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136: A Friend of the Family - September 14 2019 - Today in True Crime

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2019

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com There comes a time in every friendship where there is a fight or disagreement. Maybe it’s something small like a differing opinion or something bigger. Maybe that friend stole some electronics and a firearm from your home. How do you react? Well, on September 14th 1993 a man took his anger and revenge to an extreme that would have him compared to the notorious family annihilator, John List. Richard Djerf Kills Family (1993) Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer * ** *** Information for this podcast was collected from the following source(s) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Djerf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.6

When we survived by telephone and electricity lines,

0:05.5

you're described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird religion.

0:09.0

There comes a time in every friendship where there's a fight or a disagreement.

0:15.0

Maybe it's something small like differing opinions or something bigger.

0:20.0

Maybe that friend stole some electronics

0:22.2

and a firearm from your home. How do you react? Well, on September 14, 1993, a man took his

0:30.3

anger and revenge to an extreme that would have him compared to the notorious family annihilator, John List.

0:37.9

So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a

0:42.9

morning cup of murder.

0:47.7

On September 14, 1993, an Arizona man named Richard Kenneth Jerf showed up at the home of the Luna family with flowers in hand.

0:58.0

When Patricia Luna, 40 years old, was at the door, the man forced himself in at gunpoint.

1:04.8

At the time, she and her five-year-old son, Damien, were the only one's home.

1:09.8

Richard then bound and gagged the mother and son.

1:13.5

Several hours later, 17-year-old Rochelle Luna arrived and was promptly taken to her bedroom

1:19.2

where he raped and killed her. Albert Luna Sr., age 46, was the next to arrive. He was forced

1:27.2

into his bedroom at gunpoint, where he was

1:29.1

handcuffed to his bed, his head then smashed with a baseball bat. Richard then took the handcuffs

1:35.2

off the man, believing he was dead, and returned to the kitchen where Patricia and Damien were

1:40.0

still bound. Albert regained consciousness and charged at Richard. His attempt was unsuccessful and the

1:46.9

man was killed. Richard then turned and shot Patricia and Damien in the head. With everyone in the

1:54.2

home now dead after seven hours of torment, Richard Jurf spread gasoline around the house, placed a pizza box on the burner,

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