James Debardeleben -The Mall Passer : Serial Killer Documentary
James Mitchell "Mike" DeBardeleben is a convicted rapist and counterfeiter, who has been in prison since the 1980s. He was infamously known as the "mall passer" by agents as he was being heavily sought for counterfeiting. After his arrest for counterfeiting, he was found to have committed much more serious sex crimes. He was not brought to trial for any murders, though two homicide cases were investigated by agents, and he remains a suspect in several more.
DeBardeleben was the second of three children. He had a younger brother named Ralph and a younger sister whose identity is not publicly known. By the time he was an adult he had grown to stand six feet tall. In 1945, when James was only five years old his family moved to Austin, Texas. His father who was serving in the U.S. Navy was then shipped out to the South Pacific for nine months. In 1949, his family moved to Kentucky for a short while before relocating to Frankfurt, Germany but after a year his family moved again.
In 1956, at the age of sixteen it is reported that Michael first physically assaulted his mother, it is unknown what sparked this violent encounter. On September 8 that year, at the age of sixteen, he purchased two handguns and ammunition with a friend. Later that month he was arrested and convicted for his first felony, possessing a concealed firearm. This arrest was the first of many that followed including arrests for sodomy, attempted murder and kidnapping.
In the Spring of 1957 he was expelled from Peter Schuyler High School and did not seek to pursue any formal education. In October that year, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and was stationed at the Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. Only after a year of being in the air force he was court-martialed for disorderly behavior and was sentenced to spend two months in the base stockade and have his wages forfeited.
In 1958 he was ordered by the Air Force to visit a psychiatrist for counseling after he was pronounced AWOL several times. At the age of eighteen he was discharged from the air force and moved to Fort Worth, Texas with relatives of the family.
In 1959 he attempted school again, enrolling in R.L. Paschal High School, but after three months was expelled. In August that year, he married his first wife, Linda Weir, but three weeks later separated from her. Also that month, he was arrested for attempted robbery with an accomplice, quickly followed two weeks later by his involvement in a string of auto theft, and was sentenced to five years probation. In October with an unknown woman, he fathered a premature daughter who was a stillborn.
He later met Charlotte Weber who was seventeen at the time he started courting her. In March of 1960 he impregnated Charlotte and on June 9 the same year, married her. On December 12, 1960 he successfully fathered a daughter, Bethene. Afterward Charlotte became pregnant again with another child but was forced by Michael to give it up for adoption. In August of 1961, his brother Ralph committed suicide for unknown reasons.
Title: James Debardeleben, "The Mall Passer" : Serial Killer Documentary
Published on Feb 4, 2016
Uploaded by: Serial Killers Around The World
DeBardeleben was the second of three children. He had a younger brother named Ralph and a younger sister whose identity is not publicly known. By the time he was an adult he had grown to stand six feet tall. In 1945, when James was only five years old his family moved to Austin, Texas. His father who was serving in the U.S. Navy was then shipped out to the South Pacific for nine months. In 1949, his family moved to Kentucky for a short while before relocating to Frankfurt, Germany but after a year his family moved again.
In 1956, at the age of sixteen it is reported that Michael first physically assaulted his mother, it is unknown what sparked this violent encounter. On September 8 that year, at the age of sixteen, he purchased two handguns and ammunition with a friend. Later that month he was arrested and convicted for his first felony, possessing a concealed firearm. This arrest was the first of many that followed including arrests for sodomy, attempted murder and kidnapping.
In the Spring of 1957 he was expelled from Peter Schuyler High School and did not seek to pursue any formal education. In October that year, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and was stationed at the Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. Only after a year of being in the air force he was court-martialed for disorderly behavior and was sentenced to spend two months in the base stockade and have his wages forfeited.
In 1958 he was ordered by the Air Force to visit a psychiatrist for counseling after he was pronounced AWOL several times. At the age of eighteen he was discharged from the air force and moved to Fort Worth, Texas with relatives of the family.
In 1959 he attempted school again, enrolling in R.L. Paschal High School, but after three months was expelled. In August that year, he married his first wife, Linda Weir, but three weeks later separated from her. Also that month, he was arrested for attempted robbery with an accomplice, quickly followed two weeks later by his involvement in a string of auto theft, and was sentenced to five years probation. In October with an unknown woman, he fathered a premature daughter who was a stillborn.
He later met Charlotte Weber who was seventeen at the time he started courting her. In March of 1960 he impregnated Charlotte and on June 9 the same year, married her. On December 12, 1960 he successfully fathered a daughter, Bethene. Afterward Charlotte became pregnant again with another child but was forced by Michael to give it up for adoption. In August of 1961, his brother Ralph committed suicide for unknown reasons.
Title: James Debardeleben, "The Mall Passer" : Serial Killer Documentary
Published on Feb 4, 2016
Uploaded by: Serial Killers Around The World
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