Mont Vernon is a town located in New Hampshire in the United States. It is the home of around 2,500 residents, and consists almost entirely of single-family homes and just a handful of stores. It has a real quaint feel to it and is considered by many to be the perfect location to raise a family, free from the violence that can plague bigger towns and cities. In October of 2009, however, this quaint town would be rocked by an extremely brutal murder that became a chilling reminder to the world that you’re never truly safe, even in your own home.
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Audio Sources:
“Uncut: David Cates Testifies In Spader Trial”
“Uncut Video: David Cates Reads Victim Impact Statement”
“Jurors Hear Lengthy Interrogation Of Gribble”
“Raw Audio: Gribble Confesses To Mont Vernon Killing”
“Uncut Video: Gribble Talks About Confessing To Police”
“Gribble Describes Mont Vernon Attack”
“Uncut Video: ‘He Said He Had Killed 2 People'”
“Officers Describe Finding Jaimie In House”
“Uncut: Glover Describes Night Of Mont Vernon Killing”
“Uncut: Glover Says Spader Wanted To ‘Eat People'”
“Strelzin: You Don’t Want To Know What I Think Of You”
“Jury Finds Spader Guilty After 90 Minutes Of Deliberations”
Sources:
The Telegraph, 5 October, 2009 – “Woman Found Dead in Home”
Associated Press, 6 October, 2009 – “Woman’s Burglary Killing was Random”
New Hampshire Union Leader, 6 October, 2009 – “Hunt on for Killer, as Town Still Reels”
New Hampshire Union Leader, 6 October, 2009 – “It’s Just Been a Nightmare”
The Telegraph, 6 October, 2009 – “Murder News Met with Shock”
The Telegraph, 6 October, 2009 – “Gribble’s Facebook Profile Says He Loved Anything Sharp”
The Telegraph, 7 October, 2009 – “Pair Accused of Slaying”
New Hampshire Union Leader, 8 October, 2009 – “Injured 11-Year-Old Called 911”
New Hampshire Union Leader, 8 October, 2009 – “Vigil-Goers Urged no to Give in to Anger”
New Hampshire Union Leader, 8 October, 2009 – “Pair Sold Jewellery the Day of Killing”
The Telegraph, 8 October, 2009 – “Cates Recalled as Friendly, Happy, Devoted to Family”
New Hampshire Union Leader, 9 October, 2009 – “Two Funds Set Up”
Boston Herald, 10 October, 2009 – “Outpouring in N.H.”
Boston Herald, 11 October, 2009 – “Haunting Pasts Led 4 Teens to Violence”
The Telegraph, 22 October, 2009 – “Murder Victim’s Daughter Home from Hospital”
The Telegraph, 23 October, 2009 – “Girl Who Survived Attack Visits her School”
Associated Press, 3 November, 2009 – “NH Bill to Make Home Raid Killings Capital Crime”
Associated Press, 18 November, 2009 – “Fifth Person Arrested in NH Burglary Killing”
The Telegraph, 20 November, 2009 – “5th Suspect in Mont Vernon Killing Back in Court”
New Hampshire Union Leader, 16 December, 2009 – “Mont Vernon Home Invasion”
Associated Press, 17 December, 2009 – “NH House Committee Blocks Death Penalty Bill”
Associated Press, 5 January, 2010 – “Suspect in NH Machete Attack Regrets Girl Survived”
New Hampshire Union Leader, 6 January, 2010 – “Teen Tells Police it Felt Cool to Kill”
Associated Press, 18 February, 2010 – “3 Indicted on Murder Charges for NH House Killing”
New Hampshire Union Leader, 19 February, 2010 – “Deal Turns Teens into Witnesses”
Associated Press, 2 July, 2010 – “NH Burglary Killing Defendant Wants Trial Moved”
New Hampshire Union Leader, 2 July, 2010 – “Lawyers Want Mount Vernon Case Moved”
The Telegraph, 16 July, 2010 – “I Haven’t Been Convicted”
Associated press, 20 July, 2010 – “NH Murder Defendant will use Insanity Defence”
Associated Press, 16 August, 2010 – “Judge Rejects Plea Deal in Deadly NH Home Invasion”
The Telegraph, 17 August, 2010 – “Marks Plea Deal Rejected”
Associated Press, 24 August, 2010 – “NH Prosecutors Drop Murder Charge”
New Hampshire Union Leader, 5 October, 2010 – “Today it is Time to Remember”
WBZ – 1030AM, 25 October, 2010 – “Jurors Hearing Testimony in Mont Vernon Murder Case”
Associated Press, 27 October, 2010 – “Victim’s Husband on Stand in NH Home Invasion Case”
St. Paul Pioneer Press, 27 October, 2010 – “New Hampshire Man Wanted to Kill People, Eat Victims”
The Telegraph, 27 October, 2010 – “Attack at Cateses Detailed”
Associated Press, 28 October, 2010 – “NH Man Euphoric Over Deadly Attack”
Associated Press, 29 October, 2010 – “NH Machete Attack Trial Witness”
Associated Press, 29 October, 2010 – “Defendant Excited After NH Machete Attack”
New Hampshire Union Leader, 29 October, 2010 – “They Were Terrified”
The Telegraph, 30 October, 2010 – “Spader on a Rush”
Associated Press, 1 November, 2010 – “Sweatshirt Links NH Man to Machete Slaying”
The Telegraph, 2 November, 2010 – “Testimony Technical From Forensic Experts”
The Telegraph, 2 November, 2010 – “Marks Testifies about what he saw Inside 4 Trow Road”
Associated Press, 2 November, 2010 – “Co-Defendant Testifies in NH Machete Attack”
Associated Press, 3 November, 2010 – “Defendant Wrote of Machete Attack”
Associated Press, 4 November, 2010 – “NH Woman Alive for 32 Machete, Knife Cuts”
The Telegraph, 5 November, 2010 – “Final Day of Testimony”
Associated Press, 8 November, 2010 – “Closings Wrap up in Deadly NH Home Invasion”
Associated Press, 9 November, 2010 – “NH Teen Gets Life Sentence”
The Daily Item, 11 March, 2011 – “Second Trial Opens”
The Lawton Constitution, 12 March, 2011 – “New Hampshire”
The Telegraph, 12 March, 2011 – “Psychiatrist Takes Stand”
The Enterprise, 14 March, 2011 – “Suspect in Home Invasion and Machete Attack Says he Dreamed of Killing Mother”
Associated Press, 15 March, 2011 – “NH Murder Suspect Felt Nothing”
Charleston Daily Mail, 15 March, 2011 – “Experts Dispute Insanity in Home Invasion Trial”
Associated Press, 16 March, 2011 – “NH Murder Suspect Says He’d Probably Kill Again”
Associated Press, 17 March, 2011 – “NH Home Invasion Suspect was Creepy”
The Telegraph, 18 March, 2011 – “Creepy Chris was a Dork”
Associated Press, 21 March, 2011 – “Suspect in NH Home Invasion Proud of Lies”
Associated Press, 22 March, 2011 – “NH Jury Hearing Statement of Home Invasion Suspect”
Associated Press, 25 March, 2011 – “Jury Finds NH Man Sane”
The Telegraph, 24 March, 2011 – “Gribble Surprised Jaimie Had Black Belt”
The Telegraph, 25 March, 2011 – “Infinity is not Enough Jail Time for You”
The Telegraph, 25 March, 2011 – “David Cates to Gribble”
Associated Press, 22 April, 2013 – “NH Killer Apologizes to Machete Victim’s Family”
