AP+Criminal+Profiling+Viedo

Define Criminal Profiling
- look at the art work - what makes them tick - family life/ teenage years/ behavior - hair and fiber evidence - study background - rage - deductive reasoning - common sense

Wayne Williams was a criminal who killed 28 teenagers. All of his victims were straggled. He went for a certain type, little black boys who are from poor neighborhoods. He made a name for himself as a record and talent scout. He would tell the kinds that he was recruiting teens. The teens would then follow him. He would also pretend he was a police officer because he still had a badge and the kids believed him.

The Criminal profilers played him out to be a black male because he could have to travel through the poor neighborhood with out attracting too much attention to himself. Since all of the earlier bodies were found in wooded areas they predicted the next group of bodies would be found by water to wash all the evidence away. The next groups of bodies were in fact found in the river. They also predicted that he would be an impersonator, which he was. They predicted four major things that would crack him. One, he was going to fake an illness a week from that day because they found hair and fiber evidence of the victims at his house. He did just that, he pretended that he has chest problems and was rushed to the hospital. Two, he was gong to take the stand in his own defense. He did just that. Three, if they kept him on the stand as long as possible he would eventually crack soon. Four, they told the lawyer approach him and to take his hand and get really close and personal. The lawyer whispered in his ear, “how did it feel when you wrapped your hands around the victims throat?” That’s where he admitted that he had committed the murders.