Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 E 96

 


Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 E 96

A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION

CASE STUDY: 128.01 MERCY HOMICIDE

Background

In early 1987 a Cincinnati medical examiner was performing an autopsy on the victim of a motorcycle crash. As he was examining the stomach cavity, he detected an odor that smelled like almonds. After further testing, the pathologist concluded the victim had been poisoned with cyanide.

The ensuing investigation led to a thirty-five-year-old nurse’s aide, Donald Harvey. After his arrest, Harvey began confessing to numerous other murders, or mercy killings as he described them. Harvey enjoyed the lime- light so much that he continued to add to the list of victims. The toll reached as high as one hundred at one point, but Harvey could not supply details to many of the alleged killings. The actual number of victims is still uncertain, and Harvey’s later confessions have been held suspect.

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