Serial killers killer is typically a person who murders three or more people, usually in service of abnormal psychological gratification, with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them.
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Serial killers had murdered a number of women and buried them in the house where he was living.
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Serial killers was the subject of a massive manhunt and investigation by the Metropolitan Police, during which many modern criminal investigation techniques were pioneered.
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Serial killers was executed in 1898 after confessing to his crimes.
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Serial killers killing phenomenon in the United States was especially prominent from 1970 to 2000, which has been described as the "golden age of serial murder".
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Serial killers was considered a pillar of the local community; he even won a professional award for a children's asthma clinic and was interviewed by Granada Television's World in Action on ITV.
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Many serial killers have faced similar problems in their childhood development.
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The ability for serial killers to appreciate the mental life of others is severely compromised, presumably leading to their dehumanization of others.
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Disorganized serial killers are usually far more impulsive, often committing their murders with a random weapon available at the time, and usually do not attempt to hide the body.
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Disorganized serial killers have been found to have a lower mean IQ than organized serial killers, at 89.
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Serial killers's would administer a drug mixture to patients she chose as her victims, lie in bed with them and hold them close to her body as they died.
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Serial killers's is currently serving a 99-year sentence for the murder of Chelsea McClellan and the attempted murder of Rolando Santos, and became eligible for parole in 2017 due to a law in Texas at the time of her sentencing to reduce prison overcrowding.
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Peter Vronsky in Female Serial Killers maintains that female serial killers today often kill for the same reason males do: as a means of expressing rage and control.
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Serial killers suggests that sometimes the theft of the victims' property by the female "black widow" type serial killer appears to be for material gain, but really is akin to a male serial killer's collecting of totems from the victim as a way of exerting continued control over the victim and reliving it.
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Mission-oriented Serial killers typically justify their acts as "ridding the world" of certain types of people perceived as undesirable, such as the homeless, ex-cons, homosexuals, drug users, prostitutes, or people of different ethnicity or religion; however, they are generally not psychotic.
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Serial killers's increasing need for stimulation was demonstrated by the dismemberment of victims, whose heads and genitals he preserved, and by his attempts to create a "living zombie" under his control .
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Thrill Serial killers can abstain from killing for long periods of time and become more successful at killing as they refine their murder methods.
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Female serial killers are often comfort killers, although not all comfort killers are female.
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Such Serial killers are sometimes abused as children, leaving them with feelings of powerlessness and inadequacy as adults.
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Serial killers traveled around the United States seeking women to control.
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Serial killers are portrayed in fictional media, oftentimes as having substantial intelligence and looking for difficult targets, despite the contradiction with the psychological profile of serial killers.
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Some theorists believe the reasons are biological, suggesting serial killers are born, not made, and that their violent behavior is a result of abnormal brain activity.
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Serial killers want accreditation for the work that they have done.
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Serial killers used his knowledge about the lack of communication between multiple jurisdictions to avoid arrest and detection.
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Serial killers is backed by the families of murder victims and "Son of Sam laws" existing in some states that prevent murderers from profiting from the publicity generated by their crimes.
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