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Forensic Profiling 455 Flashcards

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Easter Bunny

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Biker dressed as a easter bunny pulled over by police

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Stop the john project

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A program to shame sex-solicitors in San Bernardino, CA

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Unabomber suspect matches FBI profile in most respects

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  • 53 year old recluse, Theodore Kaczynski
  • Mountain cabin in Montana
  • Graduated from Harvard at 20
  • Killed 3 people, injured 23
  • When he was a baby he got sick and had to be isolated away from his family for months
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Experts Say Stephens fits profile of a sociopath

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  • ?? McKendall
  • Him and his friends lured a girl out, smoked some weed, tried to sexually assault a girl and killed her,
  • hikers found her body in a well
  • quote “repeating ??
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Serial Killers

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  • The US was #1 in having the most serial killers
  • Cali has the most number of serial killers
  • Most killers are born in the west and come to Cali
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Study from University of San Fran

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  • Looks at 13,000 people and tested how well they could detect liars
  • people that could detect liars are called Wizards
  • 31 out of 13,000 were good at detecting liars
  • Secret service was the best at detecting liars
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Wizards

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  • Came from the study at U of San Fran
  • People who can detect liars the best
  • Secret Service are the best Wizards
  • Almost all wizards have a element in their background that trained them, like people coming an going in out of their lives.
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intern cracks cold case after 38 years

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  • college girl went through old files found finger prints sent them to the FBI and they matched someone
  • they didn’t have the technology then that they have now
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South Carolina man accused of having sex with horse

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  • Animals owner caught him on video staked out and caught him at gun point
  • horses name was sugar
  • man was in love with horse
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buggery

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having sex with horses

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kelly Bullwinkle (redlands killing)

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  • took her out to santimeteo canyon road, killed her, dumped her car in the ontario mills
  • went out to eat at Denny’s and to see a movie
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pipe bomber

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  • locus (Helder), 21 year old college student (may 2002)
  • planted bombs in mail boxes in 5 different states
  • tried to create a smiley face
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1 weirdest name street

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-a street called “psychopath” in Michigan

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Münchausen syndrome

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  • Asher came up with it in 1951

- Making yourself sick or pretending to be sick for attention or sympathy

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patent State Hospital

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prison for psychotic people

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malingering

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pretending to be sick to get out of something

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MSBP( Munchausen syndrome by proxy)

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  • Meadow came up with it in 1977

- in substitute of themselves they use someone else to get a greater reward or more attention

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man pretends to be a navy seal

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-had expired tags and got caught in Yakipa

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Cinderella Effect

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  • non biological care takers abuse children

- in MSBP it’s more common for the biological parent to abuse the child

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kerri francis Dunn

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  • former Claremont McKenna pro.
  • Vandalized her own car
  • students seen her that’s how she got caught
  • misdemeanor for filing false report & 2 felony counts of attempted insurance fraud.
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History Chanel: Profilers

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-Wayne B. Williams- killed 28 black boys in Atlanta
-he impersonated police officers and that ‘s how he got close to the kids
-been arrested 5 times for impersonation
-faked chest pains during trial
-charged with 2 life sentences wasn’t charged for all murders
-John Douglas- FBI Profiler, portrayed Williams as Angry
Roy Hazelwood- Johns partner
-Willie May Mathis- mother of a victim, one of the women to try and publicize the atlanta children killings
-Mary Welcome helped

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Robert Hansen

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-Lived in anchorage, married with 2 children
-embarrassing studder
-14 women\dancers were missing
-search warrant , found maps in his house that matched perfectly to where the bodies were dumped
-Gregg Baker was the Anchorage officer
-sentenced to life and 400 something years in prison
(psychology today magazine)

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David Berkowitz “Son of Sam”

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  • Aka as 44 caliber killer
  • disorganized offender
  • took orders from his neighbors(Sam) dog(Harvey)
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gin and tonic bandit arrested for skipping bills

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  • Bloomington, ind
  • every wednesday a man ordered a rib eye steak and 2 drinks
  • said he had to use the bathroom and never payed his 25.96 bill
  • caught on the 5th wed. by officer randy gehlhousen
  • held at monroe county jail on $2000 bond , charged with theft and resisting law enforcement
  • Teresa Tolbert was the restaurant manager
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former California police officer is sentenced

