criminal+profiling

Create a profile of the killer •	Black male- could move comfortably through black neighborhood without standing out •	Worked out of the FBI academy- research on serial killers o	Interviewed killers at a penitentiary •	What type of area did the suspect feel comfortable kidnapping in or dropping bodies off in •	Black male in early to mid twenties o	Atlanta police officers were outraged at the profile o	Hair and fiber evidence on the victims •	Suspect had been in close contact with his victims o	Wayne Williams •	Impersonating a police officer- carried a badge •	He was a record producer and talent scout •	Clothing and fiber evidence found- linking him to twelve of the victims •	Profiler predicted that Williams would fake illness- to get sympathy in court •	Profiler tells prosecuter to whisper in Wayne’s ear “What did it feel like to have your hands around the throat of that boy’s neck?” o	Profile wheel- rage was needed from the suspect

•	Hanson case o	Robert Hanson- prominent in town •	Had a stutter •	Arrest at 18 for arson •	Parolled in ‘78 •	He was a hunter 	Profiler guessed that the suspect would have a stutter- he didn’t have to talk to the prostitutes •	Led investigators to the bodies of more victims

•	Sherry Smith o	Profiling to look for the killer that left the girl’s body strangled behind a house o	Profiler said the killer would be a white male, overweight and unattractive to women •	He would be meticulous, and may come after the other daughter o	Killer murdered two girls- called the parents and led them to the body o	Technicians looked at the paper the last will of sherri smith •	Tracked a phone number to the house of a couple who had been out of town o	Profiler’s predicted that he would be very neat, have a flexible job, and would have a police record o	Profiler was allowed to interview Bell (the suspect) •	Told Bell about two sides of a personality- Bell confessed about his dual personality o	Profile predictor that Bell would cause a disturbance in court the first time