SERIAL KILLER MIND

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 10 A 86 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N 523: CYBERSTALKING Cyberstalking is the use of the computer to follow a target of the stalker.   Victimology. Cyberstalking is similar to physical stalking except contact with the victim is with the Internet using e-mail, chatrooms, and instant messaging. The victim is typically female.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 9 A 86 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   Several weeks later, after work one evening, the woman was forced at gunpoint into her car by her husband and forced to drive to his house, where he raped and beat her. She reported domestic abuse to the police, was given a protective order, and changed the hours she worked at the casino after telling her employer the situation.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 E86 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   At one point, Paul made his child prostitutes wear beepers so he could call the child he thought would best suit a particular customer. Paul was constantly trying to recruit more children, and he would pick up runaways and use the children to recruit others.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 D86 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   He bit his fingernails and sucked his thumb until age sixteen. He had few, if any, friends and was convinced that peers did not like him. His pathological shyness kept him in his room through much of his childhood.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 B86 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   Eventually Frank fell asleep, and Rose managed to leave the apartment and get to her car, only to discover she had left some of her belongings inside the apartment.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 A86 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N 311: INDIRECT OFFENSES There are four categories for this group of indirect offenses that occurs for sexual gratification. The defining characteristic is that the offense involves no physical contact between victim and offender.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 7 B 86 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N Brussel determined that he suffered from the mental disorder of paranoia. Sufferers of this disorder believe themselves to be perfect beings. They believe that they do not make mistakes, they are not crazy, and if something goes wrong, there must be an external force causing the error.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 7 A 86 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   Defining Characteristics Victimology. The targeted property is dependent on the nature of the concealment. The target may be a business, a residence, or a vehicle.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 H 86 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   The actual involvement of satanism or the occult in these cases turned out to be secondary, insignificant, or nonexistent. In addition, during legal proceedings, extraneous information about the subject’s involvement in satanic or occult activity was more likely to be introduced by the defense to escape criminal responsibility or minimize punishment.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 G 86 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   Forensic Findings Lucinda Schaeffer and Andrea Hall’s remains were never found. Partial remains of Gilliam and Lamp, including their battered skulls, were found in the Glendora Mountains. Gilliam still had the ice pick inserted in her right ear.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 F 86 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   The body may be positioned or deposited in a way that has special significance to the offender based on his sexually violent fantasies. It may be intended to make a statement or to obscure certain facts about the crime, for example, to disguise postmortem mutilation he is uncomfortable with. This should not be confused with staging, since the offender is generating a per- sonal expression (personation) rather than deliberating trying to confuse the police.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 E 86 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   Crime Scene Indicators Frequently Noted. For the mercy killer, the instrument of death is one of opportunity, often common to the institutional setting (drugs, syringes for air injection, or toxic substances, for example). Signs of struggle are minimal or absent. In an institutional setting, the hero killer creates the crisis, usually with drugs. Syringes, medicine vials, and similar items should be collected for analysis of medications or substances peculiar to that patient’s case or condition. In cases involving an emergency, the hero killer is conveniently present. If the suspicious death involves a fire, elements of arson may be found.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 D 86 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   Forensic Findings The cause of death for most the victims was from either stabbing or gunshot wounds. Only the first victim died from blunt-force trauma. Because Guilfoyle’s skeleton was unclothed, it was theorized she was raped either before or after death.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 C 86 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   Some neonaticidal mothers experience dissociative symptoms during labor and after the birth; several neonaticidal mothers have reported amnesia about the events leading up to and surrounding the birth, the birth itself, or events immediately after the birth. Psychosis and depression, however, are relatively less frequent among neonaticidal mothers. After the birth and disposal of the infant’s body, the mother also may exhibit an unfazed or indifferent emotional stance, facilitated by her denial of the existence of the infant—reinforced with the neonaticide but dissolved with revelation of the crime.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 B 86 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   Search Warrant Suggestions The victim possessions (wallets, watches, jewelry) should be included in any search. Signs of the career criminal such as stereos and other expensive possessions that do not appear appropriate in the light of the offender’s finances based on the legitimate sources are also important. Additional search war- rant suggestions include possessions common to a burglar, such as burglary tools, police scanners, or a ski mask or stocking mask, and drugs or evidence of drug use.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 106 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   Cyanide is often the poison of choice because it is easily available at chemical and photographic supply houses and in college and high school laboratories. It can also be ordered through the mail. One ounce can kill 250 people, so its potency makes it a popular choice with product tampering offenders. An important investigative tool in cases of an offender who has used cyanide is a complex instrument in use at the Food and Drug Administration’s Cincinnati district laboratory. It can track down the source of the cyanide and identify the supplier, who can find the geographical customer list rather quickly. This may help narrow the list of typical suspects (chemical firms, grocery clerks, the enemies of deceased victims, or a store’s terminated personnel file) and further isolate the offender.

  Crime Classification Manual Part I Chapter 5 56 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   CONCLUSION Detective Pierce Brooks’s idea for VI CAP is more than fifty years old. His vision included computers that at the time were little more than glorified card sorting machines. In those fifty years, computer speeds and memories have gone up, as the prices for those capabilities have gone down. Today Brooks’s vision and the needs of modern law enforcement are looked after by the VI CAP Advisory Board made up of law enforcement executives and investigators. The advisory board provides guidance and advice to VI CAP’s management. After twenty years of experience and practice with Brooks’s concept, VI CAP has fine-tuned the merger of people and machine to create a data storage and retrieval system that adds immense value to criminal investigations.  

  Crime Classification Manual Part I Chapter 3 26 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     While considering these characteristics in concert with investigative activities confirming some of the biographical and descriptive information pro- vided, an interviewer can begin to observe this offender. The interviewer may recognize and exploit certain personality characteristics and associated emotional deficiencies. In pondering the offender’s behavior, thought processes, and aligned emotions, the interviewer is now better prepared to design various approaches to conform to the offender’s personality.