Very interesting article! While I think it’s too soon to tell if he is/will be as prolific in terms of victims, I think he definitely fit in with the likes of Bundy, Gacy, and many others. The more I read things that give insight into his childhood and school years, the more it seems like it was the perfect storm in creating a monster. Classmates have come out and said:
1. His father not only died when he was 12 (just on the cusp of puberty for guys back then?), but he also had an unhealthy relationship with his mother. He was thrust into the position of becoming the “man of the house” before he was even a teenager.
2. A classmate described an incident from Heuermann’s childhood before his father died, where Heuermann had got caught shoplifting and apparently he and his father had a pretty bad clash over it.
3. He was bullied and shy as a child, but then underwent a growth spurt in high school and became menacing to others and was known to have a mean streak. Usually he was a loner/recluse.
4. (This is not from classmates, rather it comes from what they pulled out of his house when they searched it) We know he had a very extensive collection of *advertiser censored*. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of those Playboys were saved from when he was younger.
I also personally believe he has to have some kind of addiction and I am willing to bet he drank.
Now, I just want to state that not all of the above descriptions means that everyone who has experienced trauma or hardship in their life is or will be a serial killer. But all of those things combined, coupled with the fact that this man is a dangerous psychopath, ticks off all of the “boxes” (so to speak) for the making of a serial killer. These are all known traits that a good majority of serial killers share in common.
I’m just waiting now to hear if he ever had some sort of head injury as a child too.
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