Albert Fish Murder Case

Albert fish was born in 1870. He grew up in Washington, DC, with lots of family problems. Not only did his father die when he was at the age of five, but mental issues seemed to run in his family. Fish was sent off to a foster home when his mother was no longer able to take care of him because she was working so many hours to keep up with his father’s passing. The orphanage is when warning signs appeared like, Fish taking pleasure in the punishment the boys were given when they were misbehaving. Around the age of twelve Fish and his mother were back together once she was financially secure. Around this age as well Albert got his first job at a bath house. The bath house is where Albert Fish enjoyed watching little boys change. Fast forward

It is lead to believe it ranges from three to ten. One of his murders included a young boy named Billy Gaffney. Billy and a younger boy were playing catch and on their way home both boys went missing. The youngest one was found and said that the “boogeyman” had taken Billy. Even though Billy’s body was never found Fish wrote an in detail letter explaining to his attorney that he took Billy to a house by the dump and that is where he hung him and ripped pieces of his body apart. Fish picked out pieces he wanted to save, such as ears and disposed of the,” scraps” he didn’t want to

His most well-known murder was the case of Grace Budd. Alert fish responded to an advertisement by eighteen-year-old Edward Budd, who was looking for a farming job. At first Edward was Albert’s initial target, but he realized the young man could probably over power him. That’s when he came across Edward’s younger sister Grace who was just eight years old. Fish told her parents that she should go to his niece’s birthday party. At first Grace’s parents were hesitant but eventually agreed with Fish that she could go to the party. That was the last time that her parents were ever going to see her. There was no actual party for Grace to go to and where Albert Fish really took her was an abandoned house in Westchester. This is where he would not only choke her to death but also cut her up and cook her for dinner. For years Grace disappearance was a mystery until one day when Fish decided to write to her parents and explain in graphic detail everything he did to her and went on to explain how it took him a whole nine days to eat her entire body. The letter was eventually tracked back to Fish which led to his arrest. When detectives went back to the abandoned house it took them weeks to finally dig up some kind of evidence of Grace’s