Crime Classification Manual Part I Chapter 1 18
Crime
Classification Manual
A STANDARD
SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES
SECOND EDITION
John
E. Douglas, Ann W. Burgess, Allen G. Burgess, and Robert K. Ressler,
Editors
CONCLUSION
Understanding
and recognizing the signature aspects of crime has obvious importance. It is
often vital to the recognition, apprehension, and prosecu- tion of the serial offender.
In
1984 David Vasquez pleaded guilty to the murder of a thirty-two-year- old Arlington,
Virginia, woman. The woman had been sexually assaulted and died of ligature
strangulation. The killer left her lying face down with her hands tied behind her
back. He had used unique knots and excessive binding with the ligatures, and a
lead came from the wrists to the neck over the left shoulder. The body was
openly displayed so that discovery would offer sig- nificant shock value.
The
offender had spent an excessive amount of time at the crime scene. He had made
extensive preparations to bind the victim, allowing him to control her easily.
His needs dictated that he move her around the house, exerting total domination
of her. It appeared he had even taken her into the bathroom and had made her
brush her teeth. None of this behavior was nec- essary to perpetrate the crime;
the offender had felt compelled to act out this ritual.
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