SERIAL KILLER MIND

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 10 A 52 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   Outcome Heckenkamp pleaded guilty in federal court to gaining unauthorized access and recklessly damaging computer systems of several high-technology companies. His guilty pleas resulted from felony charges filed against him in both the Northern and Southern Districts of California.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 9 B 52 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   Victimology Ms. J was seriously attacked in July 2004 but did not go to the hospital until five days later, primarily because the partner accused her of faking it and threatened it would “open Pandora’s box” because of his criminal record.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 9 A 52 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   As an example, the Philadelphia district attorney’s office charged National Basketball Association star Allen Iverson with multiple crimes, including two counts of making “terrorist threats.” Under Pennsylvania law, there are two kinds of terrorist threats.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 E52 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   Newspapers reported that another prosecution witness, an assistant head- master at a private boys’ school, admitted visiting the apartment more than forty to fifty times over a five-year period. He denied being a partner in a scheme to provide boys for hire but admitted to taking friends to the apartment with him and paying for having sex with the boys

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 D52 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N     He states that he then withdrew, without having an orgasm, and let her out of the car, threatening to kill her if she made mention of the attack. When he was arrested shortly after, he immediately admitted his guilt.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 C52 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   Jim graduated from high school and worked as a general laborer before joining the military. After a full term in the military, he was again employed as a laborer. At the time of the last rape, he was working as a security guard.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 B52 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   The sexual assaults of these offenders are often well planned, as evidenced by a clear, scripted sequence of events; possession of assault- related paraphernalia; and an apparent plan to procure the victim and elude apprehension after the assault.

    Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 A52 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   Search Warrant Suggestions Warrants should be requested for the suspect’s residence and car. Suggested items should include but not be limited to clothing to test for blood hair and fibers, ligatures, newspaper articles related to similar crimes, and any of the victim’s possessions reported stolen.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 7 B 52 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N 250: EXTREMIST-MOTIVATED ARSON Extremist-motivated arson is committed to further a social, political, or religious cause. The types of arson in this category are terrorism (251), discrimination (252), riots/civil disturbance (253), and other (259).

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 7 A 52 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION Victimology Over the span of one year, ten houses were set on fire. The houses were vacant and had been deemed uninhabitable before the fires occurred. Few of these houses were insured.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 I 52 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION As in many of the in- dividual homicides described in this manual, the crime scene is best represented by a continuum, from the disorganized, sloppy offense to the highly professional, well-organized one. The amount of physical evidence left at the scene and the ease of assault, abduction, and escape depend on the sophistication of the group.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 H 52 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   Again her apartment was a mess, but nothing was missing. That same day in Lynn, sixty-five-year-old Helen Blake was killed at about 8:00 A.M. She was found face down nude on her bed with her legs spread. She too had been strangled by a nylon, and there was also a brassiere tied around her neck in a bow. Two diamond rings were removed from her fingers, the first instance of robbery.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 G 52 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   Staging. It is possible that there are implications of overkill or depersonalization for pragmatic reasons, for example, to obscure the victim’s identity. The offender may also tamper with the crime scene by staging secondary criminal activity (for example, rape-murder, robbery) to veil the primary motive of sadistic murder.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 F 52 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   The concept of victim risk is an important factor in assessing the victimology. Risk is a twofold factor. Victim risk is determined by age, lifestyle, occupation, and physical stature. Low-risk types include those whose daily lifestyle and occupation do not enhance their chances of being targeted as a victim. High-risk victims are ones who are targeted by a killer who knows where to find them, for example, prostitutes or hitchhikers. Low-resistance capabilities as found in the elderly and young elevate the level of victim risk. Risk can also be elevated by locations where the victim becomes more vulnerable, such as isolated areas.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 E 52 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   In religions that encourage homicide, from violent cults to intolerant sects of Islam, proscription for homicide can be found in writings or preaching of spiritual leaders the assailant identifies with. While religious ritual homicide is fueled by ideology, part of motivation may have nothing to do with religion, but with conflicts in the assailant’s life.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 D 52 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   125: REVENGE Revenge killing involves the killing of another in retaliation for a perceived wrong, real or imagined, committed against the offender or a significant other.   Defining Characteristics Victimology. When revenge is the motive for a homicide, the victim may or may not personally know the offender, but something in the victim’s life—a significant event or interaction—is directly related to the actions of the offender. The revenge motive generated by this event may be unknown to the victim or the victim’s family or friends. Multiple victims may be involved depending on the nature of the event that triggered the act of revenge.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 C 52 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   Forensic Findings Autopsy findings when smothering is the suspected cause of death are minimal. Petechial hemorrhages, one of the forensic indicators of asphyxia, are rarely seen in children, and practically never in infants. This proved to be the case with the three youngest victims. None had evidence of petechial hemorrhage; however, the autopsy of eleven-year-old Jenny Ann revealed petechiae on the face around the eyes, face, and conjunctivae. There also were linear abrasions over both cheeks, another forensic indicator of asphyxial death. In three of the four cases, postmortem exams revealed congestion in the lungs or airways, or both, evidenced by frothy or foamy liquid coming from the mouth and nose, another finding common to asphyxiation. Earl did not exhibit this congestion because he had been on life support, which allowed fo...

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 B 52 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   Staging: Victim 2 The staging that is so prevalent in insurance-related murders also was employed with this killing. The execution-style placement of the gun to the back of the head was one element that was intended to give the appearance of drug dealers or similar criminal society at work. The absence of the wallet and all personal effects made robbery look like a motive for the murder. These circumstances imply a removed killer with no personal attachment to the victim, motivated by monetary gain to pull the trigger. In actuality, all these implications were true of Sean’s murderer.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 72 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   On October 16, 1977, as Greene entered his car after a dentist appointment, Ronald Carabbia sat nervously clutching an airplane transmitter fifty yards away as his accomplice, Ray Ferritto, slowing cruised toward the free- way. The transmitter’s target was a platter directional bomb that was planted in the passenger door of a Trojan horse. (Trojan horse is the name given to a nondescript vehicle that has a bomb planted in it. It is parked next to the target’s car and is detonated by remote control when the intended victim comes near it.) Once Greene was between his vehicle and the Trojan horse, Carabbia pushed the button that detonated the directional explosive device. The explosion sent a red ball of fire into the air and blasted debris over the entire parking lot.

  Crime Classification Manual Part I Chapter 5 22 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   Jurisdictions experiencing a large number of missing person reports daily will be reticent to enter all of the cases into a database. That reluctance will be increased when agencies discover that many of their missing person reports involve repeated teenage runaways who return home after a few days. Nevertheless, it is better to err on the side of caution and enter into the database more cases than thought necessary.