Santa - The Man, The Myth, The Murderer

When I was a young boy, Santa was just the fat, furry, jolly bastard who would find a way to sneak into your house (like a thief) and instead of taking things, he'd be dropping them off. That was obviously until one realized that Santa's suit was merely a facade adorned by many people well known to me such as my mother, father, even brother and sometimes a gremlin I kept beneath my bed. 

All the while, one never considered that he would turn out to be a drunken depressed killa!

Read on...

Santa kills 5, then himself

Updated at: 0058 PST,  Friday, December 26, 2008  COVINA: A man dressed as Santa who had been having marital problems opened fire at a Christmas party, leaving more than three people dead in a home that then caught fire, authorities said. Hours later, police found the body of the suspect, Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, 45, at the home of his brother early Thursday in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles. Police said he killed himself but would not say how. "He was going through some type of marital problems, and we believe that this residence is a relative's residence," Lt. Pat Buchanan said of the house that burned. Police initally said three people were dead in the shootings and fire late Wednesday. Ed Winter of the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office said Thursday that investigators sifting through the ashes of the house found "several" more bodies, but would not say how many. The bodies were too badly burned to immediately determine whether they died in the shootings or the fire, Winter said. "We have multiple bodies inside," Winter said. "They're extremely charred and burned." The gunman arrived at the party in Covina late Wednesday and immediately opened fire with a handgun, Buchanan said. Witnesses told police that the man took off the Santa suit and left the scene of the burning house in street clothes. Winter said the search through the destroyed home would take at least until the end of the day. Jan Gregory, a neighbor, said about 25 people were at the party when the gunshots rang out and people started running by the house.