Stuart Alexander

Stuart Charles Alexander (March 22, 1961December 27, 2005), nicknamed "the Sausage King," was an American businessman, political candidate and murderer. Alexander was the owner of the Santos Linguisa Factory in San Leandro, California, a family business which was founded by Alexander's aunt, Pia Santos, and her husband, Antonio, in San Leandro, California in 1921. In 2004, Alexander was convicted of the murders of three state and USDA meat compliance officials in 2000. Personal background Early life and family Born the middle child of three sons of Shirley Mae Parriott (born January 18, 1934) and Herman "Tweedy" Alexander (January 1, 1934May 31, 1993), Stuart Alexander, whose paternal family roots could be traced back to Portugal, was a lifelong resident of San Leandro, California. In 1993, after the death of his father, Alexander inherited his family business, the Santos Linguisa Factory and proclaimed himself "the Sausage King." Alexander's father, Tweedy, had been well known in local and national business circles as a successful businessman and was recognized and renowned for making linguiça sausage. He groomed the young Alexander for years, particularly after the death of his eldest son, Stefen (August 8, 1958 – May 25, 1977), who died at the age of 18 in a motorcycle accident. Stefen was set to inherit the reins of the company, but after his death, it was inherited by Stuart instead. Tweedy had little faith that Stuart could run the company. He was also verbally abusive to Stuart, often telling him that he would "never amount to anything." Relations with others According to Alexander's mother, who divorced Tweedy when Alexander was ten, Tweedy could at times be very demanding with his son, and "yelled at him all the time," especially when, at times at the factory during summers and weekends, a young Alexander made a mistake. Coupled with this and the breakup of his parents' marriage in 1971, Alexander cultivated a deep-seated anger and resentment from a young age that often manifested violently in relations with other people.