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Criminal Profiling Video

Define Criminal Profiling - to use deductive reasoning and basic evidence to create a portrait of a killer. finding the look of a profiler based on the actions taken around the area. They describe the look and what he will act like and do next. They find that they will try to stay in an area that they are comfortable in. It is how a person is. how neat they are, age, weight, personal life, if attractive or not.

28 kids/ teenagers killed in Atlanta,Georgia. Edward Smith was found in the woods 3 days later. another boy 2 month later a boy was found in an abandoned school. another boy 9 months later and the next 5 months more black boys died. Profilers said it should be a black male that would be able to move comfortably through the area. They interviewed other serial killers to see how they think and how they were raised to get an idea of how he may act. When they got back the death toll rose to 16. By feb. 3 more had been claimed. 19 have now been killed. Feb 13th, Jessie, they boy was found 1 year later in the woods. Black male, in early to mid 20's. lived in community. Hair and fiber evidence help prove that they were linked. Over next 3 months, 9 more bodies were found, all were strangled as well. Pulled over and question Wayne Bertram Williams after he heard a splash. arrested earlier for impersonating a cop. Not enough evidence to prove it was him but he was put under watch for the rest of the time and suddenly the killing came to sudden halt. His hair matched hair on killed victims. Arrested and put under trial They called that he would fake an illness because they realized that he was losing the case. Profiler also predicted that he would take the stand by himself. Told them to get personal with him and grab his hand and then whisper to him saying how did it feel when you wrapped your fingers around his throat, what it hard? and he whispered back. they ticked him off and he yelled back. He was found guilty and pt in prison for 2 life sentences. He showed rage which is very key to being a serial killer. He fit there look and the profiler predicted his every next move.