SERIAL KILLER MIND

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 10 B 09 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   Investigative Considerations The investigator needs to determine the amount of legitimate revenue; the excess is laundered money. In one case where a restaurant was used to launder money, the real revenue was determined by counting the linen napkins to determine the number of meals served. This was then compared to the number of computer-generated meals.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 10 A 09 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N     Viruses are malicious code embedded in programs or e-mails that damage the computer hardware or software. The worm is code that can damage computer files and programs or slow computer performance; it is delivered by another program or application, usually via e-mail. Viruses and worms were originally delivered by removable media but now can be found in e-mails, e-mail attachments, and free programs available over the Internet. Viruses and worms have also been found embedded in pictures.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 9 B 9 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   421: BANK ROBBERY Bank robbery is usually accomplished by a solitary criminal who brandishes a firearm at a teller and demands money, either orally or through a written note. The most dangerous type of bank robbery is a takeover robbery in which several heavily armed (and armored) gang members threaten the lives of everyone in the bank.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 9 B 09 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   Investigative Considerations The investigator should trace telephone calls and perform threat analysis of the written or phone communications. Careful analysis of early communications may provide leads for identifying the stalker. He or she as well should observe the target’s places of employment, residence, mall, or campus for stalkers.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 9 A09 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   The most critical classification is the level of victim risk. Risk level can be categorized as low, moderate, high, or imminent danger. Assessment of the threat is made as to whether the person making the threat has the knowledge, ability, motivation, and access to weapons that would give him the opportunity to carry out the violent act.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 F09 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   The mother was forced, at gunpoint, to perform fellatio on Simmons. After- ward, Simmons attempted to rape the mother. He stopped because she was having her period. The mother begged Simmons repeatedly to leave her daughter alone.  

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 E09 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   The level of abuse does not register on a conscious level. On occasion when the sexual activity is addressed, the collector may acknowledge that it is abnormal and that a child may be frightened, but this awareness holds little conscious emotional weight for the collector to stop these activities and admit to harmful effects on the child.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 D09 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   Although this was his first sexual offense, Randy had a long history of delinquent behavior, including ten prior court appearances for motor vehicle violations, larceny, writing bad checks, and drugs.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 C9 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   Her eighty-four-year-old husband testified that his wife appeared very shaky and upset when she returned home and that he noted blood stains on her underclothes. Charges were entered against the doctor after receiving the complaint from victims. Offender Characteristics This offender targeted a wide age range of victims.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 B9 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   A history of conflict due to external sources (financial, vocational, or alcohol, for example) is a common element of domestic rape and sexual assault. The offense is usually situational. The offender may have demonstrated aggression in the past, as well as a change in attitude after the triggering event.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 A9 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   In other words, in order for a person to be- come sexually aroused or gratified, he or she must engage in the act in a certain way. This sexual ritualism can include the physical characteristics, age, or gender of the victim; the particular sequence of acts; the bringing or taking of specific objects; or the use of certain words or phrases.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 7 C 9 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N Forensic Findings Use of gasoline accelerant was determined through laboratory analysis of samples of burned material.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 7 B 9 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N Forensic Findings The autopsy revealed a concentration of burns around the victim’s head. Al- though the corpse was badly burned, pathologists were able to locate and accurately identify the multiple trauma injuries, unrelated to the fire, that had caused her death. The trauma consisted of an irregularly edged hole in the frontal temporal area of the skull and more than one hundred stab wounds over the entire body.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 7 A 9 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   It is a primary mission of the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC) to conduct arson offender research in order to provide investigative assistance to police and fire agencies in unsolved arson cases.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 J 9 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   Cause of death was summarized as “beaten to death.” Hester’s time of death was estimated to be around twelve to fourteen hours before the house was stormed.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 I 9 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   Lake County Auto Title Bureau records showed a 1978 Volvo registered to Dennis and Cheryl Avery. On top of the grave site, as detailed from the informant’s diagram, were several photos of the Avery family. The bodies were found in a common grave four feet deep.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 H 9 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   Safarik, Jarvis, and Nussbaum (2000), in a focused study of this type of sexual homicide, found that the mean age was seventy-seven. The victims were disproportionately white (86 percent). Blacks (9 percent) and Hispanics (4 percent) were also victimized, but Asian victims were rare. Ninety- four percent were killed in their own residences.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 G 9 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   The focused blunt-force trauma, or depersonalization, often exhibited by disorganized offenders was present in this case. Jenny’s face had been badly beaten with numerous cuts, abrasions, and contusions about the mouth and cheekbone areas. There was a lack of defensive wounds, another common forensic finding of this type of offense, since the victim is most often blitzed, with little chance to fight back. Restraints were not used, as is typical of the disorganized offender, for the same reasons defensive wounds are usually absent. A large amount of semen was found within the vaginal cavity; no semen was found elsewhere.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 F 9 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION : HERO HOMICIDE In hero homicide, the offender creates a life-threatening condition for the victim and then unsuccessfully attempts to rescue or resuscitate the victim to appear valorous. Death is not intentional, but the bulk of cases reviewed have demonstrated that failures do not avert the offender from recidivism.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 E 9 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   Crime Scene Indicators Frequently Noted. The crime scene of an extremist murder usually occurs in a public place. The location of victim will often offer an indication as to the motive—for example, a body left near a gay bar or in a black neighborhood.