 He encountered her friend, Danny Meredith, whom he shot with his .22 handgun, then took Meredith's wallet and car keys.He then fatally shot Miroth, her six-year-old son Jason, and her 22-month-old nephew David Ferreira, before mutilating Miroth and engaging in necrophilia and cannibalism with her corpse.A visitor's knock on the door startled Chase, who fled in Meredith's car, taking Ferreira's body with him.