eart of Darkness," is the focal point ofmost serial killers desire for power. Drukteinis gives us a quote from Ed Kemper, aserial killer from California. He described the roles of dominance, power and sex in hisown sexual fantasies: "I have fantasies about mass murder...[I] make made passionate love to their deadcorpses. Taking life away from them,...and then having possession of everything that usedto be theirs. All that would be mine. Everything." Conclusion-Is there a way to predict?The FBI, over the past decade has collected huge amounts of information on the killersthemselves, their motivations and their methods. Unfortunately, to date there is no sureway to identify serial killers before they strike. Most of the time the killer is stumbledupon accidentally by local police or the FBI, according to Ressler. The BehavioralScience Unit of the FBI has devoted much of their department to studying and attemptingto understand these fascinating people. They have turned crime scene profiling, thedevelopment of a serial killer’s description and characteristics from evidence at the sceneof the crime, into a science. Despite these advancements there is still much to be learnedabout serial killers. It is my opinion, through my research, that it is impossible to developa fool-proof way to predict that a certain person will become a serial killer. As Holmesand DeBurgers point out, many people who share identical experiences as serial killers doin their childhood and young adulthood do not become serial killers. Fortunately, theinformation that the FBI has gathered has led to many quick arrests of serial killers andhas probably saved many lives. I am sure there will be many more advancements made inyears to come and we will see a decrease in the number of active serial killers and inrelation the number of victims. I hope you have enjoyed this presentation and haveenjoyed a short glimpse into the world of the serial killer....
