Richard Chase gained fame as Sacramento’s ‘Vampire Killer,’ but the victims, like Evelyn Miroth, deserve remembrance beyond sensationalism.

At the time, I was 12 years old. The individual who killed my family members, Richard Chase, gained infamy as “the Vampire of Sacramento” and the “ Dracula Killer.

Richard Chase gained fame as Sacramento’s ‘Vampire Killer,’ but the victims, like Evelyn Miroth, deserve remembrance beyond sensationalism.

Richard Chase gained fame as Sacramento’s ‘Vampire Killer,’ but the victims, like Evelyn Miroth, deserve remembrance beyond sensationalism.