dontpanic38 said:
I don't know why, but I am a bit skeptical about everything this guy is fessing up to.
I don't doubt for a minute that he is guilty of several murders, but it seemed to me after reading the interviews that he is giving them extremely vague information so they will investigate, tie him to some unsolved cases and still not have enough to prosecute.
I think that he is bored, and wanted some perks, so he is running investigators around knowing that he will get some attention.
It just struck me as odd that he would give them definate information on the few that he is for sure tied to, but is so vague about others. I think that someone who is so obsessive about killing people would remember a lot more....
Just my .02
I totally agree with you. I also think Browne is just trying to draw attention to himself. So do others:
Criminal profilers caution that self-professed serial killer Robert Charles Browne should not be taken at his word.
It will require more than his ramblings and often vague descriptions to prove whether he is one of the most prolific killers in the nation's history, they say.
"Each case, you have to evaluate on its own merits," said Brent Turvey, a criminal profiler, forensic scientist and author of
Criminal Profiling: An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis.
"A lot of (self-professed serial killers) want to be perceived as smarter, more prolific and tougher than they really are," he said.
If Browne's confessions prove true, he will surpass Gary Leon Ridgway, the Green River Killer, as the nation's worst serial killer.
Ridgway was convicted in 2003 of 48 murders.
Gregg McCrary, a former FBI profiler and author of
The Unknown Darkness: Profiling the Predators Among Us, finds it highly suspicious that Browne claims 49 killings, upping Ridgway's total by one. "Why that number?" McCrary asked. "You just have to be very careful and not rush to judgment."
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4884991,00.html