Richard Allen Davis

Social : None | Institutionalized - prison, hospital 1973 (Given six months jail) | Mental Health : None | Psychotic episode 24 September 1976 (Heard a voice asking about rape) | Social : None | Institutionalized - prison, hospital December 1976 (Moved to Napa Mental Hospital) | Social : None | Institutionalized - prison, hospital May 1977 (Given 1-25 years for kidnapping) | Social : None | Deinstitutionalized - prison, hospital March 1982 (Released from prison) | Crime : None | Arrest March 1985 (Arrested for crimes, given 16 years) | Social : None | Deinstitutionalized - prison, hospital 27 June 1993 (Out on parole) | Crime : None | Kidnap Perpetration 1 October 1993 (Polly Klass) | Crime : None | Homicide Perpetration 1 October 1993 (Polly Klass) | Crime : None | Trial dates 5 August 1996 (Jury handed down death penalty) | Traits : Body | Race (Anglo) | Traits : Mind | Education limited (School dropout) | Traits : Personality | Difficult/ mean spirited (Cruel, brutal) | Diagnoses : Psychological | Abuse Drugs (Heroin) | Family : Childhood | Abuse - Neglect (Son of alcoholic) | Family : Childhood | Abuse - Physical/ Verbal (Constant fighting) | Family : Childhood | Disadvantaged (Fighting and alcohol) | Family : Childhood | Family large (Five kids) | Family : Childhood | Order of birth (Third of five) | Family : Childhood | Parents divorced (Age nine when dad left) | Lifestyle : Work | Loss of job (Fired often for fights or stealing) | Lifestyle : Work | Many job changes | Passions : None | Assault/ Battery (Physically abusive) | Passions : None | Homicide single (Polly Klass) | Passions : None | Kidnapper (Polly Klass) | Passions : None | Rapist/ Sex crime | Passions : None | Torturer/ Sadist (Ruthless, burned cats, stabbed dogs) | Passions : None | Thief/ Financial crime (Theft and burglary) | Notable : Famous | Criminal cases (Killed Polly Klass, great publicity)