Killers Who Talk Might Reveal or Conceal
Once caught, some serial killers open up, but possibly not entirely.
"In The Mind of a Murderer, I wrote about mental health experts who’d extensively interviewed extreme offenders. Some of these killers were forthcoming, but others played games. Even when the expert was certain he’d gained the killer’s confidence, it remained unclear how much solid information was actually gathered. Ted Bundy, for example, gave different victim counts to different people. Richard Speck did not have the amnesia he’d faked, and Tommy Lynn Sells doled out details as they suited him. Todd Kohlhepp only recently came clean about murders unmentioned during his early interrogations....
This month, during a hearing in Canada, Beatrice Crofts Yorker, an expert on HCSKs, testified about Elizabeth Wettlaufer’s fatal and near-fatal crimes in healthcare facilities. Crofts Yorker was impressed with how much Wettlaufer had revealed (Casey, 2018). “Nobody has given as much detail as she has," she told the media. "We have some information from family members, health-care workers about personalities and about issues, but when it comes to premeditation, she’s given more insight than any other health-care serial killer.”
After her arrest in Canada in 2016, Wettlaufer had initially claimed she’d acted from compassion, to end suffering on request. However, when she’d pleaded guilty in a videotaped confession after an investigation by Canada’s Ontario Provincial Police, it was clear that compassion was not in the equation...."
Killers Who Talk Might Reveal or Conceal
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When Nurses Kill
Observant coworkers can spot the danger signals.
"....Why would someone who'd worked hard to become a nurse, a caregiver, turn around and harm her patients? The truth is that some people enter healthcare professions not to help others but to gain power, control, or attention. If they decide to harm or kill, victims and methods are readily available. Until recently, it hasn’t been difficult for determined predators to commit and cover up murder in healthcare institutions. They exploited the atmosphere of trust. ..."
When Nurses Kill
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