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-san bernardino, ca
-Ronald Allen van Rossum, 38, sentenced to 34 years
-sexually assaulted women while on night duty alone
-he admitted arresting women then driving to remote areas or substations sexually assaulting them and then releasing them
-could be eligible for parole in 17 years
plea bargain-pleaded no contest to 2 felony counts including rape and sexual battery on more than a dozen women

attorney-william holden , judge- James Edwards

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Profiler Assumptions

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  1. all offenders in groups or alone have a M.O.
  2. The M.O. is a manifestation of their personality (organized or disorganized)
  3. Personality doesn’t change much so neither will the M.O.
    4.Some chronic offenders have “calling cards” or “signatures”
    -signs are detrimental to the offender because they can be used to tie them to other crimes if they use them more than once
    (night stalker had one, and the Wet Bandits from home alone)
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FBI Profile Study

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  • created profiles for 192 cases
  • only 88 were solved
  • the profiles were only useful in 17% (15 cases) out of the 88 cases
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Researchers Unknown Suspect Study

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  • the goal was to measure the ability to accurately profile the offender when it’s not known
  • the researchers sent the same pack to 1. professional profilers 2.clinical psychologist 3. Intro to Econ college students 4. veteran police detectives 5. self declared psychics
  • professional profilers were the most accurate self declared psychics were the least accurate
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Police: sexually sadistic psychopath met with teens, made friends

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  • Richmond ,Va
  • Richard Marc Evonitz , married navy man
  • abducted and murdered young girls , killed 3 Va girls in 1996-97
  • slayed sisters Kristin and kati lisk, 16 year old sophia,
  • newspaper was found in his Columbia, SC apt along with maps and notes of girls he stalked
  • Ron Knight (the sheriff) found forensic evidence: hair , fibers and DNA
  • he kidnapped a 15 year old south carolina girl raped her, when he fell asleep she escaped he ran and later shot his self after police tracked him in Sarasota, Fl
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Organized Offenders

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  • Ex: Ted Bundy
  • Tend to be psychopaths (Charismatic, charming, intelligent, great liars, good at convincing everyone)
  • have anxiety or OCD
  • often linked to military or police service
  • (American Psycho by Bret Easton)*
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Characteristics of Organized Offenders

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-Psychopathy , great liars, lack of empathy.
Well educated, charismatic and socially(sexually) skilled
leaders in local community, typically married, good looking, well dressed , geographically mobile , tend to be 1st born, use hard drugs, and military or law enforcement associated

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Organized offenders Crime Scene Factors

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-body and weapons miles away from scene
crime scene very clean , use of restraints to drag out death
lots of planning (surveillance of target stranger, a diary of victim movements, and maps)

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interviewing and organized offender

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be direct, don’ try to be there friend they won’t buy it

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disorganized offenders

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total opposite of organized offenders ex: David Berkowitz “son of sam”

  • crime scenes are between the house and work
  • usually on prescription drugs , psychotic (hear voices, see things that don’t exist )
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characteristics of disorganized offenders

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-psychotic, not intelligent , not good looking, bad hygiene , seen ass weird, isolated, not married, middle or last born ,

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disorganized offenders crime scene

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  • body and weapons not removed from scene
  • scene is sloppy
  • no restraints ( primary goal is to kill)
  • no planning ( blitz attack)
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How to interview disorganized offenders

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pretending to be sympathetic and friendly is the best way to get them to open up

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Forefathers of Criminal\psychological profiling

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1.Gross 2. Phillips 3. Locards exchange principle 4. Langer 5. Brussel

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Hans Gross

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  • criminologist in Europe, wrote in the late 1800s early 1900s
  • wrote about many crimes from property to violent crimes
  • 1st to emphasize the use of the concept M.O. across different crime
  • THE FATHER OF CRIMINAL PROFILING*
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THE FATHER OF CRIMINAL PROFILING

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HANS GROSS

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JAMES PHILLIPS

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  • did early crime scene analysis for the “jack the ripper” case in London in the late 1800s
  • the key investigator that came up with the theory that “jack” was a butcher or surgeon because he knew how to cut his victims correctly
  • killer was never caught so we don’t Know if that’s true
  • THE FATHER OF CRIME SCENE ANALYSIS*
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THE FATHER OF CRIME SCENE ANALYSIS

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JAMES PHILLIPS

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LOCARDS EXCHANGE PRINCIPLE

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  • offenders leave a trace of them selves and take a trace of the victim or crime scene
  • The basic assumption of all crime scene analysis
  • k-9 dogs use the skin cells we shed to sniff
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Walter LANGER

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  • commissioned by the office of strategic strategy
  • precursor to the CIA to do a psychological profile on Hitler in the early 1940s
  • his predictions were accurate but few believed him
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Brussel (mad bomber)

