Robert Berdella

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Robert Andrew Berdella Jr. (January 31, 1949-October 8, 1992) was an American serial killer who kidnapped, tortured, and murdered at least six men from 1984 to 1987 in Kansas City, Missouri, after being sentenced to life prison without the possibility of parole for the first degree murder of Larry Pearson, one of his victims, who died in December 1988, according to a court complaint of first degree murder.

When incarcerated at the Missouri State Penitentiary in October 1992, he became known as "The Kansas City Butcher" for his efforts to extensively dissecting his victims' bodies, which he would later discard in garbage bags, and "The Collector" because of both the film and the majority of the evidence that was later discovered by investigators.

Early life

Robert Berdella was born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, on January 31, 1949, the first of two sons born to Robert Andrew Berdella Sr., a Ford Motor Company heir, and Mary Louise (née Huffman) Berdella. The father of 245 Berdella was a devout Roman Catholic of Italian descent. Both sons attended religious education classes on a regular basis at Mass.

Berdella, a child, was an artist who seldom participated outside of his house, but he didn't have friends meet to socialize. He had a speech disorder and heavy glasses from the age of five because he was so close. He was also diagnosed with elevated blood pressure for which he took several medications. Berdella was largely unathletic, although his younger brother, Daniel, who was seven years old, showed a keenness for various sports from an early age. As Berdella's father treasured sports and physical education, he saw his older son's lack of interest in sports as a sign of failure, and he often compared him to his younger brother. Berdella's father physically and mentally assaulted his children, occasionally breaking them with a leather strap.

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Berdella did well academically, but teachers often found him difficult to teach, due in part to his aloofness and being the object of bullying by other students. He rarely socialized with his peers as a result of this.

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Berdella discovered he was homosexual as a youth; at first, he kept this information private, and he didn't decide to reveal his sexuality for many years. Nonetheless, he had a girlfriend for a short time in his early teens.

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Berdella's self-confidence had begun to emerge by his mid-teens, and it would often be expressed through his behavior towards others in which he would have a somewhat formal and condescending attitude, particularly toward women. He learned about cooking and art as well as showmanship. The Berdella family travelled to Canton, Ohio, on Christmas Day 1965 to visit relatives. Berdella's father died at the age of 39 in the evening. Berdella returned to Cuyahoga Falls by himself two days later. When he returned home, his father told him his father had died. 353 Berdella sought solace in his faith and later read extensively about many faiths, but later became cynical about all faiths.

Berdella appeared in the film version of John Fowles' book The Collector in 1965. The film revolves around a twisted man who stalks and kidnas a young woman whom he finds attractive, holding her captive in his windowless stone basement, and seeing her as little more than an attractive specimen. Despite her captor's efforts to save her, the woman dies of a contracted disease after several weeks. Berdella later said that this film had left a lasting impression on him.

His mother remarried shortly after Berdella's father's death. Her older son, who viewed the act as a act of revenge against his father, was outraged by this event. Berdella became increasingly depressed and embedded himself in the solitary pursuits he had enjoyed since childhood, such as painting, collecting coins and stamps, and expressing to international pen pals. Berdella will later claim that his pen pals in Vietnam and Burma, as well as the fact that these pen pals would give him stamps for his collection, ancient and historical monuments, ancient cultures, and architecture would inspire his growing obsession with primitive art, photographs, and antiques. He'd begin avidly collecting these antiques around 1965; this would eventually lead to him opening his own antiques firm in 1982.

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