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Is Charles Manson a serial killer?

- mother is a prostitute - sets school on fire at 9 years old - stole cars, broke in to stuff, armed robbery at 13 - went from school, to boys school, to more strict boy schools, to juvenile schools - commit small time crimes - anti social personality

Period 6 gave me the following definitions for a serial killer: someone who had killed more than one person no emotional connection or remorse rejected by society multiple victims (maybe random) kills with a pattern

He had a troubled background starting when he was young, and the victims that he picked were for a specific purpose (drugs).
 * How was Charles Manson the same as the other serial killers that we studied?**

He was different because he didn't exactly kill them, instead he used other people and manipulated them into killing the victims. He left notes on walls and the work "pigs" at all of the sites.
 * How was Charles Manson different from other serial killers?**

From the list that we made in class, i would say that he does and does not classify as a serial killer. Personally i think that he was a serial killer because he was rejected by society, he had multiple victims, he killed with a pattern (helter skelter), and he didn't have any emotional connection or remorse about killing the people. However, something that would say that he isn't a serial killer is from the fact that he didn't personally kill the people. He had his "family" kill the people. He manipulated them however he could, so technically he didn't touch them, he was just the brain of the operations. But considering that he qualified for 4 out of the 5 that we made a list for, i would say that he is a serial killer.
 * In terms of the definitions we presented in class, does Charles Manson classify as a serial killer?**