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-hired to do a profile on the mad bomber in NY in the 1950s
who he identified as george metesky
- used his clinical psychiatrists skills to develop the most accurate profile ever constructed
-he accurately predicted virtually everything; age, ethnicity, religion, personality, living condition, education etc.
-most interesting prediction; what he would be wearing when they caught him, double breasted suit

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Brussel ( Boston strangler)

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  • was never caught and convicted but a man named Desalvo was a leading suspect and if it was him Brussels profile on him was perfect
  • desalvo confessed it was him before he died
  • THE BEST PROFILER IN HISTORY OF SCIENCE OF CRIMINAL PROFILING*
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John Douglass

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The FBI profiler for Wayne B. Williams ( Atlanta kid killer)

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Local Esperanza Fire in 2006

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  • Raymond Lee Oyler . 36 years old
  • 5 firefighters were killed near cabazon in Riverside
  • was later convicted and sentenced to death
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Getting into an Arsonist mind

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  1. The most common reason fires are set involves 14 year old boys playing with matches
  2. Less benign is the arsonist-for-profit who Burn down buildings and houses for insurance money
    - criminals start fires to burn evidence
    - more commonly firefighters start fires because they’re bored and have a hero mentality
  3. Extra category presented by csula is revenge/anger
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Pernicious Arsonist

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  • True pyromaniac who is fascinated with fire and lights, it’s like an addiction
  • behavior begins early
  • there’s a sense of power, awe and excitement arsonist get
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Thrill Seeking Arsonist

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  • have higher than normal amounts of brain chemical serotonin
  • bio metrical changes in the brain that might predispose someone to set fires for thrills
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Early signs of arsonist

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  • the hallmark of a future arsonist is conduct and impulsiveness
  • child is aggressive and destroys property
  • parents are harsh, punitive and neglectful have drug and alcohol problems
  • kids grow into a more classical anti-social type
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Free Lance Camera Man on Trial for Arson

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Lancaster , Ca feb 24th 2004
Leona Valley Blaze
- Joshua Harville, 23 (freelance tv camera man) starts massive fire to profit from sale of video clips
-destroyed 5 houses, sold film to LA area news stations
-charged with aggrevated arson (5100 acres forest fire)

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How did free lance camera man (Joshua Harville) get caught?

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  • LA arson unit investigated Joshua Harville for 11 months
  • placed a tracking device on his car he seen it was concerned went to the sheriff station and they caught him
  • used a ford crown Victoria also had a Camry
  • Alan Baum Claimed Josh was at Adelphia cable when he heard there was a fire
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Bank Robberies

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  • southern California is the hot spot for bank robberies in the nation
  • most common bank robberies are threat notes to the tellers
  • Take Over - involves more than one person, typically have firearms, vary rare to happen
  • most common time Is 10-11:00 am
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Geezer bandit may not be a geezer (San Diego)

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  • FBI thinks bank robber who in one hold up had an oxygen tank with a tube to his nose may be a younger man in a mask and gloves
  • 16 heists, leaving little evidence behind
  • $20,000 reward to provide info about the geezer
  • 11 of 16 heists were done in San Diego
    • started in suburbs of Santee, others were in Temecula, Bakersfield, Goleta, Morro bay and San Luis Obispo
  • 8 of 16 took place on a Friday
  • he flashed a gun
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Who was the Unabomber suspect ?

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Theodore K.

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Who was the pipe bomber ?

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Locus holder

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Where did the gin and tonic bandit get arrested ?

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Bloomington, In.

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Who was the former California police story on ?

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Ronald Allen Van Rossum from San Bernardino

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Who did crime scene analysis for “jack the ripper” ?

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James Phillips

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Who started the local Esperanza fire ?

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Raymond Oyler

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What’s the name of the fire Joshua Harville Started? And where?

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The Leona Valley Blaze in Lancaster, CA

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What’s the hallmark of future arsonist ?

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Conduct and impulsiveness

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Who is the sexually sadistic psychopath?

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Richard Marc Evonitz from Richmond , VA

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Who was the Sherrie that found forensic evidence on Richard Evonitz ?

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Ron Knight

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What was found in the sexually sadistic psychopaths apartment? Where

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newspaper was found in Richard Marc Evonitz Columbia, SC apt along with maps and notes of girls he stalked

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Who came up with Münchausen syndrome ?

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Asher, in 1951

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Who came up with MSBP?

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Meadow, in 1977

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