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So was he prepared with a new spot? Does he admit to himself he is a killer?
To me he seems like the type that would blame others, but how do I know.
It is hard to believe that he attacked that woman in Fairfax.
He raped a couple of college girls and then went on to rape strangers?
How does this all work in serial killer land?
It seems more like he should be doing the MH, HG type instead of the attack.
Does anyone know how these monsters work?
Serial killers kill for many reasons, imo, but primarily they are acting out their fantasies. Due to their narcissism they will deflect and rationalize their kills in many ways, usually blaming their victims, or society as a whole, etc. Many times their motive can be traced by the type victims that they prey upon; victimology; the characteristics of the offender's victim. A few excellent sources for how sexual predators/serial killers think can be found in books by retired FBI BSU/BAU R. Depue, J. Douglas, R. Ressler, and NYPD Homicide DetectiveVernon Geberth; Practical Homicide Investigation; 'The Homicide Detectives Bible'..
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Victimology quote by Roger L. Depue:
My work has given me a profound respect for what humans suffer at the hands of evil, and a particular sensitivity for what its victims endure. During every investigation that I participate in, there is always an invisible observer at my shoulder, whose presence I never forget. Regardless of the circumstances of a case, I am always giving voice to its silent victim.
What must this young girl’s final minutes have been like? Did she cry out while he was repeatedly stabbing her, or keep silent, breathing like a wounded animal, watching for the next glint of a blade? Did her thoughts turn to her parents in those final seconds, when she was overwhelmed by the deepest loneliness she had ever known? Did she experience a dissociative response, the sense of drifting upward and watching her own death as if from above? Or did she sink mercifully into unconsciousness, and feel nothing as her life ebbed away?
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Human, sexual predators/serial killers, although each is unique in their own way, they share many commonalities, imo. They think 180 degrees from the rest of us. They have crossed the threshold from fantasy to dark reality. Although many have never amounted to much in life, unlike JM, until they crossed this threshold due to their antisocial tendencies, combined with their psychopathic personalities. With each innocent victim's soul devoured without being apprehended, they become more brazened and empowered. It is not a matter of, if they will re-offend, but when, imo.
Imo, to truly know how they think, one would have to virtually enter the abyss of their minds. Trust me, this is not a place that most folks want to purposely go. It is not that difficult to accomplish entry, but very difficult to exit..jmo
No real idea how the SK mind works, but have read that they often escalate or graduate in their acts.
Roger L. Depue “Between Good and Evil” Author & Retired FBI BAU Profiler: A Master Profiler's Hunt for Society's Most Violent Predators
http://www.amazon.com/Between-Good-Evil-Profilers-Predators/dp/0446532649
My job has been to try to stop human predators before they kill again, and after studying them so closely over so many years, to me their traits seem clearly recognizable.
Evil is more than a vague notion. It is an entity, and it is manifest on the earth. It has reflexes and intuition, senses vulnerability, and changes its form to adapt to its surroundings. Those who do not believe the Devil walks this earth have not seen the things that I have seen.
Evil is not a discrete entity that springs forth fully formed. It is born in the mind, takes root there as fantasy, and prospers when normal human restraint can no longer contain it. I have seen it devour the personalities of men like Richard Speck, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Ted Bundy, turning them into blank-faced sociopaths who clearly know right from wrong, but choose, time and again, to follow their own base urges, with complete disregard for the terrible human suffering they cause.
I believe that every act of homicide causes a slight unbalancing in the world, and that it diminishes life’s universal equation. In the interest of justice, it is imperative that someone try to right that imbalance. But the task of fighting evil can take a terrible toll on the people who are charged with it. It can cost them their families, their equilibrium, their capacity for joy.