Andrew Urdiales

Arthur Shawcross is a man that committed his life to killing people. He was born on June 6, 1945 in Kittery, Maine. “Serial killer Arthur Shawcross was born on June 6, 1945, and died on November 10, 2008 while serving a life sentence for the murder of 11 women” (Arthur Shawcross 2015). Arthur is what is called a serial killer/murder. The term “serial murder” from our class notes means, “The killing of several victims in three or more separate incidents over time (separated by weeks or more)” (Miyuki 2017: Chapter 9, 27). Soon after Arthur was born, his family moved to Watertown, New York. Shawcross claims when he was a child, he was abused by his mother and the relationship he had with his father was not much better. Also, he claimed that this

This psychopath terrorized the people of Wisconsin and Ohio for thirteen years. This man committed a series of murder, rape, and dismemberment amongst his seventeen 17 victims. This paper will go one to talk about his early life, first victims, killing spree, arrest and imprisonment, and also his death.

My research paper is on Anthony Sowell, a serial killer, identified in press reports as the Cleveland Strangler. My research will examine and explain Anthony Sowell’s life and history prior to his crimes, the crimes and personality theories that apply to his deviant behavior.

Throughout American history, numerous acts of crime have been committed by serial killers that ultimately shocked the nation. A serial killer is defined as “someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval (Serial).” One particular person who is considered one of the most infamous serial killers on earth is Jeffrey Dahmer. The Jeffrey Dahmer case had a significant impact on not only society but on the criminal justice system as well.

Eventually, he ended his rampage in a third floor lecture hall where he shot and wounded several more people before ending his own life. Suicide notes found on him revealed that his motives were based on his hatred for feminists, stating that they have “ruined his life”. It also revealed a hit list containing 15 public figures, probably found through news media sources, but stated that he was unable to act upon it. Instead, all his victims turned out to be strangers that were unfortunate enough to be caught in the killing spree (Maser, 1987).

Simmons started moving from place to place beginning in late 1981 with his wife and seven children. He was being investigated by the DHS “for allegations that he had fathered a child with his seventeen year old daughter.” Simmons finally settled down in Pope County. He quit many jobs, the last being at Sinclair Mini Mart on December 18, 1987. On December 22, he shot his wife and son. On the same day, Simmons strangled and held his four daughters and son underwater until they died. Four days later, on December 26, he shot his son, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, and daughter. Simmons also drowned one of his grandsons, strangled the other grandson, and strangled his granddaughter, which is also his daughter. On December 28, he shot two other people who were not relatives. Before he surrendered to Russellville police, he stated on a phone call, “ It’s all over now. I’ve gotten everybody who wanted to hurt me”.

The serial killer I chose to do my report on was Dennis Rader. Rader was born on March 9, 1945 in Pittsburg, Kansas and as of today he is still alive. Rader was the oldest of four sons. When Dennis was a child he hung stray cats. He grew up in Wichita, Kansas. Rader served our country by joining the U.S Air Force which he served from the mid to late 1960’s. He got married to Paula in 1971 and he work for a company that sold camping gear but he only worked there for a few years. He worked for ADT services in 1974.

Serial killers can be defined as a person who kills multiple people over a long period of time. American media spreads stereotypical information about serial killers. The media portrays serial killers as either a monster or a charming guy next door (Forsyth 868). Serial killers cannot be fitted into the medias cookie-cutter definition. Everyone has experienced unique events throughout their life that shapes their personality and serial killers are not an exception. Ronald Dominique, a serial killer suffered a traumatic event while in jail; he was raped, and this event triggered his serial killings. “Serial murderers like those who kill only once, fit into no single profile; and create too wide a burden to be explained with one idea. They do seem to have one similar characteristic –that is; to blend into society and appear normal” (Forsyth 872).

This paper will focus on the well-known Canadian serial killer, Clifford Olsen. Born on January 1st, 1940 in British Columbia, Clifford Olsen can be described as a short and stocky man with brown hair and charming brown eyes. (Martin, 2011)

In January 2005, 25 years later he sent a postcard to a Wichita TV station describing a package he claimed to have left on the side of the road. In the message he also asked about the status of another package he left at a Home Depot store a few weeks earlier which gave the police their first big break in the case as he was spotted on the surveillance tapes. The letters became frequent again containing driver’s license and three Polaroid photographs of a dead woman Vicki Wegerle, who he strangled in her own home in 1986. He also sent letter containing dolls with bags over their heads and hands tied behind their backs, cryptic word and number puzzles, copies of serial-killer novels and victims’ personal

CI#8: Found with a 40 caliber gun and he was at the death row function before the shooting of Tupac.

DNA was not available at the time. He probably would have never been caught if he didn’t start writing the police again. On one occasion, he wrote a local TV station asking “How many do I have to kill before I get my name in the paper or get some national attention?” (Chu, Seiger, & Thigpen, 2005). He seemed to live a very normal life with a loving wife, children, and attended church. His church family could not believe he was capable of committing these crimes. This very normal lifestyle also contributed to the delay in capture. All of these elements contributed to the delay in his

Through 1980 and 1990, Ridgway was to have killed at the least 71 people. In an interview he said he killed so many that the lost count. Most of his victims were runaways or prostitutes whom he had picked up and strangled along Pacific Highway South. A majority of the murders took place in 1982-1984. A lot of the bodies were dumped along the Green River, in the wooded area, hence the name”Green River Killer.” He would always keep up with where he threw the bodies, because he would later return and have intercourse with their corpse. Sometimes he would leave the bodies in a posed, nude position. Out of all of the women Gary killed, only 4 are unidentified. Most of his bodies were left in Washington, but often to throw off the police, he would cross over into Oregon and leave a few there. He would contaminate the crime scenes by leaving gum and written material belonging to others. His murders would start by just driving along and picking up a woman, most of the time a prostitute. To make them feel more comfortable with him, he would show them a picture of his son that he carried in his wallet. He would lure them in, get them to have sex with him and then he would murder them. He would always strangle them. Never would he use anything but his hands. You could tell where the girls would struggle,because he would have bruises and claw marks on his arms. After

Many serial killers are seen as evil, manipulative and incapable of feeling remorse. Some may even hide these factors by seemingly living a good life, with a family, children and a career. But Andrei Chikatilo definitely tops the list with the amount of horrific murders he has committed from 1978-1990, from gouging eyes to tearing bodies apart with his teeth, you will soon realize why he is one of the worst serial killers in history.

A reign of terror shocked the United States during the 1970s. More and more women students suddenly and inexplicably vanished. During a frantic search for the serial murderer, investigators could not seem to find a link to the perpetrator. The striking similarities of the victims indicated to only one mastermind was behind this scheme. However, when he was caught, America learned that not every serial killer fits the profile. Ted Bundy, a man known to many as intelligent and intriguing, spread his reign of terror throughout the United States by systematically targeting and murdering young women; using the process perspective, it is determinable that his confusing and often tumultuous upbringing as a youth influenced his future behavior one