1. Serial Killers
Objective: To learn how to apply the steps of the scientific method in order to profile a serial killer

2. Serial Killers Kill _____ or more people within a ___________ time
Breaks between ____________
three
months
killings
Andrei Chikatilo

3. Most Serial Killers are:
___________ males
mid ____’s to ____’s
______ self-esteem
_______ to _______ intelligence
Caucasian 20 30
Low
high
Average
Serial killers who use explosives tend to be of higher intelligence

4. Childhood
Many were:
Were __________and __________ and ___________ abused
Abandoned by _______
_________ was controlling
physically
sexually
emotionally
father
In cases they were abandoned by both parents or the mother. In most cases they were abandoned by their father.
Mother

5. Continued Most: 1. Wet the bed 2. 3. Played with fire Abused animals
Many were bullied
Abused animals

6. Types of Serial Killers1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Visionary Motive
Mission Oriented
Thrill Oriented
Lust Killers
Gain Killers
Jeffery Dahmer

7. Type of Serial Killer
Description
Visionary Motive
Mission Oriented
Thrill Oriented
Lust Killer
Gain Killer

8. Visionary Motive Have __________ breaks psychotic
________ tell them kill
psychotic
voices
Usually the voices are God or a demon
Herbert Mullin

9. Mission Oriented Feel the need to “_____” the world of ______________
Try to ______ society
rid
undesirable people
better
Undesirable people include: homosexuals, prostitutes, homeless, people of different ethnicity or religion
Generally are not psychotic

10. Thrill Oriented pain Induce ______ and _______ terror
Get a “_______” from ____________
Murder only for the ____
pain
terror
rush
killing
The more violent the crime= the bigger the rush.
Usually the victims are strangers, although the killer may have followed them for a period of time. Thrill killers can abstain from killing for long periods of time and become more successful at killing as they refine their murder methods. Generally think they will not get caught.
Thrill
Ted Bundy

11. Lust Killer _____ is the primary goal
Get sexual pleasure from ____________ their victim
Sex
torturing
Gacy

12. Gain Killers
Kill for ____________
Ex.
Personal gain
Money
Basic needs

13. Female Serial Killers Are generally not ___________
Usually kill using _____________
violent
poison

14. Michael Meyers Loved to torture his victims
Enjoyed stalking his victims
Which type of serial killer would he be classified as? Why?

15. Lonnie David Franklin Jr.
Killed several women over a period of 20 years
Does the Grim Sleeper fit the profile of a serial killer? Why or why not?

16. Carl Panzarm Killed his victims and feed them to alligators
Raped his victims before he killed them
Which type of serial killer would he be classified as?

17. Lydia Trublood Poisoned her husbands to collect insurance money
Does she fit the profile of a female serial killer? Why or why not?
Which type of serial killer would she be classified as?

18. Victims Generally kill ________ and strangers ___________ for people
unaccounted
Unaccounted for people include prostitutes, runaways, and homeless people

19. Modus Operandi
the way they _______ and ______ a victim
stalk
kill

20. Types of Crime Scenes planning sudden urge left out Organized
Shows _______
Evidence is _________
Disorganized
Result of a __________
Evidence is _________
planning
hidden
sudden urge
left out

21. Signature May _______ victims pose May leave _______
***not very common
pose
objects

22. Serial Killers Speak

23. Serial Killer Videos Links

24. Serial Killer Case Studies
Serial killers name:
Classification: lust, visionary, ect.
Type of crime scene: organized vs disorganized
Serial killers MO:
Does the serial killer fit the profile of a serial killer? Why or why not?

25. Cary Stayner Killed four women in Yosemite National park
Burned three of the bodies
Hid the other body
Fantasized about killing women

26. Fritz Haarmann (The Butcher of Hanover)
Kill 27 young men from
Dismembered and discarded the bodies
Killed due to a “rabid sexual passion”
Rumored to have sold some of his victims as “meat”

27. Aileen Wurnos Obtained victims by soliciting herself for prostitution
Shot her victims after receiving money for prostution
Left her victims bodies in cars

28. Joel Rifkin Killed nine drug addicted prostitutes
Dismembered the bodies
Placed one head in a paint can

29. Charles Manson Conspired to commit murder of seven people
Believed that murder would lead to a race war

30. Lyle and Eric Menendez Killed their wealthy parents in 1989
Shot both parents in the knees caps (mimicked mafia killings)