Caleb Fairley

Infobox Criminal
subject_name = Caleb Fairley


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place_of_birth = Pennsylvania
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charge = two counts of murder, robbery, two counts of aggravated assault, abuse of a corpse
penalty = two life terms
status = in prison
occupation = Children's clothing store salesman
spouse = none
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children = none

Caleb Fairley (born 1974) is a murderer from Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania.

Early life

Fairley had been very close to his younger brother, who accidentally shot and killed himself while playing with a loaded gun. He was overweight as a child and was thus ridiculed at school, particularity by girls. He also claims to have been continuously undermined by his mother. As an adult, he become an avid collector of pornography and vampire memorabilia. He also was known to spend large quantities of his time playing fantasy role-playing games like "Dungeons & Dragons" and "".

Crime

On September 10, 1995 Fairley was working alone at Your Kidz & Mine, a new children's clothing store owned by his parents in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Just before closing time Lisa Manderach (September 30, 1965 - September 10, 1995) and her 19-month-old daughter Devon (February 4, 1994 - September 10, 1995) entered the store. [cite web
last = Ramsland
first = Katherine
authorlink = Katherine Ramsland
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title = Vampire Killers: You have a Friend in Pennsylvania
work = Crime Library
publisher = CourtTV
date = 2007
url = http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/weird/vampires/18.html
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accessdate = 2007-07-21] It is believed that Fairley's liking for women who were seen as "vampire-like" [dark hair, light complexion] is what prompted his attack of Lisa and her daughter. Fairley locked the doors to the store when he realized that they were the only customers present and then strangled both of them to death. After the murder he sexually assaulted the corpse and went on to an Electric Hellfire Club concert that he had been planning to attend that night. After the concert Fairley asked then keyboardist for the band, Shane Lassen, if he could help him "in establishing a more personal relationship with Satan". [cite book
last = Moynihan
first = Michael
coauthors = Didrik Søderlind
title = Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground
publisher = Feral House
date = 1998
pages = pg. 293
month =
isbn = 0-922915-48-2]

Arrest and trial

Unbeknown to Fairley, Lisa Manderach had told her husband exactly where she was going. When she did not return he contacted local police, who found her car parked outside. A search of Your Kidz & Mine revealed stacks of pornography stained with what appeared to be blood and long black hairs consistent with Manderach's. Similar hairs were found in the store's vaccuum cleaner. Also present was a large damp spot in the carpet that was later determined to be saliva. The police also noted that peepholes had been drilled into the dressing rooms.

A search of Fairley's room in his mother's house revealed an extensive collection of pornography and a black sweatshirt that depicted an image of a vampire attacking a young woman who bore a stunning resemblance to Lisa Manderach.

When police questioned Fairley, his face was covered with obvious scratch marks. When this was pointed out to Fairley by authorities, he said that he had received them in a mosh pit at a local club called the Asylum that catered to goths and role-players interested in "Vampire: The Masquerade". When hikers discovered Devon Manderach's strangled body dumped on a hill at Valley Forge National Park Fairley was charged with murder. Fairley entered a plea bargain in which prosecutors would not seek the death penalty if he would show them the location of Lisa Manderach's body. [cite web
last = Ramsland
first = Katherine
authorlink = Katherine Ramsland
coauthors =
title = Vampire Killers: You have a Friend in Pennsylvania
work = Crime Library
publisher = CourtTV
date = 2007
url = http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/weird/vampires/18.html
format =
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accessdate = 2007-07-21]

Fairley was tried in April 1996 and convicted on two counts of first-degree murder, for which he received two life sentences. He currently resides at a state correctional facility in LaBelle, Pennsylvania.

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