What does signature mean? Supposedly these are the added touches that make the crime personal to the killer.
While there are many wonderful police investigators out there doing some very fine work, the majority of the time it is not brains that catches serial killers.
While we are being fascinated by the tales of famous serial killers and how they were brought to justice, the real serial killer goes about his business with hardly a thought to being caught.
We assume people we know can't be serial killers.
Outside of dumb luck, the number one way serial killers are caught is through the help of the public.
Evidence can vary depending on the circumstances, the weather, and how long it has been hanging around.
The accepted definition of a serial killer is a person who kills at least three times with a cooling off period in between his murders.
Often, a serial killer has no felony record.
Telling the community a serial killer is out there stirs up a lot of unpleasant attention.
In reality, serial killers are of average intelligence.