RE: I also think the reason why psychopaths with higher IQs don't tend to be serial killers (I can't think of a single serial killer with an IQ of over around 125 on the Stanford-Binet test)
Theodore Bundy's IQn was 125-131 and was ironically appointed to the Oregon State Public Safety Council by the Governor. He also volunteered at the Seattle, WA, office of
Nelson Rockefeller's presidential campaign, and in August, attended the 1968 Republican National Convention in Miami as a Rockefeller delegate. Bundy (by his own admission) mastered the skills neededin the era before DNA profilingto leave minimal incriminating evidence at a crime scene.
Irony: In 1975 Bundy shifted much of his criminal activity eastward to Colorado. A hundred miles (160 km) northeast of Snowmass on March 15, Vail ski instructor Julie Cunningham, 26, disappeared while walking from her apartment to a dinner date with a friend. Bundy later told Colorado investigators that he approached her on crutches and asked that she help carry his ski boots to his car, where he clubbed and handcuffed her, then assaulted and strangled her at a remote secondary site near Rifle, Colorado, 90 miles west of Vail.
Weeks later
he made the six-hour drive from Salt Lake City to revisit her remains. On 06/7/1977 Bundy escaped from the Pitkin County Courthouse in Aspen, Colorado.
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Serial Killer Gary Michael Hilton age 62 when IQ (120) tested in the Death Penalty trial FL, for the abduction/murder/dismemberment of Cheryl Dunlap. His IQ was much higher at a younger age but was diminished due to drug use/lifestyle, etc., imo.
http://www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/Gary_Michael_Hilton_Trial_-_Penalty_Phase_116396099.html
The defense calls Dr. Charles Josh Golden, a Neurophysiologist.
Dr. Golden visited with Hilton on Dec 30, 2010 in the jail to assess his ability to think at a higher level and his personality functioning.
Different tests included:
-Verbal scale test, Hilton scored a 120 which is in the upper 10 % of the population
-Nonverbal reasoning test, Hilton scored a 105, which is average
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Working memory and ability to repeat, Hilton scored a 131, which is in the upper 2% of the population has excellent memory (GMH, began reading encyclopedias at the age of 4 years old)
-Verbal memory test, Hilton scored a 117- 129, which is in the top 10% of the population
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Edmund Kemper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Serial Killer Edmund Emil "Big Ed" Kemper III (born December 18, 1948), also known as "The Co-ed Killer"
At age 15, Kemper was committed to the Atascadero State Hospital for murdering his grandparents. He befriended his psychologist, and even became his assistant. Tests during his time at Atascadero revealed that he had an I.Q. of 136. Later, during adulthood, he tested at 145..
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"Too many predators/serial killers with extremely high IQs to list, GrainneDhu".. "It would be reasonable to conclude that the most intelligent predators/serial killers have yet to be identified/captured"..
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