Woman On The Rampage

This is a documentary about that rarest of creatures, a female spree killer. Jennifer San Marco was an attractive woman, single in spite of her age, but otherwise unremarkable. Until she lost her mind. It is clear that over a period of years she began to hallucinate, having conversations even arguments with an imaginary friend. This is what led to her being retired on health grounds while still in her early forties. She relocated from California to New Mexico, then one day drove back and murdered seven people before turning the gun on herself.

The degree of planning she put into this day of terror and revenge demonstrates clearly that she could think rationally, whatever her delusions. The documentary makers speak to people who knew her, people who worked with her, and members of law enforcement as well as someone who grew up with her in New York. Those involved in the Goleta post office massacre were still clearly emotional a decade after this unthinkable atrocity.