Offender profiling

But Bill Chalmers has asked a very interesting question to his own readers, and that is, should we have something called a singular serial killer? Should we have something called for a singular serial killer where there is a person who committed one murder or one set of murders, but they still meet the definition of being a serial killer? They still have the traits and personality of a serial killer? They still have the mindset of a serial killer? You guys can let me know what you think about that in the comments section.

Should we have something called a singular serial killer? And, I mean, Pat Brown asked a very similar question on one of her livestreams, Pat Brown the Criminal Profiler, and this was in response to Brian Koberger in the Idaho 4 murders, because...

She was saying that shouldn't we recognize that somebody has the traits of a serial killer, and even if they've been stopped after one murder or one set of murders, they should still be classified as a serial killer? Brian Koberger committed the Idaho Four murders, the murders of Kaylee Gonsalves, Maddie Mogan, Ethan Chapin, and Zaina Kernodle.

and he is not a serial killer because to the best of our knowledge he only committed one night of activity one night of homicidal activity even though four people died but he was planning on becoming a serial killer for all intents and purposes and should this concept exist a singular serial killer i have to vote no only because they haven't done it yet.

And I feel like I'm seeing the big picture because sometimes I'll comment about this famous couple.

And the thing that I'll say, it's actually rooted in criminal profiling because it's tips that I've learned from this criminal profiler and how she sees criminal behavior.

Because I do think that these people engage in behaviors that are very reminiscent of criminals.

And so that's how I look at them.

Right.

Douglas and his team started asking, "How do we build a model of the person who would do this?" It is the origin story of criminal profiling.

That's huge.

They believed that by categorizing how these offenders selected victims, how they interacted with the crime scene, and the psychological payoffs they sought, they could create a behavioral blueprint to narrow down suspect pools in active unsolved cases.