Number 9 Number 6 Daria Alyabyeva During lockdown, in April of 2020,
a New York woman stabbed her roommate after she reportedly criticized her drinking habits.
31-year-old Tatiana Nazarinova and Daria Alyabyeva, 4 years her junior, lived together
in an Upper East Side apartment. Nazarinova, who owned the home, had been helping Alyabyeva get
established in the city. Years prior, they’d lived together in California but had fallen out over the
latter’s drinking. Nazarinova still felt that they should look out for each other, since they
were both Russian. Yet, before long, Alyabyeva’s drinking again put a strain on their relationship.
Nazarinova tried to get her to sober up by banning drinking in the shared areas. On April the 19th,
she found a whiskey glass in the living room and poured it down the sink. This enraged Alyabyeva
to the point that she grabbed a kitchen knife and started stabbing the woman, whom she’d referred
to in the past as her best friend. Nazarinova sustained cuts and puncture wounds to her torso,
shoulder, arms, hands and face. She even reportedly saw a piece of intestine sticking out
of her abdomen. As she lay bleeding, Nazarinova feared she was going to die and begged her
attacker to call the police. Alyabyeva refused to do so and abandoned her. The victim managed
to call for help on her cellphone and was taken to a hospital, where doctors saved her life. 9
days after the attack, Alyabyeva was arrested for attempted murder and imprisoned at Riker’s Island.
Number 8 Joe Schelling In December of 2018,
an American woman was brutally murdered by her roommate at a student complex, in the Netherlands.
21-year-old Sarah Papenheim, from Minnesota, had met Joe Schelling, aged 23, while studying at an
Erasmus University in Eindhoven. They formed a connection through a shared interest in music,
became friends and eventually moved in together. Schelling was withdrawn and Papenheim would refer
to herself as “his only friend”. After about a year and a half of them living in the apartment,
Schelling started exhibiting anger and intense mood swings. In the days leading up to Papenheim’s
murder, he’d reportedly confessed to her that he was going to kill 3 people. She was concerned and
contacted aid workers, who talked to Schelling but saw no immediate reason to intervene.
On December the 12th, a few days before Papenheim was supposed to return to Minnesota for Christmas,
police were called to the apartment. They found the young woman in severe condition
as she’d been stabbed and cut numerous times. Efforts to save her proved fruitless
and she bled to death in the apartment. Following his arrest, Schelling confessed to killing
Papenheim but said that all he remembered about the incident was being angry with her.
Specialists found that the man had lost touch with reality due to a combination of psychosis,
autism and schizophrenia. He was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 6 years in prison
and institutionalized psychiatric treatment. Number 7 Anthonny Mendez
In February of 2020, a Florida man accidentally shot his roommate while playing with a firearm.
According to the police, who responded to the call in Kissimmee, 23-year-old Anthonny Mendez
was irresponsibly handling his weapon in the apartment he shared with Savannah Leigh Threatts.
It discharged and his roommate sustained a critical gunshot wound. Threatts was already
dead by the time police arrived on the premises. Mendez was charged with manslaughter, violation
of probation and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The nature of the man’s priors
is unclear but, considering the charges brought against him, he faced multiple years in prison.
Number 6 Justin Vankirk A 35-year-old Pennsylvania man beat his roommate
to death, in 2016, following a dispute over stolen beer. Justin Vankirk accused Charles Parker,
his 58-year-old roommate, of taking some of his Keystone Ice beers without asking.
Both men were described by neighbors as heavy drinkers. A fight broke out in Parker’s bedroom
and the older man was punched several times in the face and head. Parker started to bleed from
his mouth and Vankirk, who reportedly didn’t want his roommate’s blood to stain the carpet,
dragged him to the living room floor. Vankirk left him there and went to bed. He called 911
the following day when, upon returning home in the afternoon, found that Parker was still on
the floor and no longer breathing. The man was pronounced dead at the scene,
exhibiting bruising, swelling and severe injuries to the back of the head. Vankirk was ultimately
found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to house arrest and probation.
