thority killing, and extremist homicide, as well as others. Authority killing involves the murder of a perceived or actual authority figure as demonstrated by Henry Lee Lucas; his mother was his first known victim. Extremist homicides have been thrusts into the spotlight recently with the upcoming execution on Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. Ethnic, social or religious groups or members commit extremist homicides. Sexual Homicide is the motive in nearly two-thirds of all serial killings. The killers expression of sexuality may be symbolic or even bizarre, including vampirism and cannibalism. Sexual homicides are divided into four broad categories including the organized and disorganized killers. This category also includes sadist sex murders, which are some of the worst cases on file. They typically include torture and strange sexually motivated mutilations. The mixed category is a usually used as a convenient dumping ground for killers who defy pigeonholing. It should never be assumed that all serial killers are predictable drones. The same offender who has killed for decades as a contract killer may need a change of pace and become a sexual sadist killer preying on 5 year-olds. According to the killers themselves, killing becomes easier over time. When it becomes habitual, a way of life, no one within the killers reach is ever really safe. Kimberly Leach was the last known victim of one of the most prolific serial killers, Ted Bundy. An organized maniac with a "killer" smile, Bundy was executed in 1989 after killing between twenty and thirty women and girls. In 1614 at Csejthe Castle, the body of the "Bloody Countess", Elizabeth Bathory, one of the few women to deserve the serial killer title, was found dead in a small but elegant bricked room. She was sentenced to life imprisonment at the castle for the deaths of local noble girls. Her noble birth kept her from death. Her final body count is estimated to be b...
