This landlord killed his wife and three of his tenants

Santa Monica landlord Stanley Roper was arrested today and charged with murdering his wife and three of his tenants (Jack Tripper, Janet Wood and Chrissy Snow pictured here).

These sex addicts are dead

“It was the most brutal thing I have even seen on the job” said a detective at the scene.

He had cut his wife’s head and breasts off. Then when he finished with that he went to his tenants and decapitated both Miss Wood and Miss Snow before stabbing Tripper to death, cutting off his penis and placing it in Tripper’s mouth. He’s one very sick, dark, twisted person. Either that or he listens to a lot of Judas Priest.

While brutal, the murders were not unexpected.

We’ve had this Roper fellow on our radar for awhile. We would get lots of complaints from local women about him. Apparently he’d be watching them with his binoculars, following them and propositioning them. He’d wear trench coats and try to rub up against them. It was classic middle aged man stuff. Mostly harmless but you had to keep an eye on him.

Taken to the precinct for booking, Roper waved all rights to a lawyer.

“I want to tell my story. I’m not evil. Just sexually frustrated” he said.

Apparently the middle-aged Roper had been having problems with erectile dysfunction. He was also no longer physically attracted to his wife Helen

The murderer no longer wanted this.

and would often refer to her as a “cow.”

“This was difficult for Helen” said a friend.

She was in her prime sexually and had a voracious appetite. And to find that your husband didn’t find you sexually attractive anymore was a huge blow to her self-esteem. She had taken to going to male strip clubs and paying the dancers to have sex with her. When she wasn’t doing that she was trying to get Jack Tripper into her bed. 

“We think that’s what set Mr. Roper off, the knowledge that his wife was with another man” said a detective.

He may not have wanted her but that doesn’t mean he wanted anyone else to have her. It’s classic case of “I don’t want you but no one else can have you either.” I’ve seen it many times before in this business. You’d think I’d be used to it but I never am.

As for the alleged killer, he won’t stop talking.

Yeah I did it. Can you blame me?  I knew those three were always having sex with each other. Always. Doing things to each other. Things I could only imagine. All I wanted was to watch. If they didn’t want me to watch why did they keep tormenting me? Every time I’d see them they say “Come on knock on our door. We’ve been waiting for you. Where the kisses are hers and hers and his three’s company too!” What sort of sadists were these kids?

He is currently being held under a suicide and masturbation watch pending trial.

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