Re: necrophilia I've been wondering about that too. Because (graphic sickness alert) who's more completely your slave than the person you killed? They can never leave you and never assert their will.
I have been wondering this myself. For Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, and many more sick killers, the fantasy didn't end in death. They felt that the thrill of completely dominating a body was the ultimate act of ownership.
Dr. James Fox, dean of the College of Criminal Justice at Northeastern University in Boston and recognized expert on serial killers, said this about Jeffrey Dahmer:
"He fits the stereotype of someone who really is out of control and being controlled by his fantasies. The difference is that most serial killers stop once the victim dies. Everything is leading up to that. They tie them up; they like to her them scream and beg for their lives. It makes the killer feel great, superior, powerful, dominant...*
He led a rich fantasy life that focused on having complete control over people... That fantasy life, mixed with hatred, perhaps hatred of himself which is being projected into his victims."
Sound familiar?? I am really hoping that is not the case, but why else would he save the bodies for so long?
I suppose he could have been holding onto them in the hopes of the bodies deteroriating to the point where his DNA/evidence was no longer present. It sounds like the deaths were a result of strangulation/asphyxiation. A skeleton wold make it difficult to identify this as the cause of death. (Therefore difficult to identify a suspect and convict him without "reasonable doubt.") There would be no DNA left in the pubic area, skin under the fingernails, etc.
What a nightmare. :facepalm:
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http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/notorious/dahmer/17.html
