1. Serial Killers
... is the capture phase where the victim is entrapped. The fifth stage is the totem or murder phase which the emotional high. The sixth phase is the depression phase, which occurs after the killing. Once depression sets in, it triggers the phases to start to begin again. A large amount of serial killers do not actually get anything out of killing, there left ... with a sense of emptiness and loneliness. This is categorized as "post-homicidal depression. The killer is only acting out a ritualistic fantasy and once the victim is dead the fantasy is lost. The victim no longer represents what ...
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