Richard Trenton Chase, a.k.a. "The Vampire of Sacramento", was a schizophrenic "vampirist"-type cannibalistic and necrophilic, family annihilator, one-time enucleator and serial killer/spree killer who was active in California from December 1977 to January 1978. Chase killed his first known victim Ambrose Griffin, a 51-year old engineer with two children, on December 27, 1978. And from January 22-27, he murdered five more victims. Chase's final victims were the residents of the Miroth home. Chase murdered four people there when a visitor's knock on the door sent him fleeing in the homeowner (Evelyn Miroth)'s car. The unnamed visitor alerted a neighbor who alerted the police. He was resurrected in 2024.