

Three separate psychiatric evaluations failed to determine what triggered the shooting. I felt like I never felt before.' Brandt also alluded to an incident that took place a few days before the shooting, near the end of his family's annual Christmas vacation in Florida, in which Herbert shot and killed their dog while the two were hunting. Upon being interviewed by the police, Brandt attributed the shooting to 'a combination of things' related to school, stating that, 'Everything sort of snapped in my mind.

Angela described her brother as being in a trance-like state, which broke during their struggle. Īfter the shooting, Brandt told Angela that he couldn't remember what he had done. After pursuing his terrified sister outside, Brandt knocked on a neighbor's door, telling her, 'I just shot my mom and dad.' Herbert later identified his son as his attacker. Angela eventually convinced Brandt to go upstairs to retrieve blankets for their infant sisters, who were unharmed, before bolting from the house and seeking help from neighbors. Īfter a physical struggle, Angela managed to calm her brother down by promising him that she would help him figure out what to do. Brandt then entered his sister Angela's room and attempted to shoot her, but his gun wouldn't fire. His father survived, but his mother and the unborn child were killed instantly. Brandt, then aged 13, walked into the bathroom and shot both parents at point blank range with his father's handgun (which he stole from a dresser). On the evening of January 3, 1971, after their family had turned in for the night, Herbert Brandt was shaving in the parents' bathroom while Ilse, eight months pregnant, was taking a bath. The family frequently vacationed in Florida, where Brandt hunted small game with his father. In September 1968, Herbert was transferred to International Harvester's plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana. īrandt was regarded as a good student, but was shy and had difficulty adjusting to new surroundings. The family moved frequently and as a result Brandt and his older sister Angela attended several different schools. Brandt's father worked as a laborer for a division of International Harvester, eventually working his way up to draftsman and project engineer. Early life Ĭharlie Brandt was the second child of Herbert and Ilse Brandt, two German immigrants who originally settled in Texas before moving to Connecticut. The police have linked at least two homicides to Brandt. This incident, Brandt's efficiency in killing his wife and niece, and his hidden obsession with human anatomy led investigators to look into the possibility that he had committed other murders since moving to Florida in 1973. 33 years later, on September 13, 2004, Brandt stabbed his wife and niece to death and then hanged himself in his niece's garage. He spent one year at a psychiatric hospital before being released, and was never criminally charged. A former resident of Fort Wayne, Indiana and longtime resident of the Florida Keys, Brandt shot his parents on Januwhen he was 13, killing his pregnant mother. Charlie Murder Steam TrainerĬarl ' Charlie' Brandt (Febru– September 13, 2004) was an Americanserial killer.

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