Number 5 Zachary Penton
In August of 2016, 21-year-old Zachary Penton fatally shot his roommate in the Arizona home they
were sharing. The victim was 41-year-old Daniel Garofalo. Based on his past social media posts,
Penton had reportedly developed a firearm obsession. In June, in one of his Twitter posts,
Penton expressed surprise at how easy it had been for him to purchase a gun. 2 days before he shot
Garofalo, in one of his tweets, Penton claimed that he needed to move out before he “viciously
murdered” his roommate. According to Penton’s account of the shooting, Garofalo had burst into
his room, asking him to move out. The man then reportedly tackled him and took away his phone,
which Penton claimed had caused him to fear for his safety. He reached under his pillow,
pulled out a semi-automatic handgun and shot him dead. Penton’s legal representation
argued self-defense and claimed that the tweets weren’t an indication of premeditation.
Penton eventually pled down to manslaughter, from second-degree murder charges, and was
sentenced to 12 years in prison. Number 4 Ricardo Medina Jr
In 2015, an actor, best known for his role as one of the Power Rangers, fatally stabbed his roommate
with a “Conan the Barbarian” type sword. Back in 2002, Ricardo Medina Jr. played Cole Evans,
the Red Wild Force Ranger, on the popular series. Medina's career never really achieved mainstream
success beyond the role and, in 2015, he was living in Green Valley, California, with roommate
Joshua Sutter. On February the 1st, Medina and Sutter, both in their late 30s at the time, got
into an argument involving Medina’s girlfriend. After the men had come to blows, Medina and his
girlfriend retreated to his bedroom. Sutter allegedly broke through the door and it was
then that Medina picked up the double-edged sword. He used the weapon to stab Sutter, who died of his
injuries after arriving at the hospital. Medina ultimately pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter
and was given a 6-year sentence. Number 3 James Jugo
In 2014, a Tampa man was charged with manslaughter after beating his roommate to death following an
argument involving a chicken foot. After staying at a homeless shelter, Benjamin Calderon moved
in with James Jugo. Calderon hoped to work as an armed security officer and was saving money for a
license. The men, both in their 50s, had gotten along, at first. Then, on February the 15th,
Calderon grabbed a chicken foot from a skillet where Jugo was cooking. Furious, Jugo started
relentlessly pummeling him with his fists. Calderon sustained severe trauma and succumbed to
internal bleeding. Jugo confessed to beating his roommate to death, following his arrest, and was
charged with manslaughter. Florida police records revealed he’d been arrested 19 times in the past.
Calderon’s brother, who was deeply affected by the incident, told a media outlet that “No
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the comments section below Number 2 Dillon Kim
In 2015, a student from Santa Clara University, in California, was almost killed following a
gruesome attack perpetrated by his roommate, 19-year-old Dillon Kim. The unnamed victim
awoke at about 3:00 am, to find Kim standing over him with a knife. In what was deemed to have been
a completely unprovoked attack, Kim stabbed him in the throat and then cut him on the shoulder
and head. He broke free but Kim gave chase and stabbed him once more in the back.
The victim eventually reached an adjoining room where another student called 911. It was then
that Kim turned the knife on himself, inflicting a long cut in his neck. On-campus paramedics,
who were also students at the university, intervened, before emergency services arrived
at the scene. They were credited with saving the lives of both the attacker and his victim. Kim
was arrested and charged with attempted murder. A disturbing mug shot showed the young man with
a long scar and stitches where he’d cut himself. Kim was questioned by the authorities but gave
no reason for the attack. Number 1 Jeffrey Dahmer
Before becoming one of the most notorious serial killers in US history, Jeffrey Dahmer enlisted in
the US Army and trained as a medical specialist. By the time he’d joined the military Dahmer had
already killed a man in Ohio and openly boasted about it when drunk, but his fellow soldiers
didn’t believe him. From 1979 to 1981, he was stationed in West Germany and his roommate at the
time was Billy Capshaw. Years later, Capshaw would detail the nightmarish time he spent with Dahmer,
while describing him as “a sociopath, a psychopath and a narcissist”. Soon after they‘d started
living together, Dahmer began to completely control Capshaw. He beat and tortured him.
He’d strike him across the joints with a metal bar from a bed apparatus. Capshaw learned not
to scream or cry during the abuse as it only made Dahmer hit him harder. He wasn’t taken seriously
by his superiors whenever he tried to complain. Capshaw was repeatedly drugged and tied to the
bed, while Dahmer controlled the only key to the room. Capshaw stated that he wanted to kill
Dahmer in his sleep and then take his own life. He subsequently regretted not having killed him,
in light of the monster he would become. Dahmer was discharged from the military, in 1981, due to
his alcohol abuse. A few years later he began his killing spree, claiming at least 16 victims, with
many of his later murders involving cannibalism and body parts being preserved as trophies.
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