The Killer Hedonistics Of Leonard Lake And Charles Ng

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Killer Typology and Classification
What type of killer a person is depends on if they meet a specific criteria or not, and the killer classification has many subtypes in addition to that criteria. In the case of Leonard Lake and Charles Ng, they are considered to be process-focused serial killers because they were known enjoy drawing out the torment and death of their victims. Of course, process-focused is a rather broad term which is further narrowed down, into the subtypes of hedonistic killers or control-oriented killers. Lake and Ng are hedonistic killers, which kill for the pleasure they feel committing a murder. More specifically, they are thrill-oriented hedonistic murders.While most might assume simply from the name and nature …show more content…

In fact, the exact number and identities of all their victims may never be known. The closest estimate that is capable of being given in regards to the number of victims is anywhere from eleven to twenty-five victims, and much of that is speculation based on those who went missing while the two killers were operating in northern California during that time. A list of possible victims of the killers include all the following: Donald Lake, Charles Gunnar, Robin Stapley, Paul Cosner, Harvey Dubs, Deobrah Dubs, Sean Dubs, Brenda O 'Conner, Lonnie Bond, Lonnie Bond Jr., Kathleen Allen, Mike Carrol, Jeffrey Askern, Randy Jacobson, Cheryl Okoro, Maurice Wok, Donald Giuletti, Clifford Parenteau, and Jeffrey Gerald, as well as some unidentified unfortunates (Newton, …show more content…

Many of their victims were actually friends of theirs, with Charles Gunnar actually having been the best man at Lake 's wedding. It seems to prove that these killers did not hold sympathy for anyone, not even infants like Sean Dubs and Lonnie Bond Jr. The victimology seems to lean towards any victim of chance who could be manipulated or persuaded into being alone with no other witnesses than either Lake or

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