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=== Adolescence === When Davis was 14, his 10-year-old sister Patricia died of an illness. By the time he entered his teens, Davis was already involved in criminal actions. When he was 12, Davis was placed on probation for burglary and forgery, and burglary again when he was 15. Davis dropped out of school in his sophomore year of high school.<ref name="hs">{{cite news|title=Police ask if Klaas suspect killed woman|newspaper=[[Times News (Pennsylvania)|Times-News]]|page=6A|date=December 14, 1993|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1665&dat=19931214&id=xusiAAAAIBAJ&pg=4693,4680126}}</ref> Davis told a psychiatrist that stealing relieved whatever "tensions" were building up inside him.<ref name="tensions">{{cite web|first1=Jennifer |last1=Warren|first2=Richard C.|last2=Paddock|title=Suspect's Palm Print Found in Klaas Home |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-04-mn-63987-story.html|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |date=December 4, 1993|access-date=August 3, 2012}}</ref> At 17, when Davis was in court for a motorcycle theft, a judge told him that he could either go to the [[California Youth Authority]] or join the [[United States Army]]. Davis chose the latter and received a general discharge after 13 months of service.<ref name="army">{{cite magazine|first=Thomas|last=Fields-Meyer|title=Odyssey of Violence|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20141262,00.html|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]|location=New York City|date=May 13, 1996|access-date=August 3, 2012|archive-date=May 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516032500/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20141262,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/RICHARD-ALLEN-DAVIS-LIFE-OF-CRIME-2971897.php |title=RICHARD ALLEN DAVIS' LIFE OF CRIME|newspaper=[[The San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=August 6, 1996 |access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref> On October 12, 1973, Davis went to a party at the home of 18-year-old Marlene Voris. That night, Voris was found dead of a gunshot wound. There were seven suicide notes at the scene. The police concluded that she committed suicide,<ref name="hs"/> although friends of Voris believe Davis murdered her.<ref name="hs"/> In 1977, he told a psychiatrist that her death had deeply affected him; Davis had heard her voice in his head, and, at times, another woman's voice would appear, telling him that she wanted to be assaulted, robbed, or raped.<ref name="army"/> A few weeks after Voris' death, Davis was arrested for attempting to pawn property he had stolen. Davis confessed to a string of burglaries in La Honda and served six months in the county jail. Five weeks after his release, on May 13, 1974, he was arrested for another burglary. Davis was sentenced to six months to 15 years in prison, but he was released on parole after serving a year of his sentence.<ref name="army"/> Davis has been diagnosed with [[avoidant personality disorder]], [[antisocial personality disorder]], and [[schizoid personality disorder]].<ref name="social" />
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