There's a first time for everything?
I guess it's not clear that the phrase "sexual homicide" applies here, but I'm going to link this old FBI bulletin on the subject, because it gives a great, concise overview of the profiling basics that often apply in a case like this.
In a nutshell:
Sexual homicide offenders typically experience significant trauma ("conflict" is actually the word used) as a child.
Unlike others who may share a similar background, they are unable to develop sufficient coping methods, and they grow to feel hostile towards a world that they feel is hostile towards them. They seek revenge on that world, and their eventual crimes are motivated, at least in part, simply by a desire to shock and outrage the public.
Their crimes tend to be generally premeditated in the form of obsessive fantasy, which provides an escape from the world. But often, their actual crimes are simply committed after an opportunity presents itself, without an existing personal motive.
These offenders typically fall on on a spectrum; on one end you have the disorganizaed asocial offender, who feels overwhelmed by his hostility and is inclined to internalize or repress it to some effect. He tends to be the nice, quiet type that people assume is not capable of such a crime. While he is capable of such a crime, he sticks to familiar locations and his crimes are (relatively) less brutal and poorly planned.
On the other end, you get the organized nonsocial offender, who is able to pursue his desires without reserve. In lieu of being a pychopath-ish individual who is able to do a good job of hiding his true feelings & character, he is likely to come across as a bit angry, or confrontational, or otherwise as a trouble maker, and he may develop a criminal record as a teenager. He is willing to hunt for victims and to offend in less than familiar locations. He is also the type who enjoys cat & mouse games, etc.
Deven Young has been said to have "mental heath struggles," there are unconfirmed (possibly untrue) rumors that he was quite the trouble maker, and after allegedly committing this crime...he supposedly continued to act normal and even posted a photo of a lobster boat to his FB page. I believe he was allegedly the one to approach police after they initially did not approach him?
In any event, he definitely appears to potentially (if not probably) fit that organized nonsocial category pretty well. If so, it's quite possible that he simply saw an opportunity, and he decided to act on it. It doesn't always have to be more complicated than that.
I guess it's not clear that the phrase "sexual homicide" applies here, but I'm going to link this old FBI bulletin on the subject, because it gives a great, concise overview of the profiling basics that often apply in a case like this.
In a nutshell:
Sexual homicide offenders typically experience significant trauma ("conflict" is actually the word used) as a child.
Unlike others who may share a similar background, they are unable to develop sufficient coping methods, and they grow to feel hostile towards a world that they feel is hostile towards them. They seek revenge on that world, and their eventual crimes are motivated, at least in part, simply by a desire to shock and outrage the public.
Their crimes tend to be generally premeditated in the form of obsessive fantasy, which provides an escape from the world. But often, their actual crimes are simply committed after an opportunity presents itself, without an existing personal motive.
These offenders typically fall on on a spectrum; on one end you have the disorganizaed asocial offender, who feels overwhelmed by his hostility and is inclined to internalize or repress it to some effect. He tends to be the nice, quiet type that people assume is not capable of such a crime. While he is capable of such a crime, he sticks to familiar locations and his crimes are (relatively) less brutal and poorly planned.
On the other end, you get the organized nonsocial offender, who is able to pursue his desires without reserve. In lieu of being a pychopath-ish individual who is able to do a good job of hiding his true feelings & character, he is likely to come across as a bit angry, or confrontational, or otherwise as a trouble maker, and he may develop a criminal record as a teenager. He is willing to hunt for victims and to offend in less than familiar locations. He is also the type who enjoys cat & mouse games, etc.
Deven Young has been said to have "mental heath struggles," there are unconfirmed (possibly untrue) rumors that he was quite the trouble maker, and after allegedly committing this crime...he supposedly continued to act normal and even posted a photo of a lobster boat to his FB page. I believe he was allegedly the one to approach police after they initially did not approach him?
In any event, he definitely appears to potentially (if not probably) fit that organized nonsocial category pretty well. If so, it's quite possible that he simply saw an opportunity, and he decided to act on it. It doesn't always have to be more complicated than that.
