Serial killers are oddly fascinating, whether it’s the method they kill or their background story. Each serial killer’s story is unique and different. What fascinated me the most were the IQ scores of the most successful serial killers. I wondered why all the best serial killers had high IQ scores, and then I wondered if they were higher than an average person. I organized my paper into sections, first is the background information about Albert DeSalvo who was the serial killer that I picked to do the most research on. The next section is the findings section, which I sectioned into three more sections. The three serial killers were divided into whether or not they dropped out of high school, dropped out of college or graduated college. Then …show more content…
Between June 1962 and January 1964, a series of murders took place in Boston. The Boston Strangler was accountable for 11 of the 13 female victims. At that time, no one was tried for the Boston Strangler because there was no actual evidence. DeSalvo confessed to each of the 13 Strangler murders and gave detail about how he killed each victim, but there was still doubts from people that worked with him.
Boston Strangler Crime From June 1962 through January 1964, 13 single women between the ages of 19 and 85 were murdered throughout the Boston Area. The first victim was Anna Slesers; a seamstress was murdered on the evening of June 14, 1962. She lived on her own in Boston. Her son found her body in the bathroom with a cord around her neck tied in a bow. Detectives found Slesers in an obscene state: nude and stripped of dignity. She had been sexually assaulted and the apartment was ransacked. The next victim was murdered on June 28, 1962. Mary Mullen, 85-year-old was found murdered in her home. Then two days later 68-year-old Nina Nichols was also found in Boston. Both victims seemed to be robbed and were found undressed. Nichols was found with her legs wide open and her stocking tied in a
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Detectives thought that they had their killer; DeSalvo was incarcerated in the MCI Cedar Junction prison in Massachusetts. In November 1973, DeSalvo was stabbed to death in prison. There were no more murdered by the Strangler after DeSalvo had been arrested, but the case was never closed.
Recent News In 2001, DeSalvo’s body was exhumed and DNA tests were taken to compare evidence from the last Strangler victim, Mary Sullivan. There was no match, which only proved that DeSalvo didn’t sexually assault her. In 2013, his body was re-exhumed for further evaluation with new forensic testing. After taking DNA from DeSalvo’s nephew, the police said it was a “near-certain match” to DNA evidence found on Mary Sullivan’s body. After testing DeSalvo’s femur and some teeth, it was determined that DeSalvo was the man who killed and raped Mary Sullivan.
Speculation
Although DNA and evidence showed that DeSalvo was the killer, the family of DeSalvo and a nephew Mary Sullivan continue to believe in Albert DeSalvo’s innocence of the 13 murders to which he confessed; they remain convinced that the killer is still
Sacco and Vanzetti were accused of murdering the paymaster and a guard at the Slater and Morrill shoe factory in South Braintree, Massachusetts, on April 15, 1920. They were also accused of taking two payroll boxes which contained $15,776.51.
(New Orleans). All the evidence that was found is very unclear, but the next suspect in the murder is Joseph Mumfre.
The murder of JonBenet Ramsey has become one of the nation's notorious unsolved murder mysteries. A wide range of crime scene investigators and police officials have searched for clues for JonBenet's killer, but countless authorities have already considered this murder to be one of the most inexplicable cold-cases in America. As the world marks the twenty first year anniversary of the tragic event with still no standing suspects, an abundance of evidence proven through research points to one suspect in particular.
To support their conclusion the board tells the story of two men who were exonerated after spending thirty years in prison for a crime they did not commit. Days after the rape and murder of eleven year old Sabrina Buie, half-brothers Henry Lee McCollum and Leon Brown confessed to the crime. Not only were their confessions made under pressure without parents or an attorney present, but the prosecution failed to present multiple pieces of evidence to the defense lawyers, DNA evidence that proved McCollum and Brown were not responsible for the murder. In fact, the DNA belonged to a Roscoe Artis, who was a suspect all along and was convicted of a similar crime just weeks later.
According to Tom Spring ,“About 10,000 people in the United States may be wrongfully convicted of serious crimes each year.”(Tom Spring). In the men’s bathroom December 29 ,1991 early in the morning, a woman's body was discovered on the floor in the men’s restroom with blood all over her . She had a couple of bite marks on the left side of her breast and neck. On the night of her death , she was working a long night shift about to close the CBS Long Bar in Phoenix. Another key point the police and investigators are ignoring evidence, and alibis of innocent people weather it is true because they are tired or wrongfully abusing their rights.In this case that is whats happing to Mr. Krone. According to Edmond Dantes he says that the police
A University of San Diego professor whose daughter’s disappearance become a recurring factor in his life, has finally gotten the peace he deserves. After approximately five years of three unsolved murders, assailant David Allen Lucas, was convicted and sentenced to death. Lucas was a carpet cleaner from Spring Valley, CA and was 23 when he first committed a murder, but this was not his first time being convicted. In 1973, at the age of 18 Lucas was incarcerated after being convicted of raping a 21-year-old maid who had worked for a family friend.
