SERIAL KILLER MIND

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 D92 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   Outcome Terry was twenty-five-years old and single when he was committed to the Treatment Center at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, in 1982 as a sexually dangerous person after having been convicted of second-degree murder and rape. As an adult, Terry had led an exemplary life.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 B92 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   Outcome Rose pressed criminal charges against Frank immediately, and her attorney filed a civil action within a few weeks of the incident in order to obtain a real estate attachment against the defendant’s holdings, as there was a possibility that he would transfer his property to a relative.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 A92 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   The selected at random, or is a specific individual being targeted? Is there escalation? Has this individual escalated his behavior from peeping outside to burglarizing an indoor location? Is he progressing to more serious invasive activity over time?

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 7 B 92 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   In one incident, his arrogance almost got the best of him: he tele- phoned and threatened Brussel at his home. During this time, an old employee file was found on George Metesky, a man who fit the criminal profile created by Brussel perfectly.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 7 A 92 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N Auto theft concealment. In the case of auto theft concealment, the offender will use or strip and burn the vehicle to eliminate prints. The crime frequently involves multiple offenders.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 H 92 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   The crime scene usually exhibits evidence of multiple offenders as well as multiple victims by either a mass or spree killing.   Common Forensic Findings. The forensic findings most common to this type of homicide involve wounds from firearms, blunt-force trauma, and sharp, pointed objects. There may be mutilation of the body as well. Multiple weapons may be seen with a single event.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 G 92 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   Outcome On March 18, 1980, Norris pleaded guilty on five counts of murder, turning state’s evidence against his friend. In return for his cooperation, he received a sentence of forty-five years to life, with parole possible after thirty years.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 F 92 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   Investigative Considerations The disorganized offender usually lives alone or with a parental figure. He lives or works within close proximity to the crime scene. He has a history of inconsistent or poor work performance. He also has a past that demonstrates a lack of interpersonal skills, which may be manifested by involvement in relationships with a partner much younger or much older than he.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 E 92 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   Inspection of a suspect’s employment history is important: the investigator should look for frequent job changes with a corresponding increase of mortality associated with the suspect’s employment. Other consideration includes a significant rise in cardiopulmonary arrests or deaths in a particular patient population, cardiopulmonary arrests or deaths inconsistent with the patient’s condition, cardiopulmonary deaths localized to a particular shift, or postmortem examinations revealing toxic levels of an injectable substance.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 D 92 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   The fact that he had covered his tracks and shown premeditation in some of his crimes was put forth by the prosecution, while the defense argued that the defendant had a history of mental illness. On August 19, 1973, Mullin was declared guilty of first-degree murder in the cases of Jim Gianera and Kathy Francis (because they were premeditated). For the other eight murders, he was found guilty of second-degree murder (because they were more impulsive). He was sentenced to life imprisonment and will be eligible for parole in 2025, when he will be seventy-seven-years old.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 C 92 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   Investigative Considerations A focal issue of investigation is whether the infant was born alive. The neonaticidal mother in denial often may repress or suppress her recollections of circumstances of the birth or simply may deny that she remembers and be withholding information. Physical evidence is often needed to prove that the infant was killed, despite the risk of stillbirth being remarkably low barring some congenital anomaly.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 B 92 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   At Pierre’s bidding, Andrews brought a bottle wrapped in a paper bag in from their van. Pierre poured a thick blue liquid from the container into a plastic green cup. He told Orren Walker to give it to the three young people lying on the floor. When Walker refused, Pierre forced him onto his stomach next to Michelle and Stan and bound his hands and feet.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 112 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   Forensic Findings The initial cause of death listed on Bruce Nickell’s death certificate was pulmonary emphysema because the coroner had failed to detect the cyanide in his body. It was not until after Snow’s death, when Stella Nickell came for- ward with the hesitant suggestion that her husband also had been the victim of a random cyanide killer, that the true cause of death was determined. At that time, tissue samples demonstrated cyanide poisoning. Sue Snow had levels of cyanide that were easily detected by medical examiners.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 2 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   THE UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING PROGRAM The earliest system for classification of homicide is the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR). The UCR, prepared by the FBI in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Justice, presents statistics for crimes committed in the United States within a given year. Recognizing a need for national crime statistics, the International Association of Chiefs of Police formed the Committee on Uniform Crime Records in the 1920s to develop a system of uniform police statistics. Seven offenses were chosen to serve as an index for gauging fluctuations in the overall volume and rate of crime. Known collectively as the crime index, these offenses were the violent crimes of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault, and the property crimes of burglary, larceny theft, and motor vehicle th...

    Crime Classification Manual Part I Chapter 4 2 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   To be involved in the justice system is to be humbled by one’s lilliputian role in a process that extends well beyond a suspect’s arrest. Is justice served merely when a suspect is taken into custody? What if a manslaughterer is charged as a murderer? What if a cold-blooded killer is prosecuted as a battered woman? Is that justice? Obviously not. Nor is it justice to presume that even among all types of offenders, each is as blameworthy as the next. Each of us who imparts our experiences in this book viscerally recognizes that crimes distinguish themselves for their severity as well. Experience in murder, sexual assault, even property crimes imbues one with an appreciation that some crimes separate themselves from others as the worst of the wors...