John Lennon Killer: The Disturbing Story of Mark David Chapman Who Was Denied Parole for 12th Time
John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, was recently denied parole again. This marks the 12th time that his attempt at parole has been denied.
According to the Associated Press, the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said Chapman appeared before a parole board late last month.
States officials have yet to make transcripts of Chapman's recent interview. However, he has repeatedly expressed remorse during previous parole hearings.
Chapman even called his actions "despicable" during his hearing in 2020, adding that he would have "no complaint whatsoever" if they chose to leave him in prison for the entirety of his life.
John Lennon's killer said at the time that he assassinated the Beatles star because he was very famous, and that was the only reason.
The 67-year-old prisoner's next parole hearing will be in February 2024. Chapman is currently serving a 20-years-to-life sentence at Green Haven Correctional Facility in New York City.
John Lennon's Killer Mark Chapman David Before Killing The Beatles Member
Mark David Chapman shot and killed John Lennon on the night of December 8, 1980. He and Yoko Ono were returning to their Upper West Side apartment in New York when Chapman shot Lennon four times.
Chapman had even met the Beatles member earlier that same day when Lennon signed an autograph for him on a copy of his album, "Double Fantasy."
Before killing one of the world's famous musicians, Chapman was an out-of-work security guard from Hawaii with a record of mental illness.
John Lennon's killer had reportedly visited two mental health clinics in Hawaii just before going to New York. According to Hawaii News Now, Chapman had said that he was hearing voices in his head that told him to kill Lennon.
Chapman pleaded guilty to the murder rather than pursue an insanity defense as his lawyers wanted him to. John Lennon's killer was born in 1955 and grew up in Georgia, describing his house as a "troubled home."
Chapman's father was a sergeant in the Air Force, while his mother was a nurse. He noted that his father was abusive to him and his mother.
Chapman said his father was so abusive that he sometimes fantasized about killing him. Chapman had struggled with depression at 16 but seemed to be improving.
He became a born-again Christian and began working with the YMCA. During his teen years, he started experimenting with drugs and showed the first signs of mental illness.
He was admitted to Castle Memorial Hospital for treatment in 1977. He was then released and started working at the facility for treatment.
Wife of John Lennon's Killer
Mark David Chapman met his wife, Gloria Abe, when he planned an extended trip to Asia. Abe was working at a travel agency at the time. Chapman came in often to make changes and ask her things.
Abe said he found Chapman "kind, generous, sweet, thoughtful, and very smart." It was 1978 when they started dating.
Abe had converted to Christianity for Chapman, having grown up as a Buddhist. The two then started going to the church together, and Chapman proposed to her on the beach in Kailua.
In 1979, they were married and thinking of starting a family together. Abe said Chapman had admitted to her that he considered killing the Beatles star.
When Chapman was imprisoned, Abe moved to New York to be closer to her husband but moved back to Hawaii a year later, according to Hawaii News Now.
Abe said she was still looking forward to walking with her husband again on the Kailua beach, where he proposed.
For more than 25 years, the couple was reportedly still very much in love and have shared conjugal visits at the New York prison, and together, they run a prison ministry.
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Written by: Mary Webber
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