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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.