crime against another human being, or another living

for that matter, cannot imagine what actually makes a

person kill. That is exactly why I would like to take you

into the mind of a serial killer. I will examine closely:

the mind-set of a killer prior to his first murder (Are

they psychotic? Is the murder premeditated?), their mental

state during the heinous crime, and their frame of mind

after the killing. I will take a look at the fantasies of

a serial killer. Then look through the four phases of

murder for a serial killer. Faze One: Antecedent Behavior

The first phase of the murder, the initial planning

is influenced by the murderer's pre-crime stress factors

and frame of mind; these factors lead to the behavior

expressed by the murderer at this particular time in the

vicious murder cycle. There is also pre-crime stress

factors. The killer's mental and emotional state before he

murders are influenced in varying degrees, by his

environment and actions that are taking place. Murderers

often express the fact that there are overbearing stress

factors, or stress factors, that cause their

have shown that the amygdala is responsive to a variety of

drinking." It is important to recognize that results of

victims are selected by certain actions or subtle movements

the female victim's bodies on the front porch step of his

based on responses and opinions about the killers, from the

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