Serial Killer Quiz

Planned, victim targeted, little evidence, weapon is taken, body is moved, restraints used, controlled crime scene, controlled conversation, submissive victims, personalizes the victims

• Missionary Killer

• Visionary Killer

• Organized Killer

• Disorganized Killer

A person with a personality disorder manifesting in extreme antisocial activities and behavior with a lack of conscious

• signature

• Sith Lord

• Sociopath

• Autopsy

Characteristics may included spontaneous, victim unknown, depersonalized victim, minimal conversation, chaotic crime scene, sudden violence, sex after death, victim not moved, weapon and evidence left

• Organized Offender

• Missionary Killer

• Visionary Killer

• Disorganized Offender

A person who infers the personality and characteristics of a suspect based on evidence left at the crime scene

• Sith Lord

• Homicidal Loco

• Serial Killer

• Criminal Profiler

What is Modus Operandi?

• Motivation of a crime

• Repeating habit at each crime (signature)

• The method of operation (how they kill)

• Victim Assessment

Which of the following is an example of a signature at a crime scene?

• Drawing a smiley face on each victim

• Only killing blonds

• Strangling Victim

• Killing at night

Do these people freak you out?

• No, not really

• Howl Yeah!

• Nah, not much

• No, they remind me of...ME!

Unusual characteristics of a murder that are repeated at several crime scenes and serve to satisfy the emotional and psychological needs of the offender and usually define the theme of the crime. It stays roughly the same throughout each crime scene.

• Signature

• Psycopath

• Victim

• Sociopath

The Massacre is one type of murder that falls under which of these categories?

• Mass

• Serial

• Spree

• None of the answers

Kills more than one person at two or more locations

-murders happen quickly

-no cooling off period

-killer constantly moving

-often ends in suicide

• Mass Murderer

• Signature

• Serial Killer

• Spree Murderer