“ In his suicide, he will be expressing finally what his homicides have meant to him. He will be caught because he wants to get caught.” Freedman said that the killer’s behavior indicated he was most likely insane and suicidal. Freedman concluded that the Zodiac committed his crimes because he was “overwhelmed with terror,” and “ spreads terror because he leads a terror-dominated life, and he insists on his power because he feels powerless. Freedman, chairman of the Institute of Social and Behavioral Pathology at the University of Chicago, studied the Zodiac’s words and deeds in order to understand the mind of the murderer. After examining the writings of the Zodiac, the psychiatrist concluded, “ He is probably a guy who broods about cutoff feelings, about being cut off from his fellow man.” Vallejo Police Captain Wade Bird speculated, “ I think he’ll prove to be a genius who got so far out he went over the edge… I don’t believe a man this disturbed could hold down a steady, regular job. ĭuring the original Zodiac investigation, detectives explored the mind and methods of the killer, and sought the advice of a psychiatrist at the California Medical facility in Vacaville. When authorities finally identified the Green River killer as Gary Ridgway, he did not match the criminal profile created by famous profiler John Douglas of the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit. Rader again defied the experts– he was married, fathered children, maintained a steady job and served as the president of his church. BTK was subsequently identified as Dennis Rader, a 59 year-old Animal Control worker. The killer’s package contained photographs he had taken during the murder of the woman in question, thereby refuting the conclusions of the experts. Then, in 2004, BTK resurfaced and sent his first communication in 25 years. The experts examined the cases and conclued that BTK was definitely not responsible for the woman’s murder. Some investigators believed that BTK was responsible for the murder of a young woman while others were absolutely convinced that the elusive killer was not involved in that crime. Further, an experienced profiler can examine the evidence and create a perfectly logical profile based on facts only to discover that the profile was completely wrong once the real perpetrator is identified.Īfter many years of hunting the BTK strangler, Wichita detectives turned to the experts and profilers for help. However, history has proven that criminal profiling is largely guess-work, and the profiles are only as good as the person who prepared that profile. Many people who watch popular television shows such as CRIMINAL MINDS and PROFILER have come to believe that profiling is an exact science which can and does identify a specific type of individual as the perpetrator of a particular crime. The experts believed that GRK and BTK were also loners who were incapable of maintaining regular employment or relationships with members of the opposite sex.įBI profilers and criminal profiling have become a part of pop culture. BTK also telephoned authorities to report a murder and he sent several communications during his criminal career. Like the Zodiac, both GRK and BTK had killed and then disappeared for decades.
PSYCHOLOGICAL PORTRAITURE SERIAL
The same portrait was offered by experts who described the personality of other notorious serial killers such as the Green River killer and the B.T.K. The popular portrait painted the Zodiac as a loner who was incapable of holding a steady job or maintaining any meaningful relationships with women. Profilers, psychologists, and arm-chair detectives have weighed in with various theories regarding the killer’s mind and motives. The psychology and personality of the Zodiac killer have been the subject of speculation and debate for decades.
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