One Monday in 1979, 16 year old Brenda Spencer stayed home from school. She told her father that she felt sick and after he left for work, Brenda watched the elementary school across the street. Shortly after 8 am, as the children filed in, Brenda pulled out her .22 rifle, took aim and began shooting. She killed two adults and wounded many others including children and police officers. After 3pm, she simply turned herself in.

Eventually she plead guilty, her sentence 25 to life with the eligibility of parole after 15.5 years.

Brenda has been denied parole at least six times, but her next hearing will occur in 2028.

Sources:

1. Leigh Hunt, 2022. I Don’t Like Mondays. The true story behind America’s first modern school shooter

https://www.sdcda.org/content/office/newsroom/tempDownloads/75bec742-da77-491d-af19-b1fbcef5c946_Brenda%20Spenser%20Denied%20Parole%20News%20Release%202-21-25.pdf

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/january-29/school-shooting-in-san-diego

https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/i-dont-like-mondays-school-shooter-denied-parole/509-113898c9-c56a-44b4-a64f-75167d82cadd

The CBC has a list of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Woman. Throughout 2025, I have spoken on many of the cases, but couldn't manage to get out of the A's. Today we started the letter B, so still barely scratching the surface. But all of them should be talked about. As often as possible.

Sources:

https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/

https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/barbara-keam

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/barbara-keam-family-quest-1.3800637

https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/barbara-shapwaykeesic

https://www.justicefornativepeople.com/2018/10/barbara-shapwaykeesic-found-murdered-in.html

https://tribunalsontario.ca/documents/ocpc/TBPSB_Investigation_Final_Report_-_EN-FINAL-1.pdf

https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/beatrice-adam

https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/?profileID=belinda-ann-cameron

https://www.indigenouswatchdog.org/update/daughter-of-first-nations-woman-missing-20-years-remembers-her-mothers-warm-hands/

https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/3441dfbc.html

https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/?profileID=belinda-williams

https://storiesoftheunsolved.com/2023/08/13/belinda-williams/

https://www.mbcradio.com/2014/10/father-says-muskoday-woman-died-from-prescription-drug-addiction#:~:text=The%20body%20of%2036%2Dyear%2Dold%20Beatrice,been%20reported%20missing%20on%20Saturday.

Tomas Randolph was married six times. Multiple of his wives ended up dead under suspicious circumstances. He went to trial multiple times for different murders. He was a known drug user/seller. Eventually, his lifestyle caught up with him when he was convicted of his sixth wife's murder. Finally ending his reign of terror on women.

Sources:

https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/television/the-black-widower-the-six-wives-of-thomas-randolph-review-misfortune-or-murder-de15d23b?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqcv-jk9RVCSNVm89ZB_MCI7ybP8AAPGBV2OrJhQDwDDBiomh2zyaKy0U7ZWZ9k%3D&gaa_ts=6948647a&gaa_sig=eL4g2s7vqbZjshwCxDWqApj_UtM6LvUNjz9zy8WRYG09TO2Z8FP4l5gY84z6Qu19tpOxgQlfTJc_Rw9sDSaxKQ%3D%3D

https://news3lv.com/news/local/thomas-randolph-gets-60-years-to-life-in-resentencing-for-double-murder-conviction-black-widower-las-vegas-clark-county-court-true-crime-homicide-wife-hitman

https://skdb.fandom.com/wiki/RANDOLPH_Thomas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ldPOww27G8

https://www.courttv.com/tag/thomas-randolph/

https://people.com/black-widower-thomas-randolph-investigation-discovery-docuseries-8676928

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/west/black-widower-thomas-randolph-sentenced/

https://thecinemaholic.com/thomas-randolph/

"The Black Widower: The Six Wives of Thomas Randolph" (2024)

"The Widower" (2021): A three-part Dateline NBC docuseries