SERIAL KILLER MIND

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 10 B 27 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   : BANK FRAUD This crime occurs when money is illegally obtained from one bank account and transferred electronically to another account that is usually in another bank and typically another country. Access to the targeted bank is via the Internet. Wireless connections to the Internet are used to commit crimes, where it is difficult to identify the user.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 10 A 27 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   Forensic Findings The e-mail came from an e-mail account at a company called Hotmail that Zezev had registered under a false name. The e-mail was traced back to Kazkommerts Securities, where Zezev worked. After receiving the first e- mail, Bloomberg computer specialists were able to piece together how Zezev had broken in and rewrote the software on the Bloomberg system to prevent him from accessing the system again.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 9 B 27 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   Sometimes both motives are operating. It is important not to dismiss pantie thieves as nuisance offenders when their intent is not a nuisance but represents a serious intention or motivation to harm someone sexually. Fetish burglars’ motive consists of the sexually provocative images that the stolen items (such as lingerie or leather) convey and the physiological arousal they may experience committing such an act.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 9 B 27 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   Common Forensic Findings. Firearms are the most common weapon carried by stalkers, especially with distance stalking. Occasionally they use a sharp-edge weapon such as a knife. Sophistication and type of weapon will help establish the degree of stalker sophistication. If the target of the stalker is killed, the vital organs, especially the head and chest, are most frequently targeted.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 9 A027 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   : DIRECT THREATS Direct threats leave no room for misinterpretation on the part of the recipient. The threats are aimed at a specific target (person or institution). Direct threats offer no conditions, exemptions, or options. Often the wording is blunt, straightforward, candid, and explicit. For example, on July 26, 1996, an Atlanta 911 operator received a call saying, “There will be a bomb in Centennial Park.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 F27 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   His mother was a college-educated schoolteacher who was “strict, puritanical, very religious, and a teetotaler.” Damon’s early years seemed to be stable and reasonably happy.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 E27 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   Investigative Considerations The investigator needs to obtain a search warrant for the offender’s residence and check telephone and financial records for purchases of materials needed to create the pornography as well as computers of the suspect.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 D27 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   As they sat on a dock fishing, Bruce started fondling the boy, becoming sexually aroused. He undid the boy’s pants and performed fellatio. He then began to try to take the boy’s pants off. The boy resisted as Bruce turned him over on his stomach, preparing to sodomize him.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 C27 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   The rape is compensatory for his feelings of sexual inadequacy. Fueling the behavior is a fantasy that the woman will like the “sex” and therefore want more. The reality, of course, is that the behavior is forced penetration, without consent, and by threat—all elements of rape.  

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 B27 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   Investigative Considerations Prior abuse of the victim or other members of the household may have previously been reported by other family members or third parties.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 A27 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   An offender is considered highly fixated if any of the following are present: There is evidence of three or more sexual encounters with a victim, and the time period between the first and third encounter was greater than six months. These encounters may be with a single victim over many incidents and should not be limited to charged offenses.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 7 C 27 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   CASE STUDY: 260: SERIAL ARSON Background During the summer and fall months, a series of arsons targeting unoccupied dwellings plagued a medium-sized midwestern community. The arsonist’s fires became increasingly destructive and life threatening, alarming local residents and overtaxing the resources of law enforcement and fire officials.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 7 B 27 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N Because the use of incendiary devices is common with this arson, components of these devices, such as initiators, electrical timers, timing devices, and candles, are additional findings that may assist the investigator.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 7 A 27 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION Search Warrant Suggestions Spray paint cans Items from the scene, especially if a school was the target Explosive devices; fireworks, firecrackers, packaging, or cartons Flammable liquids Clothing; evidence of flammable liquid; glass shards, for witness identification Shoes: footprints, flammable liquid traces

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 J 27 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION Victimology Catherine Fuller, age forty-eight, was described as a good samaritan who helped the elderly of her neighborhood and always was smiling. She was a petite woman, standing only five feet tall. David, her husband of fifteen years, described her as strong and feisty despite her small stature.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 I 27 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   The precipitating factor for the murders arises from the tradition contained in the Book of Mormon concerning the search for the Sword of Laban. Lundgren was planning to lead his followers into the wilderness in search for this sword, but first there had to be a cleansing sacrifice.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 H 27 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   When assessing where the offender lives in relationship to the victim, empirical evidence supports the observation that the more severe the injuries are, the closer the offender lives to the victim.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 G 27 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   Crime Scene Indicators Donna was lying on her back on the living room floor. The fatal assault site appeared to be the kitchen, where the greatest concentration of blood was found in several large pools. A kitchen knife, a weapon of opportunity, was responsible for her wounds. It was found stuck between chair cushions. She had been dragged from the kitchen through the dining room, leaving a pronounced trail of blood.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 F 27 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   Again, Jones summoned Dr. Holland, and the scene repeated just as it had less than a month ago. The ambulance responded at 10:58 A.M., speeding the child, with Jones and an emergency medical technician administering aid, to the hospital. Dr. Holland followed behind in her car. In the emergency room, within twenty-five minutes, Chelsea was again thrashing and upset at having the tube in her throat that provided oxygen directly into her lungs.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 E 27 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   Watkins stood facing into the street by the front window while his father mixed the chemicals, they would be using that night. They were waiting for the last customers to leave before starting. Watkins had been standing there about five minutes when he was suddenly struck in the dead center of the chest by a shot that exited his upper right back. The mortally wounded man ran about thirty feet along the front of the store and into an aisle before he fell.