Im really curious about what people think. Me personaly My mind goes to TV Shows & Movies about Serial Killers or A Killer and you see that one part where HE/SHE will be watching the late breaking news on the murder or the recently found remains and the Perp of the crime will be watching as it all unfolds. But In my mind at least that's probally as far as I see them taking it . So I guess for me I don't think any of the SK's out there OR the 1Time Killer is ever on here and actualy talking in the forums..But Like I said in my earlier post I do however think they come on as guests and read over all the conversations about what they did. There is a little part of me that thinks at one time or another a SK has came on and talked only for the fact that they are in need for that rush or the getting off on reliving it and yet remain annonamous Kinda like what BTK kept on doing untill he basically walked himself through the front doors of the police station ..Anyway still would love to hear SOME MORE OPPINNIONS ..
Just ran across this very interesting thread. Imo, the 1% statistic by the FBI is a guestament at best. Some are never identified, nor are their crimes detectected as serial killings until years or decades later for many reasons. Seems almost weekly victims of SKs are located from the 1970s & 80s. Two examples are the speed freak killers & gary ridgeway; green river.
One only has to consider the FBI's Highway Serial Killer Initiative which was began in 2009. Within 2 years hundreds of victims were tied to SK Long Haul Truckers in a database. See Map: Highway Serial Killings Initiative database; the red dots mark where bodies or remains have been found along highways over the past 30 years. FBI ViCAP analysts have created a national matrix of more than 500 murder victims from along or near highways, as well as a list of some 200 potential suspects. (Keep in mind that this map hasn't been updated in five years)
http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2009/april/highwayserial_040609
04/06/09 - Highway Serial Killings
New Initiative on an Emerging Trend
CanManEh, have you read the WS discussion thread of AK serial killer Israel Keyes? Although there are many WS threads related to IK and his victims. Here is one:
AK, NY Israel Keyes - Who are all of his victims??? - Page 48 - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community
IK admitted to lerking on crime forums and posting comments a couple of times on msm articles of his crimes.
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Israel Keyes is believed to have committed multiple kidnappings and murders across the country between 2001 and March 2012. The FBI is seeking assistance in developing more information about his travels to identify additional victims.
http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2013/august/new-information-released-in-serial-killer-case
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'I've been diligently researching SKs/sexual predators for 6+ years'. Besides the pre-adolescent traits/signs; such as torturing animals, arson, bed wetting etc. The one common denominator that crops up again & again is the age that most serial killers cross the threshold from fantasy to dark reality which is age 14 or 15 years old..
One of the best articles that I've read concerning SKs/predators;
http://www.expertlaw.com/library/investigators/serial_killers.html
Serial Killers - A Homicide Detective's Take
By Lieutenant Nelson Andreu (Retired)
Miami Police Department
Submitted May, 2005
Contents
Credentials and Interest
Common Knowledge
Genesis of a Serial Killer
Victim Selection
Victim Objectification
Denouement
Case Histories
4. Victim Selection <Sniped & BBM -read more>
Unexpectedly, I have observed that most serial killers never actually find and kill their "dream victim."
Ignoring for a moment the disparity between deviant human and normal feline behavior, a serial killer can be compared to a hungry lion that lies in wait for his favorite meal. It may be the lion knows an impala has the most tender or tasty meat. He waits for an opportunity to kill and eat the impala and in doing so may allow easy but not-so-attractive prey to pass unmolested. In time, hunger pains growing and no impala in sight, the famished lion will settle for an unwary bird that happens by. After devouring the bird, which gives his hunger a brief respite, the lion again has time to savor the taste of an impala, and the cycle begins again.
Like the lion, a serial killer just will not defer acting out his urge to kill simply because his "ideal" victim refuses to materialize at his beck and call. But his reason for settling for something less divulges from that of the lion. There are two basic, interrelated reasons for this disparity. The first centers on the extra caution exercised by a serial killer in his search for a victim; the second, upon the nature of the compulsion that drives him to violence.
