Seems reasonable to look at the flip side of this perspective using the same reference:
"Organized offenders:
These criminals are more sophisticated in their approach, and their crimes show evidence of planning. These types tend to be of average or better intelligence, employed, and in active social relationships such as with spouses and families. Even though they’re driven by their fantasies, they maintain enough control to avoid being impulsive. They prepare and even rehearse. They tend to target specific victims or types of victims and use control measures such as restraints to maintain victim compliance. They bring the tools they need to gain access to and control of the victim and avoid leaving behind evidence. As killers, they generally hide or dispose of the body and are likely to have a dumpsite already selected." (
Forensics: Profiling the Perpetrator - dummies)
Why would the suspect be an organized offender:
- There's evidence of planning as he circled around along Mollie's route
- quitting school does not mean that he is not intelligent, and he cleverly obtained false ID
- employed
- active social life (reports that he often spent time with his daughter and extended family)
- no reason to believe that Mollie's abduction was impulsive, especially if he saw her jogging the day before the abduction
- he targeted Mollie and probably hit her in the head to gain compliance
- he brought along a knife - tool to control victim
- most importantly he hid the body and may have pre-selected the dump site
