date back. The average serial killer is a white male from a lower to middle class

background (Scott 4). The killer is usually in his twenties or thirties. Many were

physically or emotionally abused by their parents. As children, future serial

killers often set fires, tortured animals, and wet their beds. Some are very

intelligent while others may suffer from brain damage. They are also very

fascinated by police and other authorities. The killer is also usually a stranger to

his victim. However, a serial killer, appears to look and behave like a normal

person. Every serial killer is an individual; however, they all share the similar

traits and habits. Some kill differently than the others. They use different

methods. And they target different victims.

Serial killers have tested out a number of excuses as to why they kill.

Henry Lucas blamed his upbringing. Jeffrey Dahmer said that he was born with

a part of him missing. Ted Bundy claimed that pornography made him do it

(Scott 3). The son of Sam, David Berkowitz, said that a dog spoke to him and

told him to kill. Herbert Mullin, blamed voices in his

to have a history of mental illness, having claimed alternately to be a vampire

acts with her and then strangled her to death. He then cut off her head and

arrested before, investigators searched his home. They found clothing from

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