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Criminal Profiling Definition -Using research to create a profile of the killer.

Wayne Williams -Killed 28 teenagers and kids. -July 28, 1979 first bodies found and police called. -All were young black children from poor neighborhoods. -FBI used new technique called criminal profiling -Douglas said they were probably working with a black male because he could move easily through community. -Victim count were 16 before Douglas arrived in Atlanta. -Hazelwood was the other criminal profiler working on the case -The victims rose to 19 by Feb. 1981 -After 3 weeks they issued another profile stating he was a black male 20-30 years living in the community and a police buff -There were hairs and fibers on the bodies that connected the victims to the murderer -The profilers predicted the next victims would be found near water to wash off fibers. -All victims were strangled -He was the only child -Was arrested 5 years earlier for impersonating an officer. Proves the police buff -Williams posted fliers around the neighborhood to recruit young teenagers for music drawing in teenagers. -Williams was arrested after fibers were found in his house connecting him to two murders. -Douglas predicted Williams would fake an illness during the trial and the next day he did. -Then he predicted Williams would take the stand in his own defense and he did that as well. -Williams was proved guilty because he became outraged after 3 days of cross examination proving he fit the profile of a the murderer and a psychopath.