le that had been created based on his crimes. Because the profile lead police directly to Bundy, it saved many investigative hours.For serial killers, it is believed that an addiction is developed. As time progressed, Bundy’s need to kill, like other serial killers, increased before he was finally stopped. The killings were becoming more and more frequent and if not for the profile, Bundy’s list of victims would have grown. Bundy was eventually given the death penalty in Florida. It was believed that he moved to Florida to find more victims due to his attraction to girls in bikinis.The FBI has created NCIC. The NCIC is the National Crime Information Center. It is a national database that local and state police can access. This database has numerous profiles of many serial crimes as well as non-serial crimes. The major benefit of profiling is in this database, which allows authorities to compare crimes on a nationwide basis. This database not only has profile of criminals, but also profiles of victims and missing persons. For example, if there were a particular type of victim that had been appearing, and there was a missing person fitting that description, they would be cross-referenced in the NCIC. Databases such as the NCIC, have lead authorities to believe that Ted Bundy has been responsible for several other murders that he did not confess to, or convicted for. Sometimes it appears that serial criminals will just stop when no suspect has been apprehended. One potential reason is that the serial killer was incarcerated for another crime. If a series of murder occur for number of years, then stop for a period and then begin to resurface, police can use the database to locate possible suspects. They can do this by reviewing prison records before, during and after the crimes were committed. This can help save valuable time in searching for a suspect.After a serial killer is captured and put on trial, prof...
