Portrait of a serial killer
PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER PAGE 2 A serial killer is a person, who has committed a series of two or more murders, as separate events by one offender acting alone. Common found characteristics of serial killers include: There are four basic types of serial killers. Power and control-Experiences sexual gratification by humiliating and controlling
Visionary- Hears voices sees visions
Mission-Feels it’s his duty to kill certain classes of people (prostitutes, ethnics groups, homosexuals etc Hedonistic-Receives pleasure from the act they take their time torturing their victims. I will now introduce you to one of the most grotesque serial killers of my time. Jeffrey Dahmer was an American serial killer and sex offender. Rape, dismemberment, necrophilia and cannibalism were involved in his murders. His victims were all African Americans except for 1 Asian boy. His crimes consisted of 17 murders, 1 molestation and 1 attempt. Most of the victims were strangled. After he drugged them. Unlike most serial killers Jeffrey Dahmer attacks included crimes against his victim’s corpses. He would masturbate over the corpses and have sex with them, then dismember the body to dispose of the remains. He would sometimes keep their skulls and refrigerate organs which he ate later. He was was not the typical serial killer. Most serial killers are sadists, driven by evoking fear in their victims, but it seemed that Dahmer’s motives stemmed from a deep seated fear of abandonment, causing him to want to Fully possess his victims and keep them with him forever. This is why he ate parts of them.
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Early Life Dahmer was born on May 21, 1960, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His parents Were
Visionary- Hears voices sees visions
Mission-Feels it’s his duty to kill certain classes of people (prostitutes, ethnics groups, homosexuals etc Hedonistic-Receives pleasure from the act they take their time torturing their victims. I will now introduce you to one of the most grotesque serial killers of my time. Jeffrey Dahmer was an American serial killer and sex offender. Rape, dismemberment, necrophilia and cannibalism were involved in his murders. His victims were all African Americans except for 1 Asian boy. His crimes consisted of 17 murders, 1 molestation and 1 attempt. Most of the victims were strangled. After he drugged them. Unlike most serial killers Jeffrey Dahmer attacks included crimes against his victim’s corpses. He would masturbate over the corpses and have sex with them, then dismember the body to dispose of the remains. He would sometimes keep their skulls and refrigerate organs which he ate later. He was was not the typical serial killer. Most serial killers are sadists, driven by evoking fear in their victims, but it seemed that Dahmer’s motives stemmed from a deep seated fear of abandonment, causing him to want to Fully possess his victims and keep them with him forever. This is why he ate parts of them.
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Early Life Dahmer was born on May 21, 1960, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His parents Were