Murder Call

The study of 28 serial murderers found that 68% of the killers used some form of a con game or ruse to lure their victims . T he majority of victims in this study (n = 390 or 54%) were blitz attacked, while only (n = 242) 33% of the victims were lured to their deaths through the use of a con. It can be noted that it has been proven and found that 21% of their child killers used a con to gain control over their victims . Con in this study means that the killer initiated contact with his victims by use of a verbal contact, questions asked, or story told. Ploy differs in that it requires the killer to use some form of subterfuge — a broken arm, stalled car, etc. — to lure victims to their deaths. In the present study, there were (n = 133) 18% of such cases involving a ploy to lure victims. The frequency with which serial murderers used sex as a ruse to gain access to victims was (n = 228) 31%. This variable includes offenders who made contact with their victims either as a ...

Classification models of serial murderers have typically relied on speculation, as the focus of serial murder, that the offender is driven to murder due to his violent fantasies; suffers from some form of pathology; or kills due to narcissistic drives . Another focus on serial murderers that is propounded in the literature is that offenders kill to act out sexual perversions. These types of crimes are defined as lust murders. There are certainly sexual overtones to many serial murders, lust murderers may not be representative of serial murderers at large. The Facet Classification Model of serial murder does not carry direct implications for the internal dynamics of serial murderers. The model proposes that more objective accounts of what really happens in the course of a serial murder will relate in part to the link between the offender and the victim. The objective is important from a practical point of view, because it allows the study of the material that is available i...