Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 109

 

Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 109

A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES

SECOND EDITION

 

Victimology

At the time of his death, Bruce Nickell was fifty-two. When he married Stella, he was a hard-drinking heavy-equipment operator, which suited Stella since she had a fondness for bar hopping. Nickell had recently taken stock of his life and decided to dry out by attending a rehabilitation program. Stella at- tended a few sessions with him. Before his death, Bruce was often unemployed, which had begun to get on Stella’s nerves.

Sue Snow was forty years old at the time of her death. She had dropped out of high school to marry but had turned her life around through hard work. She had become the assistant vice president at a branch of the Puget Sound National Bank and was happily married to Paul Webking. They were rarely apart and “madly in love,” according to Webking.

Both victims were users of the product. Nickell and Snow had never met; Snow was an example of the random victim that is common to many product tampering murders.