(July 19, 2011 at 7:32 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: and he fit the serial killer profile (white male in his thirties very high IQ)
As much as I would like to wish there were a serial killer profile, there really is not. The FBI version of it would have you think so, but we see a lot of white serial killers because, historically, this is a predominantly white country. However, there have been black serial killers in the United States (Paul Durousseau and Andre Crawford come to mind) and plenty abroad. There are also idiotic serial killers, like those Moors murders dipshits. I am pretty sure John Wayne Gacy wasn't a complete moron, but I would be surprised if he had a high IQ. There was also Joseph Paul Franklin, Raye and Faye Copeland, Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, Jesse Pomeroy (who was a not so bright child), Fred and Rosemary West and Tommy Lynn Sells. None of them were bright. High profile cases like Ted Bundy and Jack the Ripper lead us to think that serial killers are smart by definition. That is not the case. They are sadistic. Other than that, there is no concrete underlying factor. Child serial killers are uncommon, but not unheard of, such as Jesse Pomeroy (mentioned above) and Mary Bell. Female serial killers? Well, there are already several listed here.
