students, each sexuallymutilated. He came to the funeral parlor of one victim and asked ifher could take a picture.Gain Killers - kill for personal gain. Profitable business venture,advancement of career, or contract for services.Joseph Briggen (1894-1902): Hog farmer whose pigs always wonblue ribbons. He said “ its all in the feeding.” He also complainedof the inability to keep ranch hands. He had killed at least 12hands saying pigs need a steady diet of human flesh.Power Seekers - kill for the desire to have control over the life and death or others. Often involves behaviors such as ransom demands or desire for publicity.Robert Hansen (1977-81): killed 17 women after sexually abusing them. He gave them a head start and track them down like animals with ahigh-powered rifle.Other types of Serial killers such as Vampires and Cannibals cannot be placed in anyone group and must then be considered mixed groups. The information on female serial killers also came from Dr. O’Connor’s web page. Thetypology used for females is called the Kelleher Typology, developed by Kelleher andKelleher a couple who wrote the book, Murder Most Rare: The Female Serial Killer.FEMALE SERIAL KILLERS-more methodical, careful, precise and quiet. Alsomuch more successful; the average duration of a female serial killer is 8 years,double that of a male serial killer. Female serial killers account for only 8% of allAmerican serial killers but American female serial killers account for 76% of allfemale serial killers worldwide.Female Serial Killers Acting Alone: Mature, careful, deliberate, socially adept, andhighly organized. They usually attack victims in their home of place of work.They tend to favor specific weapons like poison, lethal injection or suffocationsBlack Widow: systemically kills multiple spouses, partners, or other familymembers. Diana Lumbrera (1977-1990): suffocated 6 of her own children. Angle of Death: systemically...
