Timothy Krajcir Psychology

Timothy Krajcir was born in Mahoney City, Pennsylvania in 1944 to unwed parents. Timothy’s mother was not physically abusive; however she emotionally neglected young Timothy. Later he began to obsess over his mother and claimed that his mother would prance around the house in filmy negligees and lingerie; those images would serve as fodder first his initial unhealthy fantasies. At eleven years old Krajcir claimed that he felt a strong attraction to his mother and by the age of fourteen it manifested itself as sexually aggressive behavior. Krajcir started with peeking at his mother’s scantily clad shape; though by adolescence he graduated to staring at female neighbors and women he spotted in their yards or driveways. As the years went on he would resort to voyeurism and exhibitionism during periods when he was fighting to keep himself from raping or killing. Nearly every murder he committed was preceded by him flashing someone, usually a group of women or spying on a prospective victim. (DiCosmo, 2009, pp 21-24)

In 1963, he was incarcerated at Menard Psychiatric Center for his first rape. There he met an inmate named Todd Hopkins. Hopkins was a perilous man and a convicted killer. They established a rapport and being as Krajcir was only eight-teen years old Hopkins gave him pointers. Something that never left Krajcirs mind was something Hopkins said. Hopkins said “Tim, if you ever do anything don’t leave no witnesses.” (DiCosmo, 2009, pp. 42) These words stuck with Krajcir for the past thirteen years and would be the driving force of him killing his victims. Although his first two victims would not see his face due to the blue bandanna he had tied around his face. Krajcir really had no reason to kill any of his victims.

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...al deviations while others have severe schizophrenia. Dennis Rader is the closest serial killer that could resemble Timothy Krajcir due to the fact that they stalked their victims, broke into their homes, bound them and strangled their victims. Though Timothy Krajcir did just strangle his victims he shot some as well. Nevertheless both did not have a good reason to kill any of the people that they did. Dennis Rader killed everyone in the family whereas, Timothy did not. Daniel Camargo Barbosa raped and killed women in Columbia however he mutilated their bodies with a machete when he was done. The only body Timothy mutilated was Mildred’s and he only cut her nipple off. Another rapist and murderer is Pedro Alonso Lopez from Columbia who was rape and murder girls. Pedro and Timothy both strangled their victims to death. However Pedro did not shoot any of his victims.