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Nathan Trupp
Born
Nathan Nicholas Trupp

1947 (age 76–77)
Conviction(s)Murder
Criminal penaltyCommitted to a psychiatric hospital
Details
Victims5
Span of crimes
1988–1988
CountryUnited States
State(s)New Mexico

Nathan Nicholas Trupp (born 1947)[1] is an American serial killer.[2][3][4] He murdered at least five victims in New Mexico.[5][6]

Biography

Trupp had a brother.[7] He attended at a high school in Silver Springs, Maryland.[7] His father had died in 1980.[7] Trupp was apart of the kibbutz intentional community for which he is also considered Jewish, according to the Albuquerque Journal.[7] He also arranged to murder a Nazi soldier, telling it to a taxi driver.[7] Trupp was a mental person at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.[7] He had moved to Pleasantville, New Jersey, after losing connection with his family.[7] He was then a mental person at the Trenton Psychiatric Hospital for which Trupp had pursued hospitalization.[7]

Trupp was a resident in California, in which he only resided there for at least three months in 1987.[7] In 1988, he had called up a taxi at the Shalako Apartments in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[7] Trupp was taken to numerous gun stores for which he had bought a .38 Special.[7][8] After buying, he had used an identification card for which Trupp had shot Joseph Famiglietta and also Jeanne and Richard Wilt at a restaurant in Juan Tabo, New Mexico.[7][9] He had then paid his rent at the Shalako Apartments and left for which the police of Albuquerque, New Mexico had showed up at the place at the 9:00am in Wednesday.[7]

Trupp had moved to Burbank, California.[9] After moving, he murdered Jeren Beeks and Armando Torres, who were security guards at the Universal Pictures.[9][10][11] Trupp had wanted to call actor and filmmaker Michael Landon on a telephone for which he then began shooting at the two guards after being told to use a payphone.[9] He was convinced the two guards were Nazis[12] for which he also was convinced that Landon was a Nazi,[13][14] in which he was then tended to paramedics at the Universal Pictures.[9]

According to the Los Angeles Times, Trupp was described as Michael Landon's stalker.[13][15] In 1989, he was sent to the Patton State Hospital by Judge Florence Bernstein.[16] Trupp had confirmed that he did murder the two guards at the Universal Pictures, being pleaded guilty by the Los Angeles County Superior Court since attorneys wanted Trupp to confirm it.[13] He was then not pleaded guilty by reason of insanity.[13][17] It was confirmed that Trupp was heavily into Nazism, in which he was convinced that the five victims were Nazis.[18]

References

  1. ^ Hall, Susan (January 5, 2021). The World Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, Volume Four T–Z. WildBlue Press. p. 27. ISBN 9781952225352 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ McGarry, T. W.; Lozano, Carlos (December 2, 1988). "Film Studio Guard Slain by Suspected Killer of 3". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  3. ^ Connelly, Michael (March 2, 1990). "Psychiatrists Say Suspect in Studio Guards' Slayings Was Insane". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  4. ^ Associated Press (December 5, 1990). "Fathers of Slain Universal Studios Guards Sue Police Departments". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  5. ^ Connelly, Michael (December 3, 1988). "Suspect in 5 Killings Has a History of Mental Ills". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  6. ^ Connelly, Michael (December 14, 1988). "Doubts Raised Over Accused Killer's Sanity". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "L.A. Shootout Wounds Trupp, Kills Guard & Suspect Walked Away From N.J. Mental Hospital". Albuquerque Journal. Albuquerque, New Mexico. December 2, 1988. p. 3. Retrieved June 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. ^ "The Case for Gun Control". Los Angeles Times. December 20, 1988. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  9. ^ a b c d e Gallagher, Mike; Lopez, Sonny; DellaFlora, Anthony; Geiselman, Art (December 3, 1988). "Snafu May Have Delayed Suspect's Arrest & Officers Guard Trupp In Burbank Hospital". Albuquerque Journal. Albuquerque, New Mexico. p. 1. Retrieved June 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  10. ^ Connelly, Michael (June 28, 1989). "Man Held in Deaths of 2 Universal Studios Guards: Murder Defendant Ruled Competent for Trial". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  11. ^ "Suspect Arraigned in Guards' Slaying". Los Angeles Times. July 6, 1989. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  12. ^ Puig, Claudia (February 17, 1989). "Accused Killer Found Mentally Incompetent". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  13. ^ a b c d Connelly, Michael (May 26, 1990). "Mentally Ill Man Admits 2 Killings: Courts: Nathan Trupp, who shot the Universal Studios guards in 1988, is sentenced to a mental hospital". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  14. ^ Marx, Andy (April 21, 1993). "Shooting just latest in string of troubles at U". Variety. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  15. ^ "Local News in Brief: Murder Suspect Faces Mental Tests". Los Angeles Times. January 12, 1989. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  16. ^ Puig, Claudia (February 17, 1989). "Man Ruled Unfit for Trial in Killings". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  17. ^ Associated Press (May 25, 1990). "Man Who Killed 2 Studio Guards Is Ruled Insane". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  18. ^ "Local News in Brief: Slain Universal Guard Buried in East L.A." Los Angeles Times. December 8, 1988. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
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