Procedure - Serial Killers

Serial Killers

Statistics →
- 85% of the world's serial killers are in the United States
- 8% of serial killers are female
Types of Killers →
- Thrill Seekers → they see killings and police pursuit as a game
- They thrive on media attention, pursuit by police, and evading authorities
- The thrill seeker keeps news clippings of their murders and often keep a record of their killing
- Mission Oriented → they believes that they are doing society a favor by getting rid of people like prostitutes
- Power and Control → they are motivated by the thrill of seeing their victim cowering in fear or screaming
- Some are known to go back to the place where they kid the body or committed the crime in order to feel the rush they got from killing
Souvenirs and Trophies → belongings from their victims
- Serial killers often keep the belongings of their victims. Experts on serial killers break these collections into two categories
- Souvenirs → items that are put in the drawer and forgotten about. They are taken out periodically to remember the kills
- Trophies → these items are displayed in plain view and serve as a shrine or trophy
Posing → Posing a dead body in a certain position
- Serial killers often have a signature or certain hebavior that occurs in each murder
- One of the most common signatures of a serial killer is posing the body
- Only 1% of murder cases that are not serial killers involve posting the body
Childhood Signs of Serial killers →
- Late bedwetting → even into their teen years - can be a sign of sexual abuse
- History of sexual or physical abuse → especially within their families
- Pyromania → Setting fires
- Cruelty to animals
- Jeffery Dohmer exhibits all of the above characteristics
Famous Serial Killers →
- David Berkowitz (Son of Sam) → killed 6 women, wounded 7
- Ted Bundy → may have killed as many as 35-50 women. He was executed
- Jeffrey Dahmer → sentenced to 15 life terms, killed in prison

Albert DeSalvo (Boston Stranger) → killed 12 women