Common Factors in Abduction Murders of children
-Offender usually lives, works, or regularly commutes through the area of the abduction, therefore he is there for "legitimate" reasons at the time of the abduction
-Motivating factor is almost always sexual.
-Offender profile:
Usually a lone unmarried, white Male between 20-30 years of age, usually around 27 at the time of incident, , that will most likely have a criminal history of a sexual nature, involving children, its usually pretty extensive though short of murder. Sexual assaults are very common
-Usually unknown to the victims, (stranger) though its only slightly less common to be an acquaintance
-Often referred to as "Social Marginals" they tend to be odd socially, and often are suspected by some of the crime, because of their past history.
-Usually live with parents or someone acting in a parental role a the time
-History of moves and changes of address, with 1 often within 12 months prior to the abduction
-Employment tends to be blue collar unskilled or semi skilled labor, with construction being the most common
-Unemployed or underemployed at the time of incident
-Victim is chosen simply due to opportunity
-Offenders name usually comes up to investigators within the 1st 48-72 hours, but may not be seen as a suspect.
-Offender is usually most comfortable with the site where the body is recovered, the murder itself is usually committed within 200 feet of the site where the victim is recovered.
-Because they usually have a diverse criminal history prior to the murder its highly likely they will commit further crimes in the future, though they may be short of murder , but they will most likely be sexual in nature .
