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®lje ^Sortlanb (©bseruer A P r o file o f th e H u n te r a n d th e H u n te d , c o n t ’d fro m p a g e 7- a s s e m b lin g a c r im in a l p ro file . FOCUS Page 7 fe e lin g s , a n d id e n tify w ith th e ra g e b u t u n le s s w e re b u ild th e s o lid W ith m y p o lic e tra in in g a n d a n d f r u s tr a tio n th a t d r iv e h im to c o re o f f a m ily u n ity th a t o n c e g a v e w hen their num ber and the frequency c lin ic a l w o r k s e r v in g a s a th e o w a r d a c ts o f v io le n c e . A s in th e s tr o n g m o r a lity , lo v e a n d d e e p o f th e ir a p p earan ces seem to be cial p h e n o m e n a such as serial killers m o tiv e a n d g r e a t d is a rra y . I f re tic a l a n d p ra c tic a l f o u n d a tio n , I c a s e o f m y th ic a l N a tiv e A m e ric a n p u r p o s e to o u r n a tio n , w e a r e g o rising. A n d w h e n w e see sy m p to m th e k ille r r e -v is its th e sc e n e , it is d r a w u p o n m a rtia l a rts tra in in g s h a p e c h a n g e r s , I a lte r m y th in k in g to c re a te m o re feelingless m o n atic ex am p les o f their sociopathic to r e -liv e th e e x p e rie n c e . a n d m e ta p h y s ic a l s tu d ie s fo r th e in g , c h a n g e s h a p e s . I w ill o u tw it sters w h o kill ra n d o m ly and re m in d b e h av io r in less violent individuals, T h e s im p lic ity o f th e o rg a - c r e a tiv e , in tu itiv e p r o c e s s th a t m y ta rg e t: “ s te a lin g ” h is fu n d a u s b y th e ir increasin g presen ce that w h o , nevertheless exh ib it the ag n iz e d -d is o rg a n iz e d c la s s ific a tio n w ill g u id e m y re fle c tio n . P r o f e s m e n ta l se lf. H is p a th b e c o m e s the fabric o f o u r lives is bein g to m g ressiv e signs o f displacem ent, ra is m o re c o m p lic a te d w h e n w e a re s io n a l e x p e r ie n c e a n d sp iritu a l m in e . H is f o o ts te p s m y o w n . I a m asu n d er b ecau se w e have aban tionalization a n d depersonalization, c o n f ro n te d w ith a s p e c ific c a s e . p r a c tic e a llo w f o r th e s u s p e n s io n a t o n e w ith b o w a n d ta rg e t. d o n e d th at w h ic h m ad e o u r lives w e m u st co n clu d e that there is a T h e r e a re m ix tu r e s o f th e s e a s o f c o n v e n tio n a l r e a lity a n d th e w o rth w h ile a n d virtuous. g ro w in g sickness in o u r society w ith w e ll a s e x tr a n e o u s d is r u p tio n o f b le n d in g o f s c ie n c e w ith m y s ti o f r a tio n a l p r o c e s s e s a n d it is th e c r im e sc e n e a n d in te n tio n a l c is m . M y o w n c o n s c io u s n e s s is d iffic u lt, e v e n p a in fu l, to re a liz e c o v e r u p s. A n o r g a n iz e d m u r m y g u id e . th a t th e in c r e a s in g a g g r e s s io n , M in d is m o re th a n a n o u tg ro w th It is n e v e r e n o u g h m ere ly to w h ic h w e m ust deal o f w h ic h w e a re r e m in d e d to o d e r e r m a y c a m o u f la g e h is c r im e O n a n u n c o n s c io u s - s e m i u s in g d is o r g a n iz e d b a h a v io rs . It c o n s c io u s le v e l, I a tte m p t to d o ta k e s tra in in g to d is c e r n th is b e w h a t th e se ria l k ille r d o e s w ith h is in o u r n e w s p a p e r s , is d e te r h a v io r fro m th e p ro d u c t o f a m e n v ic tim : fu s e a n d id e n tify . In th is m in e d b y ir r a tio n a l fo rc e s . ta lly ill p e rs o n . T h e p s y c h o a n a s ta te , th e r e a r e n o b a r rie r s to T h is is o n e e x p la n a tio n o f ly s t w ith o u t in v e s tig a tiv e tr a in u n d e r s ta n d in g . I a m a t o n e w ith th e d e a th in stin c t. in g w o u ld h a v e a d if f ic u lt tim e th e k ille r: I in tu it h is th o u g h ts a n d o f te n b y s h o c k in g h e a d lin e s I am n o t a d o o m sa y er, Child Serial Murder o f tw o young children w ere found in scene photographs and autopsy re ports I predicted that tlie “typical a park in V ancouver. W ashington offender” o f such crim es w ould b e a state. T he police in Portland, O regon w hitem alebetw een25-35yeaisofage o n O ctober 24*, 1989 responded to w ho w as a loner and non-affihated in the disappearance o f a young child in the com m unity. It w as predicted that a public p a r k V ancouver, W ashing ifthe offender had served in the m ili ton detectives w ere called to investi gate thenudebodyofa w hite m ale five tary he w ould have been discharged y earoldonN ovem ber 1", 1989.It w as tions, that h e m ight carefully assess later learned that this w as the child theprogressofthecrim inal investiga w ho had beenm issing from the public tion o f these m urders and m ight even park m Portland A m ulti-dinx’nsKinal try to “ assist’’ police. H e m ight keep task force including FBI agents from records o fth e crim e including a diary both W ashington and O regon w as organized. O nN ovem berthe 7*, 1989 and n ew spaper clippings and it w as I w as asked to jo in the task force to pornography w o u ld b e in his posses develop a “ psychological profile” o f sion o r in his hom e, as w ell as photo theassailant B y exam inm gthecnm e graphs o f the victim alive and post- O n S e p te m b e r^ , 1989,thebodies under less than honorable condi hypothesized that once apprehended, Ron Thrco served as a police officer, psychiatrist and intuitive detective in Portland. mortem. B yutilizingdeiixigraphicdata likely view ed females as’ “being defec it w as further hypothesized that the tive” . Control o f the victim w as noted subject w ould probably h ave a late tube thepnm aryinotivatorw ith sexual m odel car and w ould be em ployed at a gratification being secondary. W e jo b w ith lim ited responsibility. Such speculated that the offender w as a data w a s statistically consistent w ith transient w ho had m ost likely already o u r past experience w ith such o ffen d conim ittedseveralm urderswhowould ers. Psychological interpretation of the behavior oOf past offenders indicated continue to com m it more. Such individuals have been found that they w ould keep a fetish, fre to have a p n o r history o f m ental coun quently a b o d y part, a lock o f hair, an seling for sexual offenses, and a long am cleofunderclothing.jew elryv’irper- history o f deviant, sexual behavior. sonal item s as a “ souvenir” 1 a te r the W enoted th atitw o u ld b e com m on for fetisLstic article w as used to m asturbate this individual to use restraints on his and “re-live" (in fantasy) their erotic child victims. W e hypothesized that criminal activity. Inthisparticularcrime, this m an w ould be non-psychotic and w e hypothesized that the offender w ould likely fit into the category o f an w ould probably continue to m olest “ organized" serial m urderer, accord and m urder m ale victims and that he ing to the FBI categories.