<Tr> <Th> Criminal penalty </Th> <Td> 25 years to life in prison </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Parent (s) </Th> <Td> Wallace Spencer Dot Spencer </Td> </Tr> <P> Brenda Spencer (born April 3, 1962) lived in the San Carlos neighborhood of San Diego, California, in a house across the street from Grover Cleveland Elementary School, in the San Diego Unified School District . Age 16, she was 5'2" (157 cm) and had bright red hair . She is said to have self - identified as "having been gay from birth ." After her parents separated, she lived with her father, Wallace Spencer, in virtual poverty; they slept on a single mattress on the living room floor, with empty alcohol bottles throughout the house . </P> <P> Acquaintances said Spencer expressed hostility toward policemen, had talked about shooting one, and had talked of doing something big to get on TV . Although Spencer showed exceptional ability in photography, winning first prize in a Humane Society competition, she was generally uninterested in school; one teacher recalled frequently inquiring if she was awake in class . Later, during tests while she was in custody, it was discovered Spencer had an injury to the temporal lobe of her brain . It was attributed to an accident on her bicycle . </P>

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