Serial killers commonly attack a single target at a time one on one. There also tends to be no or very little relation between the person being killed and the killer (murder 1). “The nature of this drive has been heavily debated, but there is a consensus on some points (Anderson 1).” Many researchers have noted sexual behavior in the murder.
The FBI defines serial killing as “the unlawful killing of two or more victims by the same offender(s) in separate events” (Farrell, Keppal, & Titterington, 2011, p. 231). While individuals who partake in such activity do receive a large amount of attention, the female parts of this population are vastly under recognized. Female serial killers receive little academic attention, even though they are a complex and dynamic group to study (p. 229). Women make up 15% of American serial killers, with 36 known to be active in the last century (p. 230). It is speculated that at any given time there are 50-70 serial killers in the United States, and approximately 7-8 of them are female (Schurman, 2000, p. 12).
In July of 1994, a little girl named, Megan Kanka, was raped and strangled. They found her body near her home in Hamilton Township, New Jersey. The story of thing young girl has shocked the nation. The man responsible for this brutal act is named, Jesse Timmendequas. He had been convicted twice prior to this attack.
Beasley, James. 2004. “Serial Murder in America: Case Studies of Seven Offenders.” Behavioral Sciences and the Law 22: 395-414
We may never know for sure because based on all the evidence I've read, in my opinion Albert DeSalvo was not the famed Boston Strangler. The Boston Strangler wreaked havoc on the city from June 1962 until January 1964. He claimed the lives of thirteen women, ages ranging from 85 years old to 19 years old. The first victim had been raped and her bathrobe tie wrapped around her neck in a bow in June 1964. The next victim, was 85 year old
Charles Manson and the Manson family committed gruesome crimes that shocked Los Angeles in 1969. The actress Sharon Tate and four others were ritualistically slaughtered in her Hollywoods Hills home. The murderers had left cryptic messages on the walls in the victims blood, and law enforcement were stumped by the multiple stab wounds found on the victims. The next day a married couple, Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, who were successful shop owners, were found in their Las Feliz home murdered in the same way as Sharon Tate and her friends.
Serial killers are everywhere! Well, perhaps not in our neighborhood, but on our television screens, at the movie theaters, and in rows and rows of books at our local Borders or Barnes and Nobles Booksellers” (Brown). When people think of serial killers, names such as Dahmer, Gacy, Bundy, and Gein are cited. During the time Jack the Ripper was executing his victims in London, Holmes began his gruesome career in Chicago (America’s Serial Killers). “Despite being America’s first serial killer, Holmes is hardly a familiar name and until now we haven’t had any popular visual record of his crimes: (Spikol). Why is it that people only think of the more popular killers with higher known profiles? They are all very similar to one another because they share characteristics. H.H. Holmes was a successful serial killer because he was well educated, cunning and charming. Those are just a few traits Holmes ...
On August 4, 1892 in Fall River, Massachusetts a married couple was viciously murdered in their home receiving several blows to the head from an axe. The deceased married couple’s names were Andrew and Abby Borden. Almost all of the hits were specifically aimed at both of the victim’s heads’ which, in the end, caused them to be almost entirely unrecognisable. A known fact is that the first few hits would easily have killed the victims, yet the killer continued to hit the victims with an axe long after they were dead. The Bordens’ deaths spread through the media like wildfire; all the newspapers were printing about what happened, the entire United States knew of the Borden murders. Police investigated the case for weeks and there were different suspects, however none were truly able to match up. Much of the evidence along with motive all seemed to lead to one
They argue that the typical serial murderer travels around, usually state to state, searching for victims to rape, torture, and murder. Very few murders are driven by delusions and are not medically or legally sick. Serial murderers are usually psychopaths who lack internal control and has an excessive need to control and dominate others. Serial murderers know right from wrong but simply do not care. Their target usually involved innocent strangers who have certain physical features or may just be accessible. The authors study the motivation of mass murders and note difficulties police officers encounter in capturing them. (Levin & Fox,