An elusive serial killer

Serial Killer Typology

There are many ways to classify or create typologies of serial murderers, and one can be either a "lumper" or "splitter" with this endeavor. There are typologies that are based on the frequency and timing of serial behavior, typologies based on the presumed characteristics of the typical perpetrator, and typologies based on perpetrator motivations. There might as well be a typology based on age...

Genesis of a Serial Killer

An Enigmatic Personality: Case Report of a Serial Killer

This case report describes a man with aggressive and anti-social behaviors, a 47, XYY karyotype, abnormally elevated urinary kryptopyrroles and multiple brain injuries who is now serving a 250 year sentence for the serial murders of 11 women. These multiple abnormal findings have relevance as identifiable precursors for potential violence in such individuals with a history of behavioral disturb...

Physician as serial killer--the Shipman case.

Harold Fredrick Shipman, a British general practitioner, was convicted on January 31, 2000, of murdering 15 of his patients (and of forging a will of one of them) while he was practicing in a small town in northwest England. He had killed these patients by administering lethal doses of diamorphine (diacetylmorphine). He was sentenced to 15 concurrent terms of life imprisonment but committed sui...

Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer

The American public is fascinated by horror and cruelty. Fictional characters like Hannibal Lecter and Michael Myers amuse moviegoers; but while these interesting beings and their crimes sometimes seem far-fetched, they can be all too close to reality. What happens when the characters of a movie come to life, or cinema imitates reality? Just mentioning “Helter Skelter” or “Zodiac” can send chil...