Really ? What a complete waste of time that would be. The investigators will be working the crime scenes, looking for actual forensic evidence. That is what breaks this type of case, that and a large reward offer. JimB.
That crime scene was already investigated. What, you think they spend a week looking for forensics? Besides that, you can start the search 300 or more yards from the point of contact. We do searches all the time with hundreds of people. The cops make up a grid and the group follows the grid. This is usually fine just days after someone goes missing or at a crime scene. I’ve been involved in searches. We don’t wait forever. CSI people can do their work in just a few days or less.
First, it isn't one scene, its multiple locations. Second, you seem to think that a murderer is going to hang around the area? Of course not. Your idea of a search MAY work, if the search is for a dead body, not a live criminal. JImB.
In murder investigations, certain information is "held back from the public " so that the investigators will have the advantage if they make an arrest. The facts held back are things that only the killer would know, about the crime scenes, and the victims, and the method of killing the victims. Police are under no legal pressure to reveal every detail to the press. In fact, keeping the facts about the case confidential, the investigators are able to work leads without them being splashed across the 6 PM news. JimB.
The traditional three "childhood signs " are bed wetting, animal abuse, and arson. These are the signs that should be paid attention to, in children, especially boys. JimB.
Those are the major signs of a serial killer. Also most have an overbearing abusive parent with multiple spouses. Most serial killers will keep mementos of their kills. And most will frequently return to either the scene of the killing, or to the burial site to masturbate. Most killers say there's a good side and a bad side of their personality. When they kill, it's the bad side coming out in a frenzy. What's even weirder. people, who known them, report that the killers seem like two people -one normal, the other cold. To me, it's amazing how similar most serial killers are alike.
You have touched on some of the cardinal signs that Homicide investigators may "hold back from the Public " during their press conferences. A few of the others........Most serials stay within their race, in terms of victims. They tend to be loners, who roam around at night. Many of them have a "victim type " in terms of the physical description of their victims. Serials go through a "learning process " as they kill, perfecting their methods and practices. Usually, but not all ways, the method of killing will stay the same throughout the victims. Mentally, serials, along with other murderers, are described as " organized OR unorganized " in terms of how they operate and behave. A few serials have been found to form a "working relationship " with another person, and the 2 commit crimes ( not just murders ) together. JimB.
What about married serial killers. The recently arrested Long Island serial killer lured his victims under the premise of a business transaction/sex being his victims were mostly prostitutes. He was married and had children of his own and a step child.
I watched a short series on Edmund Kemper. A Santa Cruz killer. Wow was he sick and twisted and his insane mother sure fit that profile.
Sounds similar to the movie Jaws tagline.
"You'll never go in the water again!" or even Jaws II: "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water!" Anyway, there are always crazies prowling. Just got to be mindful of one's surroundings.Many think serial killers are a rarety but are more common than most think. And everyone winds up saying the same things when they are caught it's either -Not, him such a nice guy or I knew there was something about them. It's real easy to analyze after the fact but before something happens?Sounds like we all watch way too much Criminal Minds! I've watched all the episodes so many times that I could probably go work for the FBI myself!
I wonder though. They tell the criminal that he's under arrest. Does the criminal just stand there without trying to fight his way out of it?
Jim, following up on Devi here. If the person flees after arrest, can they be charged with Escape or such?
That is a reasonable question. The reality is that the person making the arrest MAY USE AS MUCH FORCE AS IS REQUIRED TO CONTROL THE PERSON BEING ARRESTED. Typically a arrest is completed without the use of force, by Police in Canada. Only about 5 percent of the time does the arrest involve physical fighting. Resisting arrest by assaulting a Police officer is an indictable offense in Canada, and upon conviction it brings a sentence of more than 2 years in prison, exclusive of any other charges that may be laid by the Crown Attorney. JimB.
