerome Henry Brudos |
| Alias(es): | The Lust Killer, Shoe Fetish Slayer |
| Born: | January 31, 1939 Webster, South Dakota |
| Died: | March 28, 2006 (aged 67) |
| Cause of death: | Natural causes |
| Penalty: | Life |
| Killings | |
| Number of victims: | 4 |
| Span of killings: | January, 1968 through March, 1969 |
| Country: | U.S. |
| State(s): | Oregon |
| Date apprehended: | May 25, 1969 |
Jerome Henry Brudos, better known as Jerry Brudos, (January 31, 1939 – March 28, 2006) was a serial killer and a necrophiliac also known as "The Lust Killer" and "Shoe Fetish Slayer".
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[edit] Early life
Brudos was born in Webster, South Dakota. His mother had wanted a girl, and often ignored and belittled him. He had a fetish for women's shoes from the age of five. As a child, he was relocated from the Midwest to Corvallis and then to Salem, Oregon. He spent his teen years in and out of psychotherapy and state hospitals. He began to stalk local women as a teenager, knocking down or choking them unconscious, and fleeing with their shoes.[1]
At age 17, he abducted and beat a young woman. Shortly after being arrested, he was taken to a psychiatric ward of Oregon State Hospital for nine months. There it was found his sexual fantasies revolved around his hatred and revenge against his mother and women in general.
After graduating from high school, Brudos became an electronics technician. In 1961, he married and settled in a Portland, Oregon suburb. It was at about this time, however, that he began complaining of migraine headaches and "blackouts", relieving his symptoms with night-prowling raids to steal shoes and lace undergarments.
[edit] Murders
Between 1968 and 1969, Brudos bludgeoned and strangled four young women. The only initial evidence was witness sightings of a large man dressed in women's clothing. In the garage of his Salem, Oregon home, Brudos kept trophies from his victims, such as amputated breasts and a foot. After committing a murder, he would dress up in high heels and masturbate.
Police investigation and interviews of local coeds led them to Brudos, who confessed to the murders in detail. He was charged with three counts of murder and sentenced to life in prison. (Oregon had abolished the death penalty in 1964.)
[edit] Incarceration
While incarcerated, Brudos had piles of women's shoe catalogues in his cell — he wrote to major companies asking for them — and claimed they were his substitute for pornography. He lodged countless appeals, including one in which he alleged that a photograph taken of him with one of his victim's corpses cannot prove his guilt, as it is not the body of a person he was convicted of killing.
He died in prison in March 2006.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/predators/jerry_brudos/index.html Crimelibrary.com article about Brudos
